General Information About Birds

• Birding/Wild Birds
  From about.com. Links to most every aspect of birds and birding.
• Bird Links to the World
  An extensive list of links.
• BirdSource: Birding with a Purpose
  From the National Audubon Society and Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Its purpose is to promote conservation and environmental learning.
• Jaybat's Birds of Prey Website
  Includes information about birds of prey including falconry, photos, raptor organizations, raptor rehabilitation, and migration and species accounts.
• Ornithology: The Science of Birds
  Includes information about backyard birding, banding birds, birdwatching, birding gear, and general information about birds.
• The Ornithology WebSite
  Focuses on bird ecology and conservation. Links include articles, volunteer opportunities, a photo gallery, backyard habitats, and conservation alerts.
• The O.W.L.: The Ornithological Web Library
  References over 1,800 sites about birds. Many links deal with ornithological research. Other links include photographic and sound libraries, and birding links.
• Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History: Division of Birds
  Information about its collection of birds. Includes selected photos.
• The Virtual Bird
  Bird taxonomy list and photos of birds.

Birding/Bird Watching

• American Birding Association
• birding.com
  Includes information about birding hotspots and birding gear, short tutorials about birds and birding, and rare bird alerts.
• Birdingonthe.net
  Lists of links about birds around the world, birding gear, tours, and rare bird alerts.
• BirdingPal
  Obtain advice from local birders on birding in their area.
• birdzilla.com
  Includes information about birdwatching, birding tours, backyard watching and feeding of birds.
• Fatbirder
  Includes information about birding around the world.
• The Virtual Birder
  Includes information about birding trips and bird photos. Also contains links to bird finding by state and region.

Distribution/Status of Birds

• birdnotes.net
  Information about bird distribution in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and British Columbia.
• The Fermilab Bird List
  Distribution maps based on surveys of the 6,800 acre site of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Chicago. Though local, the maps are informative for those interested in the distribution of US birds.
• Patuxent: Bird Population Studies
  From the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Includes checklists and information about bird identification. See in particular these Patuxent sites:
  • Audubon Christmas Bird Count
    Information about the distribution of wintering North American birds. It uses summarized CBC results from the period 1959 through 1988. Includes graphs, maps, and population trends.
  • North American Breeding Bird Survey
    Contains data from roadside surveys, primarily covering the continental United States and southern Canada, since 1996. Archives of prior surveys from 1966 are available. Includes distribution and trend maps.

Endangered Species

• Endangered Species Program
  US Fish and Wildlife Service. Includes a list of threatened and endangered species and species information.

Images of Birds

• Beautiful Birds
  Masterpieces from the Hill Ornithology Collection at the Cornell University Library.
• North American Birds Photo Gallery by Peter LaTourrette
  An extensive list of bird species. Often shown in more than one plumage variation.
• Southeastern Birds Photo Archive
  From the Georgia Museum of Natural History.

Migration

• Migration of Birds: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Circular 16
  From the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. Discusses all aspects of bird migration.
• Satellite Tracking: Threatened Species
  From Patuxent Wildlife Research Center and NASA. Describes their satellite tracking program. Includes an overview of satellite tracking, summary accounts of the migration tracks of selected species around the world.

Ornithology

• American Ornithologists' Union
• Association of Field Ornithologists
• Birdnet: The Ornithological Information Source
  From the Ornithological Council, an information service for the major North American ornithological societies. Includes professional information, ornithological issues, research assistance, birds and birding information, lists of links from around the world, legislative news about birds.
• Cooper Ornithological Society
• Cornell Lab of Ornithology
• Ornithological Newsletter Online
  Published by the Ornithological Societies of North America. Includes an archive of past newsletters.
• Wilson Ornithological Society

Searches

• Percevia
  Database for identifying birds.
• US Fish & Wildlife Service
  Searchable database of USF&WS documents; type the name of your favorite raptor.
• USGS Northern Prairie Biological Resources

Search for information primarily about the Great Plains region. Topics include checklists, distributions, resource management techniques, species accounts. Categorized by type, taxon, and geography. Many links.

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Last revised on 7 June 2007.