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Michigan Area Birds/Birding Links |
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BIRDING (GENERAL) - personal web sites |
BatemanBirding Craig Bateman
Bowman's Bird Stuff Bruce Bowman
Michigan HummerNet Allen Chartier
Michigan Purple Martins Mark Dietrich
kingbird.org John Lowry
birding Karen Markey
Northern Michigan Birding Keith Saylor, et al.
UPBirders.org Melinda Stamp
Michigan Bluebird Society Maynard Sumner
Eastern Birding Central John van der Linden
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PHOTO GALLERIES - personal web sites |
Tim's Birdpics Tim Baerwald
Rick Baetsen Wildlife & Nature Photography Rick Baetsen
Birds Photo Gallery Reg Baker
Birders@umich Photos sharing site Bruce Bowman
info - Birders@umich Photos sharing site Bruce Bowman
John Cassady's Gallery John Cassady
Photos: Bird Families of the World Allen Chartier
Bird Photography Bill Fissell
Nature & Wildlife Photography Mark Graf
Michigan Birds Jim Gregerson
Jerry's Photo Galleries Jerry Jourdan
Andreas Kanon phototography Andreas Kanon
kingbird.org photos John Lowry
Birds by ManlyMan Scott Manly
Birds by JMcHale Jerry McHale
Cindy Mead's Gallery Cindy Mead
Woodsong Nature Photography Cindy Mead
Photo Galleries Rich Miller
David Pavlik's Photography David Pavlik
Birds 'n Such Photo Gallery Tom Pavlik
Grosse Pointe Bird Photos Rob Poniatowski & Eli Thomas
Pat's Bird Albums Pat Reilly
Robert Royse's Bird Photography
Life Photo Gallery Eddie Sanchez
Northern Michigan Birding Photo Galleries Keith Saylor, et al.
Birds Photo Gallery John Schenk
Wild Tangent Photography Jeff Schultz
The UPBirders Birdnet's Photo Album Melinda Stamp
Bird Photography by Steven Winiarski Steve Winiarski
Jim Zipp Photography Jim Zipp
NatureScapes Image Portfolio of Brian Zwiebel Brian Zwiebel
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MICHIGAN BIRDING - personal web sites |
Southeast Michigan Birding Bruce Bowman
Birding Sites in Southeast Michigan and Vicinity Bruce Bowman
Michigan County Maps Bruce Bowman
Birding in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan Vince Cavalieri
Birding Michigan and elsewhere Erik Enbody
Washtenaw County Birding Page Rob French
Jerry's Birding/Digiscoping Blog - focus on Michigan Jerry Jourdan
Greater Washtenaw County Butterfly Survey Roger Kuhlman
The Birds of Livingston County Livingston County birders
Michigan Birding Hotspots Tina MacDonald
Birding Althea Moorhead
Birds 'n Such - focus on Michigan Tom Pavlik
Peepsgroup Great Lakes Birding The Peeps aka The Dweebs
Grosse Pointe Birds Rob Poniatowski & Eli Thomas
Avian Tendencies Caleb Putnam
Bell Tower Birding Jochen Roeder
Northern Michigan Birding Keith Saylor, et al.
UPBirders.org Melinda Stamp
Wings Over Michigan Heather Slayton
Saginaw Bay Birding Joe Soehnel
Michigan Birding Mary Wise
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BIRD SONGS |
* Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics Recorded Sounds - Bird Songs
Cornell Lab of Ornithology Macaulay Library - Animal Sound and Video Catalog
Whatbird.com - Birds of North America [taxonomic order]
Naturesound.org - Birds of No. America [alphabetic order, links to Whatbird.com]
North American Bird Sounds
Learn Bird Songs!
Bird Songs - Songs and calls of some New York State birds
Bird Songs - Wisconsin BBA, Species Audios
Bird Songs - Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Hear Birds - Bird Song and Sounds [info - no songs]
SongFinder - A Digital Bird Song Hearing Device [info - no songs]
The Singing Life of Birds - Donald Kroodsma [info - no songs]
Bird Song Mneumonics [info - no songs]
Recording bird songs [info - no songs]
* Requires RealPlayer. To play song w/o electronic registration left-click on Download, Cancel, Exit.
