Calendar| GIS Data| Outreach| Press| Contact| Search Navigation Visit Exhibitions Research & Collections Programs Education Publications Chartering Join Us Current Exhibitions Ongoing Exhibitions Great Art Series Traveling Exhibitions Museum Reserves Current Exhibitions :: Breeding Bird Atlas: 20 Years of Changing Bird Distributions Friday, October 3, 2008 - Friday, May 1, 2009 Photography Gallery Of the more than 450 bird species that have been seen in New York, about 245 nest here. The New York State Breeding Bird Atlas projects have mapped where each of those species breeds in the state. The Blue Jay, for example, nests all across New York, but the Gray Jay breeds only in the Adirondacks. The second Breeding Bird Atlas project has just been completed, and the new distribution maps reveal how our breeding birds have fared in the 20 years since the first Atlas was printed. Is the distribution of the Purple Martin shrinking? Is the distribution of the Carolina Wren expanding? Learn the answers in this exhibition, which highlights the forthcoming publication, The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State. The exhibition includes original artwork from the book, bird mounts, and stories of how the Atlas fieldwork was accomplished.

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