Useful Resources

If you want to dive deeper into birding and it’s culture and people, there are many resources you can dig into. Here are a few to get you started:

Organizations

• Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology is a organization managing a few key online resources for all birders:

  • eBird

  • All About Birds

• National Audubon Society

  • The Audubon Guide to Binoculars

  • The Audubon Guide to Scopes

• American Birding Association

  • American Birding Podcast hosted by Nate Swick

• American Bird Conservancy

  • Glass Collisions: Preventing Bird Window Strikes

  • ABC's Bird Library

• Introduction

• How to Find Birds

• On Keeping Lists

• Buying a Field Guide

• Thinking Through an ID

• Judging Size Will Make You Cry

• Learning to See the Details

• Use Range Maps to Simplify Your ID Search

• Sometimes the Best Answer is “I don’t know”

• What Makes a Good Bird Report

• A Birdwatcher’s Library

• Useful Resources