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BIRDING OPTICS |
All About Optics [binoculars, spotting scopes, digiscoping]
Binoculars 101 [binoculars - terms, design, choosing]
Birding Binoculars [binoculars - how to choose]
The Ideal Birding Binocular [from Better View Desired]
Optics Buying Guide [all about optics]
Better View Desired [optics articles and reviews: Stephen Ingraham, Tom Lester, Wayne Mones]
Eagle Optics - Binoculars, Spotting Scopes, and Tripods
Christophers, Ltd. - Binoculars, Spotting Scopes, and Tripods
SWFA Optics - Binoculars, Spotting Scopes, and Tripods
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DIGISCOPING |
Eagle Optics Digiscoping Page
Jerry's Digiscoping Page
Mike's Birding and Digiscoping Blog
Andy Bright's Digiscoping Forum
Schmoker's Digiscoping Tips & Tricks
Digibird.com
The Bird Guide: Digiscoping
Digiscope Diary
Digiscoping on the Cheap
Digiscoping Birds - BirdForum [part of the BirdForum Group]
Digiscoping Birds - Yahoo [Yahoo Group]
Digiscoping with Zeiss equipment
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ORGANIZATIONS (mostly Michigan) |
American Birding Association (ABA)
American Ornithologists' Union (AOU)
Ann Arbor City Parks
Benzie Audubon Club (Frankfort)
Berrien Birding Club (Berrien County) Kip Miller
Berrien County Parks
Bird Banding Lab - report marked bird w/o metal federal band 1-800-327-BAND
Bird Banding Lab - report marked bird with a metal federal band 1-800-327-BAND
Bird Records Committees / State and Provincial Ornithological Societies
Blue Water Audubon Society (Port Huron) Jack Sanders
Capital Area Audubon Society (Lansing) Erik Enbody
Department of Natural Resources - Indiana
Department of Natural Resources - Michigan
Department of Natural Resources - Ohio
Detroit Audubon Society (Royal Oak) DAS
ENVIRO-MICH Listserv - FAQ (Sierra Club)
ENVIRO-SEMICH Listserv - FAQ Larry Nooden, John Lowry
Erie Shores Birding Association (Monroe)
Genesee Audubon Society (Flint)
Grand Rapids Audubon Club (Grand Rapids) Fred Van Oeveren
Grand Traverse Audubon (Traverse City)
Grosse Pointe Audubon (Grosse Pointe Woods) Bill Rapai
Haehnle Audubon Sanctuary History Stewart Robinovitz
Huron-Clinton Metroparks
Jackson Audubon Society (Jackson) Stewart Robinovitz
Kalamazoo Audubon Society (Kalamazoo)
Kirtland's Warbler Festival Kirtland Community College
Kirtland's Warbler Tours U.S. Forest Service
Kirtland's Warbler / Huron-Manistee National Forest
Love Creek County Parks (southwest Michigan) Kip Miller
Macomb Audubon Society (Sterling Heights)
Michigan Audubon Society MAS
Michigan Audubon Society Chapters
Michigan Audubon Society Christmas Bird Counts
Michigan Bird Conservation Initiative
Michigan Bird Records Committee (MBRC) Caleb Putnam
Michigan Birds and Natural History (MAS)
Michigan Fall Color Tours Bruce Bowman
Michigan Land Conservancies and Nature Centers (links) LTC
Michigan Loon Preservation Association
Michigan Natural Features Inventory (Michigan State University Extension)
Michigan State-owned lands - maps
Michigan State Game Areas and Wildlife Areas
Michigan State Parks
Michigan State Police Roads and Weather Conditions
Michigan Wildlife & Habitat
Michigan Wildlife Rehabilitators #1
Michigan Wildlife Rehabilitators #2
Michigan Bird Rehabilitator (Washtenaw County) 734-994-6287
MSU Extension - Birds of Lake Huron and the Coastal Zone
Muskegon County Nature Club (Muskegon) Ric Pedler
