Donors

We are grateful for all the donors who help make the atlas project a success! Donors are listed below by the total amount they have donated through sponsored species and one-time donations and therefore may not match the tier of the species they sponsored.

Fledglings ($10,000+)

Nestlings ($5,000+)

  • Rochester Birding Association

Hatchlings ($1,000+)

  • Alan Devoe Bird Club
  • Janet Allison
  • Audubon New York
  • Buffalo Ornithological Society
  • Nancy Castillo
  • Cayuga Bird Club
  • Deborah Cohen
  • Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club
  • John Burroughs Natural History Society, in memory of John Burroughs—one of his favorite birds.
  • Gary N. Lee, in Memory of my wife of 60 years, Karen Lee.
  • Barbara Mansell, in memory of my dad, Merlin Arthur Evans
  • Leigh McBride & Mack McCormack
  • Stefan & Farah Mutchnick
  • New York City Audubon, in honor of Breeding Bird Atlas III volunteers in New York City
  • New York State Ornithological Association
  • Carena Pooth, in memory of Herbert A. Thompson
  • Dr. Brian Rohrs and Ms. Gayle Lazoration, in honor of the breeding BAORs at La Casa Mocha
  • Kathryn J. Schneider
  • Debbie and Jacques van Zyl, in honor of Tex Cooper
  • Ralph T. Waterman Bird Club
  • Gwen and Troy Weldy, in honor of Anne and Robert Hudgins

Nest Builders ($100+)

  • Richard Anderson
  • Anonymous (5)
  • Tim Baird
  • Mike Birmingham
  • Sue Boettger, in honor of the International Crane Foundation
  • Sandy Bright, in honor of the bird who sang at our marriage
  • Sandy Bright & Charlie Scheim
  • Katie Brown
  • Winnie Burkett
  • Winston T. M. Calhoun
  • Samantha Cassetta, for Vincent, in honor of the best-timed game of catch
  • Nancy Castillo & Lois Geshwilm
  • Chemung Valley Audubon Society
  • Anne B. Clark, in honor of Connor O'Horo Loomis—The Fish Crow-er
  • Deb Cohen & Edgar Masters
  • Deb and Edgar, in honor of Margaret, the CATBIRD lady!
  • Deborah Cohen, in honor of Kathryn, Marian, and Margaret
  • Daniel E. Crane
  • The Crow Research Group, in honor of our student members, past and present
  • Maria DeLuca
  • Bruce Dudek
  • Mary Jane Dugan
  • John W. Fitzpatrick
  • Steph Foraker, in memory of C. Merle Foraker
  • Four Harbors Audubon Society
  • Chris Franks
  • Lois Geshwilm
  • Great South Bay Audubon Society
  • Rebecca Gretton
  • Julie Hart & Daniel Schlaepfer
  • Lynne Hertzog
  • Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon Society
  • Susan L. Iannucci
  • intoBirds
  • John Burroughs Natural History Society, Big Sit 2022—The team saw 77 species in one day at Kingston Point Park in Kingston, NY.
  • John Burroughs Natural History Society, Big Sit 2023—Funds raised by the Kingston Point Coco Puffs: Mark DeDea, Wendy Tocci, Jess Prockup, et al.
  • John Burroughs Natural History Society, Big Sit 2024—63 species were seen in a 12-hour period on May 4, 2024 in Kingston, NY.
  • Steve Johnson
  • Chris Kennelly
  • John Kent
  • Renee Kittleman
  • Linda M. Kleinhenz, O.D.
  • Kristina Kolesar
  • Gregory Lawrence
  • M. Carol Leber
  • M. Carol Leber, in memory of Alison Leber
  • Yana Levchinsky-Grimmond
  • Alejandra Lewandowski
  • Ernie Lewis
  • Patricia Lindsay
  • Patricia Lindsay, in memory of Holly Wilson
  • Patricia Lindsay, in memory of brothers Dan and Ken, and the peaceful times we spent with birds
  • Renee Lucier
  • Andrew Mason
  • Larry Master, in memory of Robert Rugg
  • In memory of Margaret B. Mathis
  • Irene Mazzocchi
  • Christina McLaughlin
  • Edgar A. Mearns Bird Club
  • Scott Meier
  • Steven Melcher, in honor of Odonata Sanctuary
  • Jackson and Steve Mesick, World Series of Birding 2022
  • Daniel & Lynn Miller
  • Mike Morgante
  • Mary Morrow
  • Karen Roberts Mort
  • New York State Young Birders' Club
  • Dan Nickerson, in memory of John M C "Mike" Peterson. Mentor, friend, Regional Coordinator 1980, 2000
  • Mary Normandia
  • North Country Bird Club
  • Northern New York Audubon Society
  • Odonata Sanctuary, in honor of the ANSS and the Melcher Family
  • Onondaga Audubon Society, in gratitude to Julie Hart, who provided an educational program on the BBA to our members & friends
  • Bill Ostrander
  • John Parker
  • Bonnie Parton
  • Vincent Pellegrino
  • Melissa Peterson
  • Karin Moot Quillinan, in memory of Kerstin Valborg Moot, my mother and my best friend
  • Steve Rappaport
  • Margaret Roach
  • Paul Rodewald
  • Jeffrey Roth
  • Lynn & John Salmon
  • Saw Mill River Audubon
  • Charlie Scheim and the Indigo Bunting that sang at our Franklin Mt. Hawkwatch wedding
  • Beverly Schlesinger, in honor of Murry, who loved birdwatching
  • Bill Schneider
  • Donna Scott
  • Carol Simpson & Kim Merchant
  • Marian Sole
  • Michael Sprintz
  • Diane Stonestreet
  • James Sutton and Rich White
  • Anne Swaim
  • Jerry Thurn, in honor of the nesting colony in block "East Aurora NW"
  • Wendy Tocci
  • Ulster County Big Sit—congratulations Mark DeDea, Wendy Tocci, and Jess Prockup
  • Mary Vanderkam, in honor of birdwatchers Dan and Alex
  • Gale VerHague
  • Joseph Wallace, to my father, Stanley, who introduced me to birding
  • Frederick Werwaiss, in honor of Gretchen Werwaiss
  • Owen Whitby
  • Wild Birds Unlimited of Blasdell, NY (Marilyn O'Connell & Danielle Pecoraro)
  • Suan Hsi Yong

Songsters (<$100)

  • 2022 World Series of Birding Team "One Wren to Rule them All"
  • Mary Batcheller
  • Amelia Batchelor
  • Carol Brand
  • Donna Bridgham
  • Broome County Naturalists' Club
  • Robert Buckert
  • Keigen Case
  • Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society
  • Eastern Long Island Audubon Society
  • Chris Edwardson
  • Susan Falotico
  • Claudius Feger
  • Judith Gustafson
  • Nancy Jane Kern
  • Lawrence Little
  • Kellen Mortensen
  • Diane Morton
  • Marcia Mundrick
  • LouAnn O'Hora
  • Ricki Ravitts
  • Gregg Recer
  • Janet Stein
  • Emily Van Gelder
  • Julie Zorach