The Orniphile

Birding Websites

Note: Only links to non-commerical websites are or will be included on this page. All links checked and updated in July 2020.

General

• Birding News
  A great resource. Includes links to transcripts of mailing lists. From the American Birding Association.
• Bird Links to the World
  An amazing collection of links to sites for checklists, trip reports, mailing lists, tour groups, and photographs from around the world.
• Surfbirds
  A great all-around birding site. Full of tips, advice, reviews, photos and more. You name it and Surfbirds has it.
• The A. O. S. Checklist of North and Middle American Birds
  From the American Ornithological Society.

Identification

• Sibley Guides
  David Sibley's website. Includes identification articles.
• Colorado Field Ornithologists
  The photo quizzes are challenging and educational.
• Don Roberson's site
  The 10 most misidentified birds of Monterey County is must reading.
• Fish Crow ID
  How to tell a Fish Crow from an American Crow.
• Identification of Northern and Loggerhead Shrikes
  From the Ontario Field Ornithologists website.
• Louisiana Ornithological Society
  Includes a number of excellent identification articles.
• Powdermill Bird Banding
  Photos of handheld birds are presented here. Includes notes on ageing, sexing, and identification. A great resource.

Illinois & Midwestern Birding

• Birding LaBagh Woods Forest Preserve
  How to bird LaBagh Woods Forest Preserve in Chicago, Illinois.
• Carlyle Lake Bird Report
  If you want to know what's being seen at Carlyle Lake in southern Illinois, this is the site to check. Includes a nice collection of rare bird pics from the area.
• Chicago Ornithological Society
  Website of Chicago's oldest birding club.
• DuPage Birding Club
  Western suburban Chicago birding club.
• Evanston North Shore Bird Club
  Located in north suburban Chicago.
• Fermilab Birding Locations
  Includes a map and bird list for birding Fermilab in western DuPage County.
• Illinois Birding Network
  Facebook page about Illinois birds and birding.
• Illinois Ornithological Society
  Website of the state's largest birding organization.
• Illinois Young Birders
  An Illinois birding club for young people ages 9 to 18.
• The Wisconsin Society for Ornithology
  Includes a field trip schedule and a monthly birding guide for our neighbor to the north.
• Whitefish Point Bird Observatory
  An online guide to birding Whitefish Point in Michigan. Recently updated.
• William Dreuth's Study of Bird Migration
  William Dreuth's 16 year study of bird migration in Lincoln Park, Chicago.

Other Sites

• Birdingpal
  Need a contact or someone to go birding with? Check out this site.
• Common Bird Myths
  This piece discusses and dispells a number of misconceptions about birds.
• eBird
  A website that allows users to record and keep track of their North American bird sightings. Developed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society.
• HawkCount
  Features daily and monthly summaries from established hawk watching sites around North America. Part of HMANA's (Hawk Migration Association of North America) Raptors Online effort.
• Jean Iron's website
  Website of Canadian birder and photographer Jean Iron. Full of great bird and mammal photos from Canada.
• Patuxent Bird Banding Laboratory
  Everything you want to know about bird banding is at this site. Includes a 1-800 number for finding out where a particular bird was banded.
• Searchable Ornithological Research Archive (SORA)
  A searchable online archive of several ornithological journals.