National Audubon Society
National Audubon Society chapters in Michigan
Natural Area Preservation - City of Ann Arbor Dave Borneman
Nature Conservancy - Michigan Chapter
Oakland Audubon Society (Birmingham)
Ohio Transportation Information System
Osprey Reintroduction Program of Southern Michigan Christi Vedejs
Osprey Watch of SE Michigan James Kortge
Owashtanong Islands Audubon Society (Grand Haven)
Rouge River Bird Observatory (RRBO) Julie Craves
Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge
Sierra Club-Huron Valley Group (Ann Arbor) Doug Cowherd
Sierra Club Mackinac Chapter (Michigan)
Sierra Club - FAQ for ENVIRO-MICH Listserv
Southeast Michigan Land Conservancy (SMLC) Jack Smiley
Southeastern Michigan Raptor Research (SMRR) Paul Cypher
University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ) Bird Division Janet Hinshaw
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3
Washtenaw Audubon Society (Ann Arbor) president
Washtenaw County Parks
Washtenaw Land Trust Protected Land & Nature Preserves
Whitefish Point Bird Observatory WPBO-1 WPBO-2
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CHECKLISTS AND LISTING |
Official Checklist of Michigan Birds MBRC - Caleb Putnam
Michigan Checklist (michiganbirds.org) Dee Miller
RRBO Dearborn Bird Checklist Julie Craves
Crosswinds Marsh Bird Species Checklist Daryl Aspery
Bird Checklist for Nichols Arboretum - Ann Arbor Bruce Bowman
Bird Checklist for Pte. Mouillee State Game Area Bruce Bowman
Bird Checklist for Belle Isle Park Bruce Bowman
Bird Checklist for Tawas Point State Park Bruce Bowman
Spring Migration Statistics Bruce Bowman
State & County Birding totals for Michigan listers Daryl Aspery Doug McWhirter
AOU Check-list
North American Checklists
ABA Checklist
ABA Bird Listing Rules
ABA Code of Birding Ethics
ABA Checklist and Updates Bruce Bowman
Six-letter Species Code System Bruce Bowman
Six-letter Species Code System (at Northbirding.com) Dee Miller, Keith Saylor
Aves Taxonomy
eBird online listing
Bird Stack online listing
Birds of the World - IOC Recommended English Names
Clamorous Wings - Confessions of an obsessive bird lister Keith Taylor
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EMAIL LISTSERVER LISTS AND ARCHIVES |
birders@umich.edu archive: Virtualbirder
birders@umich.edu archive: Birdingonthe.Net
birders@umich.edu archive: Surfbirds
birders@umich.edu archive: Lyris listserver
se-mi-birdlist@umich.edu archive: Lyris listserver
birdnet@UPbirders.org archive
Mich-Listers archive: Birdingonthe.Net
Michigan Statewide RBA Jon Wuepper
Northern Michigan Birding forums
Ohio-birds archive: Birdingonthe.Net
Ohio-birds archive: MUOHIO
Toledo Area RBA (NW Ohio) archive: RareBird.org
Archives of IN-BIRD-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU
Ontbirds archive: HWCN
Ontbirds archive: Virtualbirder
Ontbirds archive: Birdingonthe.net
Recent Birding Reports - Ontario
Archives of BIRDEAST@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Archives of BIRDCNTR@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Archives of NBHC ID-FRONTIERS Frontiers of Field Identification
FAQ for bbclist@andrews.edu (Berrien County) Kip Miller
FAQ for birders@umich.edu Bruce Bowman
FAQ for se-mi-birdlist@umich.edu Mary Wise
FAQ for birdnet@UPbirders.org Melinda Stamp
FAQ for Mich-Listers Jim Lesser
FAQ for Mich-Chat Jim Lesser
FAQ for Northern Michigan Birding Keith Saylor, et al.
