An exciting opportunity for birders to participate in an important and valuable ornithological research project will begin in the new millenium with the advent of Atlas 2000, an effort to determine the distribution of breeding birds across NY State. Atlas 2000 will revisit and hopefully expand on that survey, providing a picture of how breeding bird ranges have changed in two decades. Atlas 2000 is a 5 year project that will depend on field birders to scour habitats in blocks 5km by 5km. Observed bird behavior and evidence of breeding will be recorded on field cards and ultimately computerized to allow publication of data and its use by researchers. Birders with all levels of expertise are needed to survey blocks, particularly in rural areas.
Individuals can take responsibility for one block, or more, or share blocks with others.