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Your NYSOA membership brings you

  • Our beautiful quarterly journal, The Kingbird, documenting the ornithology of New York State and including rare bird photos and regional avian highlights of the previous season.
  • Our lively quarterly newsletter, New York Birders, packed with NYSOA news updates, a conservation column, local interest items from NYSOA member clubs, creative writing by birders, and more.
  • A 25% discount a subscription to the online version of The Birds of the World (non-organizational memberships only). For more information about this exciting online reference, check out the Birds of the World website. To find out how to activate your discounted subscription, .

Publications are sent electronically via email. Paper publications will be sent for an additional $10 per year.

Your membership demonstrates your support for the only statewide organization dedicated to documenting the ornithology of New York State, and enables NYSOA to continue to develop unique informational and educational resources for birders and ornithologists alike. Every new member strengthens the voice of NYSOA in its important conservation efforts throughout New York State.

NYSOA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Beyond the first $30/year, NYSOA membership dues are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

Individual or Family Membership

Annual Dues
The membership term runs from January 1 through December 31. 

 

With Electronic Publications
(via email)

With Paper Publications  (via postal service)
US / Canada or Mexico / Any Other Country

Individual $30 $40 / $50 / $60
Family $35 $45 / $55 / $65
Contributing $50 $60 / $70 / $80
The Kingbird Club $100 $110 / $120 / $130 UPDATED Oct 2022
Young Adult
(under 26 on Jan. 1 of
membership year)

$20 $30 / $40 / $50


Not a member yet?
 
Apply online.

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Already a member?
 
Visit your profile and renew online.
Welcome to our new membership area! If you are renewing online, you will need to log in first, using your email address as your
Login ID. If you haven't already set up your password, you can do so by using the "forgot my password" link on the login screen. 
NOTE: If we do not have your email address yet, please join as a new member.
We will update your existing profile and record your payment as a renewal.

If you prefer to pay by check, download and print our handy membership form.

Just looking for checklists & decals?  Click here to order them.

Gift Membership

Give a birder you know a NYSOA gift membership!
        - Purchase a gift membership online.
        - Download a mail-in gift form to pay by check.

Club/Organization Membership

Bird, conservation, and other nature-oriented organizations based in New York State that are interested in NYSOA membership are asked to . Depending on their size, member clubs/organizations are entitled to send 1 to 6 voting delegates to the annual Council of Delegates meeting. 

Annual club/organization dues are based on club/organization membership as follows: 

  Fewer than 101 members: $30  

ALREADY A MEMBER CLUB/ORGANIZATION?

Thank you!  If you're ready to renew,
our renewal form is available here.

  101 to 350 members: $50  
  More than 350 members: $70  


New York State Young Birders Club Membership

What can you give the budding young birder in your life for his or her birthday, or some other gift occasion? Give a gift membership to the New York State Young Birders Club!   Open up a whole new world of friendship and fun for your grandkids, kids, and others between the ages of 10 and 19!  For only $10, you will give them the chance to go to the best birding spots in NYS with expert leaders and like-minded friends. They will also get connected in a safe online community where they can share birding stories, questions, photos, and support. The NYS Young Birders Club organizes teams to compete in fun projects like the World Series of Birding. The club's Scholarship Program helps fund great educational experiences like birding camps and other programs for its young members. What a wonderful way to strengthen the next generation of birders! Out-of-state residents are welcome to join, too!

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