FAQ for Ohio-birds Ned Keller
FAQ for Toledo Area RBA Chuck Anderson
FAQ for IN-BIRD-L Phil Kelly
FAQ #1 for Ontbirds Mark Cranford
FAQ #2 for Ontbirds Mark Cranford
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OHIO BIRDING |
Ohio Ornithological Society
Ohio birding links Bill Whan
Ohio Birding Victor W. Fazio III (personal web site)
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INDIANA BIRDING |
Fox Island County Park Jim Haw
Gibson Lake / Duke Energy (Cinergy/PSI) Gary Bowman
Indiana Audubon Society
Indiana Online Birding Guide
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ONTARIO BIRDING |
Holiday Beach Migration Observatory
National Parks of Canada - Ontario
Ontario Birding
Ontario birding links
Pt. Pelee National Park and area
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BIRD ART - personal web sites |
Birds As Art (photos - not Michigan area) Arthur Morris
Ojibwa Artist Naturalist (drawings) Michael Sherman
Ron Smith's Bird Carvings Ron Smith
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BIRDING BUSINESS |
ABA Sales sales
Adray Camera (birding optics - Dearborn) Jerry Sadowski
Bea & Bruce's B & B (Wheatley) Bea & Bruce Patterson
Birding and Nature - Oaxaca, Mexico Michael Malone & Joan Walker
Book - birdfinding guide for Michigan Allen Chartier Jerry Ziarno
Book about birding - The Ardent Birder Todd Newberry
Books about birding in southeast Michigan
Book - The Birds of Dearborn, An Annotated Checklist Julie Craves
Book - tips from North America's top birders Julie Craves
Books and more: Enslaved By Ducks / Fowl Weather Bob Tarte
Ed Post Photography Ed Post
Ellis Inn - Bed & Breakfast (Blissfield) Christine Webster
Ern & Anita's B & B (Leamington)
Hillman Overlook Pelee Cottage (Leamington) Carol Furtado
Mark Graf's Nature & Wildlife Photography - prints and notecards Mark Graf
Marshmellow Cottage B & B (Leamington) Mike and Debra Savino
Michigan's Sunrise Side Travel Association
NatureScapes Image Portfolio of Brian Zwiebel Brian Zwiebel
Outdoor Photography Association of Michigan Thomas A. Schneider
Pelee Wings Nature Store (birding optics - Leamington) Michael Malone & Joan Walker
Rainforest and Reef - Birding Tours and Field Courses in Rainforest & Marine Ecology Mike Nolan
Rouge River Bird Observatory On-line Store
Susan Falcone's bird & nature art -- Open House (Dec. 1, 2007) more info Susan Falcone
Thomas Parkside Cottages (Oscoda, Michigan) Bruce Thomas
Trinidad Birding Tours Bill Murphy
Winiarski prints, T-shirts, calendars, coffee mugs Steve Winiarski
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MISCELLANEOUS RESOURCES |
ABA Birders' Resources
About - Birding/Wild Birds
Birdingonthe.Net
Birding on the Web
The Birds of North America Online (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Birdzilla - including the Bent Life Histories
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
eNature.com
SORA - Searchable Ornithological Research Archive
Surfbirds.com
The Virtual Birder
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MISCELLANEOUS |
Birds-Away Attack Spider - woodpecker deterrent
Bird Screen - Saving birds one screen at a time
WindowAlert UV reflective static decals - Protect wild birds & windows
a simple method to prevent window strikes (David Sibley)
CatBib stops cats from catching wild birds
raccoon and squirrel (and bear?) baffle for birdfeeder poles
suet cake preferences: a study
Viva Selecta Animal/Bird Song Ringtones - free
Caculo Bird Song Ringtones
Cornell Lab of Ornithology "All About Birds" - How to ID Birds
eNature Fieldguides - Bird Identification
Northern Michigan Birding - ID Training Center
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center - Bird Identification InfoCenter
bird identification by song
Clamorous Wings - Confessions of an obsessive bird lister Keith Taylor
BirdingPal - travelling? - find a local birding companion wherever you are Knud Rasmussen
Fatbirder - Michigan: lotsa links!
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WEATHER AND FORECASTS |
NOAA's National Weather Service
Hydrometeorological Prediction Center (HPC) Home Page
The Weather Underground
RAP Real-Time Weather - surface maps, satellite and radar data
SailFlow wind observations and forecasts for the Great Lakes region
Weather Bonk - Live Weather, Forecasts, WebCams, and more (Ann Arbor, MI)
Intellicast.com - Local and National Weather Forecast, Radar, Maps and Severe Report
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SEARCH FOR THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER |
Ivory-billed Woodpecker - summary of searches, 2002-2006
an accounting of David Kulivan's 1999 report (Pearl River, Louisiana)
the Zeiss-sponsored search: the Pearl River area of Louisiana (2002) Zeiss documents (search for "ivory")
the search in Arkansas (2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07) (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
the search in Arkansas (2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07) (The Nature Conservancy)
the search in Arkansas (2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07) (Big Woods Conservation Partnership)
the search in the Florida Panhandle (2005/06, 2006/07) (Auburn University)
the search along the Choctawhatchee River (Florida Panhandle; 2005/06, 2006/07) (University of Windsor)
"FishCrow" Pearl River video and reports (Michael Collins; 2006)
the 1935 sound recordings (two links)
the 2004 video (Arkansas)
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - search and recovery information
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service online brochure
other links and resources
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