- A 2 Z 4 Birders Online Guide: North American Birds
Full-featured multimedia application including text, illustrations, maps, photos, sonograms, audio clips and video clips for each species.
www.a2z4birders.com/birds
- About.com: Birding/Wild Birds
Offers articles about bird songs, field guides, a chat room, instructions for constructing a birdhouse, and more.
birding.about.com
- All About Birds
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Covers the basics of birding, bird identification, attracting birds to one's own garden, bird conservation, and scientific studies. From the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds
- Better View Desired
Reviews/evaluations of the best in birding optics inspiration/instruction for birders at all levels.
betterviewdesired.com
- Bird Photo Gallery
Wild bird photos from Stanford's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve and from the Hawaiian Islands taken by Peter LaTourrette.
www.stanford.edu/~petelat1
- BirdCheck.co.uk
Reproduces the entire picture set from Morris's British Birds, 1891
www.birdcheck.co.uk
- Birder.com
New photos, quizzes and bird songs appear almost daily. Rare bird alerts, scientific discoveries, checklists of birds, it's all here.
www.birder.com
- Birding Forums
On-going discussion of wild birds and birding.
www.hmco.com/cgi-bin/WebX?hmi1-14@@.ee6b2e7
- Birding Guide
Features a directory of United States birding clubs, bird watching trips, binocular reviews, and a photo gallery.
www.birdingguide.com
- Birding Home
Offers a collection of birding reports, and online checklist.
www.thebirdinghome.org
- Birding Hotspots Around the World
Helping you plan a birding vacation by providing links to information and photos of birds by continent and country.
www.camacdonald.com/birding/birding.htm
- Birdingonthe.Net
Rare bird alerts, art galleries, and a worldwide directory of birds and related sites.
www.birdingonthe.net
- Birds and Birding in India
Learn about bird watching and avifauna in India and South Asia. Includes resources for ornithologists.
www.birding.in
- BirdSource
Partnership between citizens and scientists where the enthusiasm of birders combines with technology to promote conservation. Birders contribute data that helps scientist define birds ranges, populations, migration pathways, and habitat needs.
www.birdsource.org
- BirdWatch
National, weekly PBS television series on all aspects of watching birds, from your backyard to the wilderness.
www.pbs.org/birdwatch
- birdwatching.idealreferences.com
Features forum, gallery, and checklists to share ideas between birding enthusiasts.
birdwatching.idealreferences.com
- Fat Birder
Linking birders worldwide. Includes news, sights and sounds, and guides to birding by continent.
www.fatbirder.com
- GORP: Bird Watching
Information about bird refuges, rescuing fallen birds, organizations, and trips.
www.gorp.com/weekend-guide/birdwatching-advice-guide-sp.html
- Guidedbirding.com
Directory of professional birding guides around the world.
www.guidedbirding.com
- How to Document Rare Birds
Guide to collecting detailed information about a rare bird sighting from the Louisiana Ornithological Society.
losbird.org/dittman_lasley.htm
- JJ Cardinal's
Online wild bird and nature store as well as an extensive FAQ offering identification help and a feeding guide.
www.jjcardinal.com/info.htm
- Little Birdie
News about birds and birding, hyperlinked to source articles.
www.littlebirdiehome.com
- Nest Box, The
Bluebirds, backyard birding and links.
www.nestbox.com
- Obsolete English Names of North American Birds
Guide to bird names that have been supplanted by modern equivalents.
www.pwrc.usgs.gov/research/pubs/banks/obsall.htm
- Patuxent Bird Population Studies
Offers seasonal bird checklists, identification tips, migratory bird research, and large-scale survey analyses.
www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov
- Patuxent Bird Quiz
Lets you test your knowledge of North American bird identification, distribution in winter (from the Audubon Christmas Bird Count) and summer (from the North American Breeding Bird Survey), and song.
www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/trend/birdquiz.html
- Photobirder
Provides the birding community with free access to photographs of the world's birds. Also sells images, slides, and prints for personal or commercial use.
www.photobirder.com
- Rarebirds.com
Up to the minute information about rare and unusual bird sightings.
www.rarebirds.com
- SurfBirds.com
Offers photos quizzes, life list rankings, identification articles, and more.
www.surfbirds.com
- Tell Them a Little Birdie Told You!
Aggregating worldwide news on birds and how they are faring in their environments.
little_birdie.home.att.net
- WildBirds.com
Provides information for backyard birders.
www.wildbirds.com
- World Bird Guide
Digital guide to the world's bird species with sound clips, video clips, and photographs.
www.mangoverde.com/birdsound
- WorldTwitch
Reports about rare and newly-described birds around the world, plus discussion board and trip advice.
worldtwitch.com
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