Birders' Raffle! NYSOA is holding a raffle especially for birders! PRINT TICKETS
Winners will receive great prizes, but every ticket donation will help NYSOA – New York’s only statewide organization dedicated to the study and conservation of wild birds.
The top prize is a Vortex Razor HD 20-60x85 Angled Spotting Scope valued at $1600, and there are many other valuable prizes!
Our raffle drawing will take place at NYSOA’s annual banquet on October 23rd. You need not be present to win, but you won’t want to miss one of the largest birding and ornithology conferences in the state! For more information on this year's annual meeting, download the 2010 NYSOA Annual Meeting flyer and registration form.
HOTEL ROOM AVAILABILITY IS LIMITED -
Please reserve by 9/22/10
NYS law requires that raffle entrants be at least 18 years old. Read all about the raffle
New Bird Exhibit
at New York State Museum
 A new exhibit entitled Birds of New York and the Paintings of
Louis Agassiz Fuertes opened at the New York State Museum
January 30, 2010. The exhibition celebrates the one hundredth
anniversary of the publication of Elon Howard Eaton’s Birds of
New York, and features 40 of the original watercolor paintings
that Fuertes created to illustrate the book. Birds of New York
was a monumental work that combined beautiful art and scientific
scholarship. The first edition of the book will be on display,
along with copper and lead printing plates used to produce the
book, study skins and original data sheets from the Eaton Collection
at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, and mounted bird
specimens from the Museum’s ornithology collection.
The exhibition, in the Museum’s Crossroads Gallery,
will be open through September 6. Located on Madison Avenue in Albany, the Museum
is open daily from 9:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. except
on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New
Year’s Day.
The Birds of New York book is available online
through the New York State Library’s digital collections. A fascinating video
tour of the Museum’s biology range, that includes
its bird collection, is available online (starring NYSOA director Dr. Jeremy Kirchman – the museum's Curator of Birds – and Dr. Roland Kays). Check it out!
Now Available Online
57 Years of The Kingbird
in a Searchable Archive
NYSOA is proud to announce the launch of a new online data base of its quarterly onithological journal, The Kingbird. Now, for the first time, researchers, students, and the birding public are able to perform keyword searches of the thousands of articles published in The Kingbird since its inception in 1950. The archive is accessible free of charge here on this website.
The archive of The Kingbird represents an investment by NYSOA in the future of New York State’s birds — to the tune of $15,000 and well over 100 hours of skilled volunteer work. The new data base currently contains about 8 million words on nearly 16,000 pages comprising over 5,200 files. In addition to the searchable archive, there is an online library of 228 full issues, a special supplement, and 4 ten-year indices available for download or online browsing. The public archive and library will be updated at least once a year to ensure that it always includes all but the most recent 8-12 issues of The Kingbird.
This unique research and educational resource clearly demonstrates NYSOA’s commitment to “further the study of bird life and to disseminate knowledge thereof.” We expect that the data base will not only serve as a rich source of data for work already underway but also stimulate growth in New York State bird research. Being able to find specific information quickly with a computer will save researchers the countless hours of work that were previously necessary when sifting through hundreds of paper issues of The Kingbird.
With deep gratitude to past members who made bequests to NYSOA for educational purposes, and to all those who have contributed writings and observations to The Kingbird over the years, we encourage you to explore, utilize, and enjoy the archive – and to spread word of it to others who share our passion for birds. |
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