North America

Sites :

• American Bird Center - Links related to birds and birding in the United States and Canada.
• American Birding Association - North America's largest membership organization for active birders, with news, details on publications and programs, and birding resources.
• A2Z4 Birders Online Guide: North American Birds - Guide to many different groups of birds with photos, text, sounds, sonograms, maps, and video.
• Badbirdz - An e-zine of North American birding, with seawatching and Florida site guides.
• The Bird Guide - Site guides, identification articles, and links for the Pacific Northwest, including Oregon, Washington, California, Idaho, and British Columbia.
• Bird Lists - North America - Checklists and links for all US states, Canadian provinces, and outlying areas.
• Bird Records Committee Forum - Archives of the e-mail group for discussion of issues pertaining to groups that evaluate rare bird reports.
• Bird Song and Wildlife Unlimited - Information about the book by Ernie Jardine with tips on learning songs, quiz (no audio), links, and photo gallery.
• BirdSource - Joint project of National Audubon and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology with the complete Christmas Bird Count database, Project FeederWatch, BirdCast, HawkWatch results, Great Backyard Bird Count, and feature articles.
• Bird Watcher's Digest - Magazine for birdwatching, birding, backyard bird feeding, bird gardening, bird identification, bird travel, and birding products.
• BirdBand - Archives of the forum for bird banders.
• BirdCntr - Archives of the e-mail group for central US/Canada rare bird alerts.
• BirdEast - Archives of the e-mail group for eastern US/Canada rare bird alerts.
• Birder.com - Links and books useful to birders.
• Birders Journal - The Canadian magazine for North American birders, with information and tables of contents.
• Birdfilms.com - Videos and DVDs on the lives and natural habitats of North American birds by Michael Male and Judy Fieth.
• BirdHawk - Archives of the Hawk Migration Association of North America e-mail group.
• Birding America - Pictures and stories of birds, habitats, and birding at more than 185 sites in the United States and Canada.
• BirdIQ - Site from ConocoPhillips with basic information on birds, bird watching, and feeding for students, teachers, and anyone interested in learning more.
• Bird_RBA - Archives of the e-mail group for reports of continentally rare birds.
• Birds of North America - Comprehensive reference series on North American birds, with information and sample profiles.
• Birds of the Continental United States and Canada - Checklist of 914 species recorded in North America north of Mexico.
• Birdwatching - Frequently asked questions, birding tips, articles, and store.
• BirdWest - Archives of the e-mail group for western US/Canada rare bird alerts.
• Birdzilla - Sightings, newsletter, articles, species profiles including the complete text of Bent's Life Histories, bird lists, photos, backyard birding, and shopping.
• Boreal Songbird Initiative - Dedicated to educating birdwatchers and naturalists about the importance of the boreal forest of North America to migratory birds.
• Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology - A membership institution interpreting and conserving the earth's biological diversity through research, education, and citizen science focused on birds.
• eBird - Project developed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society, provides a simple way to keep track of the birds you see anywhere in North America.
• eNature Birds - Species accounts of North American birds, including images, descriptions, and sounds.
• Familiar Birds - Full text of some of the species accounts of more common birds by Arthur Cleveland Bent from his classic Life Histories of North American Birds (1919-1968).
• Field Birding - Travel tips, trip reports, and articles.
• George West's Birding Homepage - Photo gallery, trip reports, Arizona hummingbird banding program, and updates to "A Birder's Guide to Alaska".
• Hawk Migration Association of North America - Monitors raptor migration throughout North America.
• HawkCount - Daily reports of migrant hawks seen at many North American hawk watch sites.
• Hummingbirds - Photograph album, migration maps, attracting and feeding tips, species accounts, and articles.
• Index to the Archives of Birding Email Lists - Links to searchable archives of U.S. and Canada birding email groups.
• Internet Field Guide to Birds - Keys to identify North American species online; from The BioDiversity Institute. Includes photo gallery.
• John James Audubon's Birds of America - Audubon's images and original text descriptions from an 1840 (First Octavo Edition) of Audubon's complete seven volume text.
• The Nature Conservancy - Migratory Bird Program - Programs to protect critical habitats for birds throughout the Western Hemisphere. Species abstracts, fact sheets, and links.
• Naturesound.org - Sounds recordings, mostly of North American birds, by Martyn Stewart.
• North America Rare Bird Alert - Subscription reporting service on rare birds in the United States and Canada.
• North American Bird Notes - Notes, distribution maps, and photos of current rarities. Includes gull section and bird quizzes.
• North American Bird Photography Gallery - Photographs of many species by Peter LaTourrette.
• North American Bird Sounds - Doug Von Gausig's site with bird songs, other sounds, and some explanatory text.
• North American Birds - Quarterly journal with feature articles and comprehensive sightings summaries. Available online are information about the journal, tables of contents, some photos, and submission information.
• Obsolete English Names of North American Birds - Thorough list of old names of North American and Hawaiian birds and their modern equivalents.
• Old Bird, Inc. - Information about the Flight Calls of Migratory Birds (Eastern North American Landbirds) CD-ROM and the Dickcissel night flight call monitoring project.
• On Silent Wings Bird Photography - Photographs of birds from the ABA North American region, with birding and photograph links for beginners to experts.
• Partners in Flight - An association supported by federal, state, and regional governments dedicated to the preservation of bird species that summer in North America and winter in South America. Volunteer info and species data.
• Patuxent - Bird Population Studies - Comprehensive data on North American birds, including the Breeding Bird Survey, Christmas Bird Count trends, migratory bird projects, the Bird Identification InfoCenter, checklists, ID tips, and quiz.
• Peterson Birding Resources - Links and list of bird spectacles.
• Ranges of North American Breeding Birds - Maps showing changes in distribution and abundance patterns of some North American birds during the period 1970-1989.
• Sibley Guides - Information about the Sibley Guide to Birds, including updates, subspecies, and a gallery of David Sibley's paintings.
• Suite101: Birds - Articles and links on different topics related to birds and birding.
• TeenBirdChat - E-mail group for young birders.
• The Virtual Birder - Virtual birding tours of North America's leading hot spots, articles, rare bird alerts, e-mail discussion group archives, and photo galleries.
• WBBA Species Audio Library - Collection of 200 bird song audio recordings in high-quality MP3 format. All recordings were made in Wisconsin.