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The newsletter of New York City Audubon • 71 W. 23rd St. • Suite 1523 • New York, NY 10010 (212) 691-7483 40th Anniversary Issue October 2019 CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF NEW YORK CITY AUDUBON 40th Anniversary 1 NYC AUDUBON MISSION & STATEMENT Mission: NYC Audubon is a grassroots A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW FROM Kathryn Heintz & community that works for the protection of wild birds and habitat in the five boroughs, improving THE PRESIDENT’S PERCH Jeffrey Kimball the quality of life for all New Yorkers. Vision: NYC Audubon envisions a day when birds s this 40th anniversary issue of The Urban Audubon goes to press (October 2019), and people in the five boroughs enjoy a healthy, livable habitat. the journal Science has reported a staggering loss of North American birds. A decline of 29 percent, or almost 3 billion individual birds since 1970, is thought THE URBAN AUDUBON A 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION to be due in large part to habitat loss and degradation, pesticide use, predation by domestic Editors Lauren Klingsberg & Marcia T. Fowle cats, and window collisions. Particularly sharp declines were observed in grassland birds Chief Editor and Art Director Tod Winston (53 percent), shorebirds (37 percent), and warblers (37 percent). Over the last decade, the Designer Andrew Maas Newsletter Committee Seth Ausubel; Lucienne mass of migrating birds, as detected by radar, has itself dropped by 14 percent—and the Bloch; Ned Boyajian; Suzanne Charlé; Rebekah greatest decline was observed in birds migrating through the eastern US. Creshkoff; Diane Darrow; Catherine Schragis © NYC Audubon Heller; Mary Jane Kaplan; Abby McBride; This loss hits home, and deeply. The Hillarie O’Toole; Don Riepe; Carol Peace Robins; findings are even more disturbing in light Lewis Rosenberg Publisher NYC Audubon of the great and uncertain threat posed to our birds by climate change. Looking back BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Jeffrey Kimball on our organization’s accomplishments, we Executive Vice President Robert Bate are struck by the foresight of early NYC Vice President Karen Benfield Vice President Richard H. Fried, VMD Audubon activists in addressing threats to Vice President Catherine Schragis Heller the City’s birds and their habitat. And as we Vice President Sarah Jeffords seek to be as effective as we must be in the Vice President Lawrence Levine Vice President Rachel Quiñones next 40 years, we must return to our activist Treasurer Drianne Benner roots—and pledge to engage the vast and Secretary Alexander Ewing Immediate Past President Harrison D. Maas diverse population of New York City in our Directors Seth Ausubel; Marsilia A. Boyle; struggle. Shawn Cargil; César A. Castillo; Christian Cooper; Board President Jeff Kimball, Executive Director Tatiana Kaletsch; Deborah Laurel; Jenny Maritz; The challenges are enormous—but Alan Steel; Michael Tannen; Richard Veit, PhD; NYC Audubon’s conservation work gives Kathryn Heintz in Madison Square Park Michael Yuan us hope. Warblers and other migratory songbirds are among the most common victims ADVISORY COUNCIL of bird-window collisions—and this year we successfully advocated for the introduction Co-Chair Marcia T. Fowle*; Co-Chair James R. Sheffield; of bird-friendly building design legislation in the New York City Council. We support and Richard T. Andrias; Sarah Grimké Aucoin; monitor green roofs and capped-landfill parks that host native plants and grassland areas. Claude Bloch, MD; David Burg*; Albert K. Butzel; Cliff Case; Rebekah Creshkoff; Andrew Darrell; Staten Island’s Freshkills Park and Brooklyn’s Shirley Chisholm State Park are examples Joseph H. Ellis; Andrew Farnsworth, PhD; of such new urban spaces that provide habitat for Grasshopper Sparrows, Eastern Lynne Hertzog; Mary Jane Kaplan; Meadowlarks, and Bobolinks. These grassland areas build upon NYC Audubon’s early Robert J. Kimtis; Lauren Klingsberg; Kimberly Kriger; Janice Laneve; Pamela Manice; successes, such as the 1985 preservation of Floyd Bennett Field. Peter Rhoades Mott*; Dorothy M. Peteet, PhD; We maintain our long-time commitment to protecting waterbirds and the rich habitat Don Riepe; Lewis Rosenberg; John Shemilt; David Speiser; Tom Stephenson provided by our city’s 578 miles of coastline. We survey both nesting and migrant shore- *Past President birds to better understand their habitat needs, and continue our 35-year monitoring of STAFF the Harbor Herons. Many waterbird species depend upon the wetland and island habitats Executive Director Kathryn Heintz preserved by NYC Audubon’s early advocacy work, as detailed in this issue. Our long-term Director of Conservation & Science Susan Elbin, PhD scientific data can be marshalled to defend these birds and prevent further habitat loss. Conservation Biologist Kaitlyn Parkins NYC Audubon began as a grassroots organization run by far-sighted volunteers. Field Biologist Emilio Tobón Programs Manager Danielle Sherman We owe them an enormous debt—a debt we can repay by moving their work forward. Advocacy & Outreach Manager Molly Adams Four decades on, we are a larger organization with a professional staff. Our goals remain Volunteer Coordinator Aurora Crooks the same, however, and we walk in our founders’ footsteps by using sound science and Director of Development Kellye Rosenheim Institutional Giving Manager Anne Schwartz advocacy to protect birds and their habitat in New York City. As you read the history of Development Associate Leo Wexler-Mann NYC Audubon in this issue, we hope you will be inspired to take a step for our birds. Communications Manager Andrew Maas Communications Content Manager, Where will that step lead you? Special Projects Tod Winston To learn about NYC Audubon’s plan for the future, visit www.nycaudubon.org/ Controller David Cavill strategicplan2020-2025. 2 www.nycaudubon.org IN THIS ISSUE 40TH ANNIveRSARY © Don Riepe NYC AUDUBON 71 West 23rd Street Suite 1523 New York, NY 10010 Tel: 212-691-7483 Fax: 646-606-3301 www.nycaudubon.org Cover Issue/Photo or Art (clockwise from top left): Sep. 1979; Jan.-Feb. 2011/Dorothy Reilly; Apr. 1992; Jul.-Aug. 2005/Rik Davis; Spring 2016/ Lloyd Spitalnik; Winter 2016-2017/Don Riepe; Aug.-Sep. 2003/Alan Messer; Summer 2016/ David Speiser; Nov. 1989; Summer 2015/François Portmann. Banner Art/Logo: Betty Hamilton; Muriel Henriques; Leslie Watkins; Roger Whitehouse (logo). P.2 Top Photo: Steve Nanz. 11 © Lynn Rollins FEATURES 5 Bird’s-Eye View by Marcia T. 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