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# New York Nature by Betsy McCully

Your portal to the nature and natural history of the New York region

## Sitemaps

- [XML Sitemap](https://newyorknature.us/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website.

## Pages

- [Welcome!](https://newyorknature.us/) - Explore New York's nature and natural history. Learn about New York's prehistorical landscape, its first peoples, its diverse habitats, its wild plants and animals.
- [New York Habitats](https://newyorknature.us/new-york-natural-habitats/) - The New York landscape has radically changed since pre-colonial times. Learn how we have degraded, erased, and restored New York's waters, wetlands, grasslands, and woodlands.
- [The Lenapes: the First New Yorkers](https://newyorknature.us/lenapes/) - Learn about the Lenape, the original people of New York. Who were they? How did they live? What did they believe? What happened to them? Where are they today?
- [Ice Age New York](https://newyorknature.us/ice-age-new-york/) - Learn how glaciers shaped the New York landscape. Discover the animals of ice age New York and what happened to them. Find out where to see New York's glacial landscape.
- [New York Geology](https://newyorknature.us/new-york-geology/) - New York City is a geological hotspot where continents fused and rifted, and mountains rose to the skies. Learn how Manhattan's bedrock was formed and where to see the rocks.
- [New York Grasslands](https://newyorknature.us/grasslands/) - Explore New York's grasslands, their flora and birds. Learn how these vital eco-communities evolved, how they became degraded, and how they are being protected.
- [New York Wildflowers Gallery](https://newyorknature.us/new-york-wildflower-gallery/) - A personal photo gallery of New York wildflowers by Betsy McCully. Learn about the diverse flowering plants found in New York and how to identify them.
- [Terms Of Use](https://newyorknature.us/terms-of-use/) - Terms Of Use Statement of Copyright and Fair Use Betsy McCully is the sole author of the contents of this website. The contents of the website NewYorkNature.us is copyrighted with the U.S. Copyright Office. According to the principle of Fair Use, as defined by the U.S. Copyright Office in 2018, unlicensed use of copyrighted content
- [New York Wild Flora](https://newyorknature.us/new-york-wild-flora/) - Learn about New York's wild flora from colonial times to the present. Find out how non-native plants were introduced, which plants are invasive, and why some weeds are good.
- [New York Birds](https://newyorknature.us/new-york-birds/) - What were the birds of ancient New York? How and why have they declined? What birds have become extinct or endangered? How are we protecting the birds?
- [New York Wetlands](https://newyorknature.us/wetlands/) - Explore the world of New York wetlands and their rich diversity of species. Learn how our coastal marshes were severely degraded and how they are being restored.
- [New York Waters](https://newyorknature.us/waters/) - Learn how the New York estuary became polluted by sewage and oil spills over the last century, and how it's being restored, from wastewater plants to oyster reefs.
- [New York Forests](https://newyorknature.us/woodlands/) - Learn how New York woodlands evolved, how they became degraded, and how they are being restored. Discover the rich diversity of New York's forest communities.
- [New York Fossils](https://newyorknature.us/new-york-fossils/) - Discover New York's rich fossil troves and what they reveal about how life evolved over a half billion years, from the trilobites of ancient seas to the dinosaurs.
- [New York Birds Gallery](https://newyorknature.us/birds-gallery/) - A personal photo gallery of birds that can be found in New York by Betsy McCully. Learn about New York birds, their habitats, and status. Identify New York birds.
- [About Betsy McCully](https://newyorknature.us/about-betsy-mccully/) - About Betsy McCully As the creator of this website and author of two books on the natural history of New York City and Long Island, it’s my desire to provide my readers with a deep historical perspective on how an urban place like New York has evolved and how it’s been altered by humans. I
- [Events by Author Betsy McCully](https://newyorknature.us/events-by-author-betsy-mccully/) - List of book talks, podcasts and lectures on Long Island's natural history by author Betsy McCully for the 2024 and 2025 calendar years.
- [Privacy policy](https://newyorknature.us/privacy-policy/) - Privacy Policy Protection of your privacy is as important to me as it is to you! If you want to know more about how your privacy is being protected when you are visiting this website, please read my privacy policy belowProtection of your privacy is as important to me as it is to you! If

## Gallery

- [Birds of Waters, Wetlands, Shores: Shorebirds](https://newyorknature.us/gallery/birds-of-waters-wetlands-shores-shorebirds/)