This data set shows point locations of Bird Conservation Areas. Bird Conservation Areas are New York State lands that have been officially designated for their value to bird conservation. Points are approximate locations and may represent large areas.
This dataset has the following 10 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | bcaname | text | Name of the Bird Conservation Area (BCA) | South Shore Tidal Wetlands BCA Adirondack Sub-alpine Forest BCA Lake Champlain Marshes BCA Catskill High Peaks BCA Eastern Lake Ontario Marshes BCA view top 100 |
| County | county | text | NYS County | Suffolk Essex Albany Jefferson Clinton view top 100 |
| Municipality | municipality | text | Municipality | Town of Keene Town of Brookhaven Town of Oakdale Town of Hunter Town of North Elba view top 100 |
| Region | region | text | Region 1: Nassau County and Suffolk counties; Region 2: Kings, Bronx, New York, Queens and Richmond Counties; Region 3: Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester counties; Region 4: Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselaer, Schenectady and Schoharie counties; Region 5: Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren and Washington counties; Region 6: Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida and St. Lawrence counties; Region 7: Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Oswego, Tioga and Tompkins counties; Region 8: Chemung, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne and Yates counties; Region 9: Allegany, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Erie, Niagara and Wyoming counties. | Region 5 Region 1 Region 4 Region 6 Region 3 view top 100 |
| Areas of Interest | areas_of_interest | text | BCA is found within or near DEC Wildlife Management Areas, NYS State Forests, NYS Parks, Nature Preserves, Significant Coastal Fish and Wildlife Habitats, Tidal Wetlands Area, Mountains, and Landmarks | Albany Pine Bush Preserve Algonquin Peak Ashland Flats Wildlife Management Area Ausable Marsh Wildlife Management Area Bashakill Wildlife Management Area view top 100 |
| Latitude | latitude | number | Latitude coordinate | 40.54101921 40.59426874 40.62719096 40.62935348 40.64268652 view top 100 |
| Longitude | longitude | number | Longitude coordinate | -79.04053897 -78.98808098 -78.47113807 -78.29648131 -78.15020337 view top 100 |
| Key BCA Criteria | key_bca_criteria | text | Attributes which qualify this as a BCA | Waterfowl concentration site; Pelagic seabird site; Shorebird concentration site; Wading bird concentration site; Migratory concentration site; Diverse species concentration site; Individual species concentration site; Species at risk site. Birds of interest include northern harrier, common tern, osprey, seaside sparrow, clapper rail, and possibly short-eared owl. Diverse species concentration site; individual species concentration site; species at risk site. Peaks over 2,800 feet with dense subalpine thickets provide habitat for a distinctive bird community, which includes Bicknell's thrush, blackpoll warbler and Swainson's thrush. Waterfowl concentration site; wading bird concentration site, migratory concentration site, diverse species concentration site, individual species concentration site, species at risk site. Species of interest include: American bittern, least bittern, osprey, upland sandpiper, great blue heron, green heron, black tern, northern harrier, pied-billed grebe, short-eared owl, vesper sparrow, grasshopper sparrow, bobolink, savannah sparrow, cliff swallow, Wilson's snipe, marsh wren, Virginia rail, Lincoln's sparrow, common goldeneye, black-crowned night heron, winter wren, northern waterthrush, chestnut-sided warbler, Nashville warbler, yellow-throated vireo, and warbling vireo. Diverse species concentration site; individual species concentration site; species at risk site. Bird species of interest include Bicknell's thrush and blackpoll warbler. Waterfowl concentration site; shorebird concentration site; migratory concentration site; diverse species concentration site; individual species concentration site; species at risk site; bird research site. Listed species include black tern, pied-billed grebe, least bittern, American bittern and northern harrier. There are historical records (1980) of nesting sedge wren and piping plover (last nested 1984). Site is a critical migration area for shorebirds, songbirds and waterfowl. Large flocks of swallows, including bank swallows, are known to migrate through the area. view top 100 |
| Critical Habitat Types | critical_habitat_types | text | Description of flora found in this BCA | High and low saltmarsh with associated upland forest, old fields, and tidal mudflat/open-water areas. Dense subalpine coniferous thickets. To a lesser degree, young or stunted and heavy second growth of cherry or birch. Open water, emergent marsh, forested flood plain, shrub wetlands, forested uplands, shrublands, and grasslands. Montane red spruce-balsam fir forest. Mosaic of Great Lakes inland dunes and high quality wetlands with extensive barrier beaches backed by shrub/scrub and forested lands. Rare or exemplary ecological communities: silver maple-ash swamp, Great Lakes dunes, rich shrub fen, medium fen, red maple-hardwood swamp, red maple-tamarack peat swamp, maple-basswood rich mesic forest, deep emergent marsh, and sand beach. view top 100 |
| Georeference | georeference | location | Open Data/Socrata-generated geocoding information from supplied address components | view top 100 |