This is a view

at Mark Twain

State Park

Chemung County

 

IBA's

in New York

New York State has a growing number of Important birding areas, and we have claimed two of them right here in the Chemung Valley. Check out all the IBA's and see why they are important.Pictured above is part of the The Center in Horseheads Grasslands, an IBA.

NY State Bird Banding?

Understanding bird population trends and habitat needs is central to meaningful bird conservation. Kestrel Haven on the outsdie of the Chemung Valley monitors our migrants with bird banding. Kestrel Haven results and info are here!

County

Checklist

Library

Here we maintain a County Checklist for counties in the Chemung Valley Chemung and Schuyler
Coming soon, Tompkins, and Steuben counties.

Birdathon

Birders ranging from novice to veteran have fun counting bird species over the course of a 24-hour day each spring within the Chemung Valley. See the results from this counts history here Every year some money is raised from pledges to participating birders. The money raised has help support the NY State Breeding Bird Atlas as well as the Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory.