NEW YORK CITY BIRD ALLIANCE INC

ADVOCACY AND ENGAGEMENT - NYC BIRD ALLIANCE'S PUBLIC PROGRAMS ENGAGE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW YORKERS ANNUALLY IN LEARNING ABOUT AND APPRECIATING URBAN WILDLIFE THROUGH GUIDED BIRD OUTINGS, CLASSES, FESTIVALS, AND AN ONLINE LECTURE SERIES. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDED (1) HOSTING NEARLY 400 GUIDED BIRD OUTINGS MOST OF THEM FREE AND SEVERAL IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES INCLUDING SPANISH AND MANDARIN (2) EXPANDED OUR "NYCHA IN NATURE" PROGRAM THAT ENGAGES LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS OF THE CITY'S PUBLIC HOUSING WITH BIRDS AND NATURE, AND (3) ORGANIZED A RECORD-BREAKING CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT, ENGAGING MORE THAN 400 COMMUNITY SCIENCE VOLUNTEERS AND CONDUCTING THE CITY'S FIRST SPANISH LANGUAGE COUNT. (CONT'D ON SCH O)OUR ADVOCACY EFFORTS WORK TO MOBILIZE NEW YORKERS TO MAKE THE CITY MORE SUSTAINABLE AND HEALTHIER FOR WILDLIFE AND FOR PEOPLE. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, WE HELPED SECURE THE RENEWAL OF THE STATE'S GREEN ROOF TAX ABATEMENT, CONTINUED OUR EFFORTS TO REDUCE BIRD COLLISIONS BY CHAMPIONING LAWS AND POLICIES THAT MAKE BUILDINGS SAFER FOR BIRDS, AND WORKED TO ENFORCE PROTECTIONS FOR THE WATERBIRDS OF NEW YORK HARBOR.

SCIENCE AND CONSERVATION - NYC BIRD ALLIANCE'S SCIENTISTS FOCUS THEIR RESEARCH AND PARTNERSHIPS ON THREE PROGRAMMATIC AREAS: (1) IDENTIFYING CAUSES AND SOLUTIONS FOR BIRD COLLISIONS WITH BUILDINGS, (2) MONITORING AND ENHANCING THE URBAN GREEN SPACES AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE UPON WHICH BIRDS AND BIODIVERSITY DEPEND AND (3) STUDYING AND SAFEGUARDING THE WATERBIRDS OF NEW YORK HARBOR. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, ALL THREE OF OUR SCIENCE PROGRAMS GREW. WE EXPANDED COMMUNITY SCIENCE COLLISION MONITORING TO NEW ROUTES ACROSS THE CITY, LAUNCHED A NEW PARTNERSHIP TO STUDY THE GREEN SPACES IN BROADWAY MALLS, AND ANALYZED THE LONG-TERM "HARBOR HERONS" DATASET TO IDENTIFY DECLINES IN WATERBIRD POPULATIONS.