Binoculars
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology – Nice introduction to binoculars for birders with ratings in a variety of price ranges.
More from Cornell – Some additional introductory information.
Better View Desired – An online resource for birder optics with lots of information about particular binoculars.
New Jersey Audubon – Pete Dunne, birder extraordinaire, and his take on a wide variety of binoculars.
BirdWatcher’s Digest – A fun birding magazine with online resources about binoculars.
Birdwatching.com – For what it’s worth…
Bird Identification
Links
Patuxent Bird Identification Center
Has pictures of birds and audio song files for most species
Virtual Bird Field Guide On-line Bird
field guide with pictures and audio song files for some species.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology On-line Bird field guide with pictures and audio song files for
some species.
Nature of New England On-line Bird field
guide with links to more info, pictures and sounds
files for many species.
Internet Field Guide to Birds – From the Biodiversity Institute.
Good photos of
birds
University of
Georgia’s Museum of Natural History Photos of birds
Jeff Nadler's Awesome bird photography
Very excellent photos of birds, many taken locally.
Birding
Birding All kinds of birds and birding related info
Get
a job
this summer working with birds!
Ornithological Societies of
North America A major source of bird jobs, including lots of summer
positions.
TAMU Wildlife jobs board Various postings for summer research and permanent
employment opportunities.
Other relevant
links
The American Ornithologists’ Union – The premier ornithological organization in the world
The American Bird Conservancy – An important bird conservation organization
National Audubon Society – A conservation organization focusing on birds
Sources of Photos used in this website
Peters
David Cagnolatti
Fred Martell
Freefoto.com
USFWS
Voetsch
Kasper
Austing
LaTourrette
