The National Audubon Society is non-profit environmental organization dedicated to conservancy. Incorporated in 1905, it is one of the oldest of such organizations in the world. It is named in honor of John James Audubon, an ornithologist and naturalist who painted, catalogued, and described the birds of North America in his famous book Birds of America published in sections between 1827 and 1838.
The society has many local chapters, each of which is independent and voluntarily affiliated with the National Audubon Society, which often organize birdwatching field trips and conservation-related activities. It also coordinates the Christmas Bird Count held each December in the U.S., an example of citizen science. Together with Cornell Lab of Ornithology, it created eBird, an online database for bird observation. (Visit eBird at link below)
eBird documents the presence or absence of species, as well as bird abundance through checklist data. eBird encourages users to participate by providing Internet tools that maintain their personal bird records and enable them to visualize data with interactive maps, graphs, and bar charts.
What Bird - "The Ultimate Bird Guide" Just about everything a birder needs all on one website. This site includes bird calls, methods of visual identification, birds in specific areas, books, feeders . .
PROJECT FEEDERWATCH PARTICIPANS ARE CITIZEN SCIENTISTS. Would you like to add to the enjoyment of your backyard birding by helping to collect scientific data on bird populations? It's really easy. Project FeederWatch is sponsored by Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. Record the numbers of birds of each species that you see at your feeder. There's no minimum requirement for the amount of time you watch each day and no penalty if you miss a week here and there. You will enjoy having a "purpose" for your daily bird watching. Your $15 participant's fee covers the materials and instructions and a subscription to the newsletter, Birdscope.
A long list of oddities and information on subjects from A to Z! Check out the Table of Contents and click on Birds. This website could keep you busy for weeks if your curiosity takes over!
As the name would imply, there is much of interest here. Check out each drop-down menu. Under Animals choose Birds. There is a Bird of the Month, information on shade grown coffe, games, webcams, research articles, etc. Under Conservation & Science, choose Migratory Birds. Under Shop, there are items to purchase in the Migratory Birds Store.
The "Bird Call Challenge" is fun. There is a section on wildflower identification. A wide variety of information on plants as well as animals is available at this site.
Avabase is a taxonomic clearinghouse hosted by the nonprofit organization Bird Studies Canada. It covers all the world's avian species and provides the latest information on nomenclature, classification, subspecies and conservation status. There are also range maps at the country level. It contains 1.4 million records about 10,000 species and 22,000 subspecies.
UK based BirdLife International is a global alliance of conservation organizations working together for the world's birds and people. It offers details on threats to species and other information.
Find a local birder to go birding with - worldwide.
The mission of Operation Migration is to promote the conservation of migratory species through innovative research, education and partnership.
