North America Birding Recreation

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• - Articles and links on different topics related to birds and birding.
  
• - Keys to identify North American species online; from The BioDiversity Institute. Includes photo gallery.
  
• - Links related to birds and birding in the United States and Canada.
  
• - Information about the Sibley Guide to Birds, including updates, subspecies, and a gallery of David Sibley's paintings.
  
• - Dedicated to educating birdwatchers and naturalists about the importance of the boreal forest of North America to migratory birds.
  
• - E-mail group for young birders.
  
• - Virtual birding tours of North America's leading hot spots, articles, rare bird alerts, e-mail discussion group archives, and photo galleries.
  
• - Links and books useful to birders.
  
• - Comprehensive reference series on North American birds, with information and sample profiles.
  
• - Archives of the forum for bird banders.
  
• - Sightings, newsletter, articles, species profiles including the complete text of Bent's Life Histories, bird lists, photos, backyard birding, and shopping.
  
• - Daily reports of migrant hawks seen at many North American hawk watch sites.
  
• - The Canadian magazine for North American birders, with information and tables of contents.
  
• - A membership institution interpreting and conserving the earth's biological diversity through research, education, and citizen science focused on birds.
  
• - A subscription-based interactive guide to the birds of North America, based on the Sibley Guides.
  
• - Archives of the e-mail group for discussion of issues pertaining to groups that evaluate rare bird reports.
  
• - Archives of the e-mail group for reports of continentally rare birds.
  
• - Checklists and links for all US states, Canadian provinces, and outlying areas.
  
• - Notes, distribution maps, and photos of current rarities. Includes gull section and bird quizzes.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Guide to many different groups of birds with photos, text, sounds, sonograms, maps, and video.
  
• - Photograph album, migration maps, attracting and feeding tips, species accounts, and articles.
  
• - Archives of the Hawk Migration Association of North America e-mail group.
  
• - Photo gallery, trip reports, Arizona hummingbird banding program, and updates to "A Birder's Guide to Alaska".
  
• - Checklist of 914 species recorded in North America north of Mexico.
  
• - Photographs of birds from the ABA North American region, with birding and photograph links for beginners to experts.
  
• - Videos and DVDs on the lives and natural habitats of North American birds by Michael Male and Judy Fieth.
  
• - Subscription reporting service on rare birds in the United States and Canada.
  
• - Photographs of many species by Peter LaTourrette.
  
• - Audubon's images and original text descriptions from an 1840 (First Octavo Edition) of Audubon's complete seven volume text.
  
• - Site from ConocoPhillips with basic information on birds, bird watching, and feeding for students, teachers, and anyone interested in learning more.
  
• - North America's largest membership organization for active birders, with news, details on publications and programs, and birding resources.
  
• - 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).
  
• - Quarterly journal with feature articles and comprehensive sightings summaries. Available online are information about the journal, tables of contents, some photos, and submission information.
  
• - Sounds recordings, mostly of North American birds, by Martyn Stewart.
  
• - An e-zine of North American birding, with seawatching and Florida site guides.
  
• - Links to searchable archives of U.S. and Canada birding email groups.
  
• - Programs to protect critical habitats for birds throughout the Western Hemisphere. Species abstracts, fact sheets, and links.
  
• - Monitors raptor migration throughout North America.
  
• - Collection of 200 bird song audio recordings in high-quality MP3 format. All recordings were made in Wisconsin.
  
• - Archives of the e-mail group for western US/Canada rare bird alerts.
  
• - Species accounts of North American birds, including images, descriptions, and sounds.
  
• - Pictures and stories of birds, habitats, and birding at more than 185 sites in the United States and Canada.
  
• - Information about the book by Ernie Jardine with tips on learning songs, quiz (no audio), links, and photo gallery.
  
• - Magazine for birdwatching, birding, backyard bird feeding, bird gardening, bird identification, bird travel, and birding products.
  
• - Site guides, identification articles, and links for the Pacific Northwest, including Oregon, Washington, California, Idaho, and British Columbia.
  
• - Archives of the e-mail group for eastern US/Canada rare bird alerts.
  
• - Frequently asked questions, birding tips, articles, and store.
  
• - Archives of the e-mail group for central US/Canada rare bird alerts.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Maps showing changes in distribution and abundance patterns of some North American birds during the period 1970-1989.
  
• - Links and list of bird spectacles.
  
• - Thorough list of old names of North American and Hawaiian birds and their modern equivalents.
  
• - Information about the Flight Calls of Migratory Birds (Eastern North American Landbirds) CD-ROM and the Dickcissel night flight call monitoring project.
  
• - Travel tips, trip reports, and articles.
  
• - Doug Von Gausig's site with bird songs, other sounds, and some explanatory text.