Lab Info

Field Trips

List of birds to learn

Web Links



BIRD-RELATED WEBSITES
| BOOKS | CHECKLISTS | IDENTIFICATION | ORGANIZATIONS | SONGS |
| CONSERVATION | GOVERNMENT AGENCIES | GRADUATE SCHOOLS |
| JOB POSTINGS | LOCAL BIRDING | MEGA-SITES| LECTURES | OPTICS |

Bird Books:
ABA site - http://www.americanbirding.org/abasales/saleabt1.htm
Birding magazines - http://gorp.com/gorp/newstand/birding.htm
Buteo Books specializing in ornithology - http://www.buteobooks.com/
David Sibley site - http://www.sibleyart.com/
LAAS catalog - http://www.laaudubon.org/bookstore/cat2001/catcont2001.html
 
Bird Checklists:
Thayer Birding site with free checklists - http://www.thayerbirding.com/chklstmap.htm
Checklists - http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/CHECKLISTS/checklists.html
 
Bird Identification:
A field guide to birds on the web -http://www.members.tripod.com/%7Efieldguide/birdlink.html
Cornell Bird of the week - http://www.birds.cornell.edu/bow/
NBS Common Birds of North America - http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/Infocenter/infocenter.html
ENature - http://www.enature.com/guides/select_Birds.asp?curGroup=Birds
 
Bird Related Organizations:
American Birding Association - http://www.americanbirding.org/
American Bird Conservancy - http://www.abcbirds.org/
American Ornithologists' Union - http://www.aou.org/
Association of Field Ornithologists - http://www.afonet.org/
Bird Life International - http://www.birdlife.org/
Colonial Waterbird Society - http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/CWS/index.html
Cooper Ornithological Society - http://www.cooper.org
Cornell Lab of Ornithology - http://www.birds.cornell.edu/
National Audubon Society - http://www.audubon.org/
National Wildlife Refuge Association - http://www.refugenet.org/
Raptor Research Foundation - http://raptorresearchfoundation.org/
The Nature Conservancy - http://nature.org/

Bird Songs:

ENature - http://www.enature.com/audio/audio_home.asp
Greg Kunkel - http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/kunkel/gjk/homepage.htm
Nature songs - http://www.naturesongs.com/birds.html
Songs and calls New York State - http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~tony/birds/
 
Conservation:
ABA Bird Conservation - http://www.americanbirding.org/
ABA Newsletter - http://www.americanbirding.org/pubs/wingingit/index.html
Backyard Bird Count - http://www.birdsource.org/
Bird Population Monitoring - http://www.birdpop.org/maps.htm
Birding Festivals - http://americanbirding.org/festivals/index.html
Christmas Bird Count - http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc/index.html
Environmental News Service - http://www.ens-news.com/
Fair Trade Coffee Campaign - http://www.globalexchange.org/economy/coffee/
Fermata Inc Nature Tourism - http://www.fermatainc.com/home.html
Hummingbird site - http://www.hummingbirdsociety.org/indexnew.asp
International Migratory Bird Day - http://birds.fws.gov/IMBD/
New England pelagic bird site - http://www.neseabirds.com/
Owl site - http://www.owlpages.com/
Patuxent Wildlife Center - http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/
Peregrine Fund - http://www.peregrinefund.org/index.html
Resource information - http://www.natureserve.org/index.htm
Watch List - http://www.audubon.org/bird/watchlist/index.html


Government Agencies:
US Fish and Wildlife Service - http://refuges.fws.gov/
Patuxtent Bird Lab - http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/
Northern Prairie Research Center - http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/
 
Graduate School information:
List of potential graduate schools - http://www.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/birds/studies.html

Job Postings:
Ornithological Jobs - http://birds.cornell.edu/OSNA/ornjobs.htm

Local birding information:
Blacksburg Christmas bird count 2001 http://cbc.audubon.org/cbccurrent/current_table.html
Information on pelagic bird trips - Brian Patteson's Homepage
Virginia Society of Ornithologists - http://www.virginiabirds.net/

Mega Bird Links:
Birder - http://www.birder.com/
BIRDNET - http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/index.html
Bird links to the world - http://www.bsc-eoc.org/links/links.jsp
Birds of prey - http://www.buteo.com/links.html
British Mega Site for birding - http://www.surfbirds.com/
Cornell Lab - http://www.birds.cornell.edu/
Mass Bird Links - http://massbird.org/
Numerous bird links - http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/bird.html
Yahoo Mega Site - http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Outdoors/Birding/
 
Online lectures on bird biology:
Ornithology - http://www.ornithology.com/lectures/Introduction.html
Smithsonian National Zoological Park - http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/Birds/

Optics:
Better View Desired Optical Reviews - http://betterviewdesired.com/

Digital bird photography - http://www.digibird.com/
Eagle Optics - http://www.eagleoptics.com/index.asp?AID=1484426&PID=96600

If you find any other good sites or have any problems with the links, let us know!