New York State’s first and second breeding bird atlases documented the distribution of the state’s avifauna during two distinct time periods: 1980-1985 and 2000-2005. Over 4,300 individuals submitted data during the first atlas yielding a final, cumulative dataset of over 361,583 records. Over 1,200 individuals submitted data for the second atlas project, resulting in a final database of 519,570 records.
This dataset has the following 14 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fed. Region | fed_region | number | New York State Ornithological Association Region | 8 1 4 5 9 view top 100 |
| Block ID | block | text | Breeding Bird Atlas Survey Block ID Number | 5954B 6273C 2472D 6152D 5070A view top 100 |
| Map Link | map_link | url | A Link to the PDF Maps of the Atlas Survey Blocks stored on DEC Servers. | {"url":"http://www.dec.ny.gov/data/dfwmr/bba/pdf/6851a.pdf"} {"url":"http://www.dec.ny.gov/data/dfwmr/bba/pdf/6852b.pdf"} {"url":"http://www.dec.ny.gov/data/dfwmr/bba/pdf/6952d.pdf"} {"url":"http://www.dec.ny.gov/data/dfwmr/bba/pdf/7053d.pdf"} {"url":"http://www.dec.ny.gov/data/dfwmr/bba/pdf/7152a.pdf"} view top 100 |
| County | county | text | County Name | ST LAWRENCE SUFFOLK DELAWARE ESSEX JEFFERSON view top 100 |
| Common Name | common_name | text | Species Common Name | American Robin Song Sparrow Black-capped Chickadee Common Yellowthroat Blue Jay view top 100 |
| Scientific Name | scientific_name | text | Species Latin Name | Turdus migratorius Melospiza melodia Poecile atricapillus Geothlypis trichas Cyanocitta cristata view top 100 |
| NYS Protection Status | nys_legal_status | text | NYS Legal Status | Protected Game Species Unprotected Protected-Special Concern Threatened view top 100 |
| Family Name | family_name | text | Species Family Name | PARULIDAE EMBERIZIDAE TYRANNIDAE ICTERIDAE PICIDAE view top 100 |
| Family Description | family_description | text | Species Family Description | WOOD WARBLERS TOWHEES, BUNTINGS, SPARROWS & ALLIES TYRANT FLYCATCHERS BLACKBIRDS WOODPECKERS & ALLIES view top 100 |
| Breeding Behavior | breeding_behavior | text | Species Breeding Behavior | Species seen in possible nesting habitat or singing male(s) present in breeding season. Recently fledged young. Singing male present on more than one date in the same place. Adult(s) with food for young or feeding young. Bird (or pair) apparently holding teritory. view top 100 |
| Month | month | number | Month Breeding Observed | 6 7 5 4 8 view top 100 |
| Day | day | number | Day Breeding Observed | 10 15 20 30 8 view top 100 |
| Year | year | number | Year Breeding Observed | 2004 2002 2003 1984 2001 view top 100 |
| Breeding Status | breeding_status | text | Possible, Probable or Confirmed Breeding Status | Confirmed Probable Possible view top 100 |