Breeding Bird Atlas The ARC/INFO coverage contains New York State Breeding Bird Atlas blocks and block numbers. Atlas data are stored in two DBF files, BBA and SPECNAME. The ArcView extension bba.avx can be used to access these data
New York State Breeding Bird Atlas within Adirondack Park
1. The Breeding Bird Atlas does not provide a definitive statement concerning the absence of a breeding record for a species not listed in a block. The Atlas gives only a listing of species known to be breeding or suspected of breeding in each block at the time of the survey.
2. For each species, the highest level of confirmation of breeding recorded during the survey was retained in this listing. For example, a record of probable nesting "T2" (bird holding territory) in 1983 would be retained over a possible nesting "X1" (species observed in possible nesting habitat) in 1984 and over a probable nesting "P2" (pair observed in suitable nesting habitat) in 1985 since "T2" is the highest level of breeding evidence in this example.
3. Copies of the published book "The Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State", Robert F. Andrle, and Janet R. Carroll, Editors, may be purchased directly from Cornell University Press. Call toll free 1-800-666-2211 to order.
4. The extension bba.avx provides an easy way to access and analyze the Breeding Bird Atlas data. For more information, see the extension documentation ("Breeding Bird Atlas Extension for ArcView 3.0/3.1, User Information and Technical Description")
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1. The Breeding Bird Atlas does not provide a definitive statement concerning the absence of a breeding record for a species not listed in a block. The Atlas gives only a listing of species known to be breeding or suspected of breeding in each block at the time of the survey.
2. For each species, the highest level of confirmation of breeding recorded during the survey was retained in this listing. For example, a record of probable nesting "T2" (bird holding territory) in 1983 would be retained over a possible nesting "X1" (species observed in possible nesting habitat) in 1984 and over a probable nesting "P2" (pair observed in suitable nesting habitat) in 1985 since "T2" is the highest level of breeding evidence in this example.
3. Copies of the published book "The Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State", Robert F. Andrle, and Janet R. Carroll, Editors, may be purchased directly from Cornell University Press. Call toll free 1-800-666-2211 to order.
4. The extension bba.avx provides an easy way to access and analyze the Breeding Bird Atlas data. For more information, see the extension documentation ("Breeding Bird Atlas Extension for ArcView 3.0/3.1, User Information and Technical Description")
Habitat Inventory Unit, Division of Fish, Wildlife & Marine Resources
Data for the Breeding Bird Atlas were collected from 1980 through 1985. During this time period, numerous volunteers conducted on-site surveys within almost every one of the 5,335 breeding bird atlas blocks in New York State. Bird occurrence, status, and other associated data were supplied as DBF files by John Ozard, NYS DEC. The coverage BBABLOCK contains the survey blocks, and was created from an ASCII file of block coordinates and numbers supplied by John Ozard.
This information was taken from the DEC Master Habitat Databank GIS server. The data for northern NY was downloaded and clipped to the 10-mile buffer around the Adirondack Park.
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Feature geometry.
ESRI
The alphanumeric Breeding Bird Atlas block number.