Why Birds Matter – 2018: Year of the Bird
Novelist and birding enthusiast Jonathan Franzen explains why in an article from National Geographic’s January 2018 issue.
An interview with Jonathan Franzen can be listened to or downloaded as a podcast from NPR’s On Point.
Bird Identification
- All About Birds – Your Online Guide To Birds from the Lab of Ornithology
- Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
- Dendroica: An aid to identifying Western Hemisphere birds [Though no longer a genus, the web site lives on.]
General Birding
- American Ornithologists Society (AOS formerly AOU) Checklist of North American Birds
- Birdingpal: Birding Contacts and Information
- Fat Birder
- Surfbirds
- Nemesis Bird
- Young Birder’s Backyard Guide
- ABA Code of Ethics
Backyard Birding
- Audubon Backyard Birding
- Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology Project FeederWatch
- Feeding Birds FAQs from Project FeederWatch
- The Importance of Checking Your Wild Birdfeeds For Mold
Florida Birding and Natural History
- Florida Audubon Society
- Apalachee Audubon Society
- Citrus County Audubon Society
- Duval Audubon Society
- Four Rivers Audubon Society (Lake City)
- Marion County Audubon Society
- Ocklawaha Valley Audubon Society
- Pinellas Birds
- St. Johns County Audubon Society
- Santa Fe Audubon Society
- Tropical Audubon (Miami)
- Cedar Keys Audubon
Plants and Gardening for Birds
- Audubon Plants for Birds Program
- Florida Association of Native Nurseries
- Florida Native Plant Society
- UF/IFAS Extension – Landscaping for Florida Wildlife
Birding and Nature-related Blogs
- Bob’s Gone Birding
- Field Guide
- David Sibley
- American Birding Association (The ABA Blog)
- The Gibson Group Videos. Learn about feathers from a Materials Science perspective. How do woodpeckers avoid brain injury?
Organizations
- American Birding Association (ABA)
- American Ornithologists Society (AOS formerly AOU)
- Association of Field Ornithologists
- Florida Ornithological Society (FOS)
- Georgia Ornithological Society (GOS)
- National Audubon Society
- Wilson Ornithological Society
- SORA, the Searchable Ornithological Research Archive
- BirdLife International
- IOC World Bird List
Research Stations and Institutions
- Avian Research and Conservation Institute (ARCI)
- Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
- Ornithology Collection, Florida Museum of Natural History
- Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
- Cape May Bird Observatory (CMBO)
- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
- Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (USGS)
- McGill Bird Observatory (MBO)
- Powdermill Avian Research Center
- Point Blue Conservation Science formerly Point Reyes Bird Observatory
Bird Surveys
- Christmas Bird Count
- eBird
- Great Backyard Bird Count
- North American Breeding Bird Survey
- Cornell Lab’s Project FeederWatch and NestWatch
- Florida Breeding Bird Atlas 1986-91
Bird Specialty Groups
- Florida Bluebird Society
- North American Bluebird Society
- Hummingbirds.net
- International Crane Foundation
- Purple Martin Conservation Association
- Raptor Research Foundation
- The Avian Reconditioning Center
Photographs and Sound Recordings
- Florida Museum of Natural History’s Bird Sound Collection
- Florida Museum of Natural History’s Gallery of Bird Photographs
- The Internet Bird Collection (IBC) – photos, videos and sounds of birds of the world
- Wing and Tail Image Collection from The Slater Museum of Natural History
- The Feather Atlas from US Fish and Wildlife Forensics Lab
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