Radical Birder Librarian


A Birding Site By and for Librarians


  • Macro Birding Sites
  • Field guides, images, identification
  • Bird songs (Audio files)
  • Studies
  • Ornithology libraries
  • Minnesota bird-related sites
  • Books about birds
  • Bird species


    Macro Birding Sites

    All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)

    American Birding Association

    Bird Checklists of the United States

    Birding on the Net (Links and mailing lists)

    BirdSource (Citizen science program of the National Audubon Society and the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology)

    Bird-watching Links from Librarians Internet Index (Links and mailing lists)

    The Virtual Birder


    Field guides, images, identification

    Audubon's Multimedia Birds of America ("A replica of the complete John James Audubon's Birds of America [1840-1844]")

    ENature.com Birds (includes some audio)

    Bird Picture Display List (photos)

    Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter

    Pine to Prairie Birding Trail (Minnesota bird identification)

    VIREO: Visual Resources for Ornithology (The National Academy of the Sciences)


    Bird Songs (Audio files)

    Links to Birdsong and Birding Sites


    Studies and Citizen Science Projects

    Great Backyard Bird Count

    North American Breeding Bird Survey


    Some ornithology libraries

    The William Robertson Coe Ornithology Library (Yale University)

    Macaulay Library (Cornell School of Ornithology)


    Minnesota bird-related sites

    Audubon Chapter of Minneapolis

    Bird by Bird ("Annual portrait project creating a visual record of wild avian/human encounters throughout Minnesota")

    Minnesota Birding Network

    Minnesota Ornithologists' Union

    Pine to Prairie Birding trail (Includes maps)

    Raptor Center, University of Minnesota


    Bird books

    Books About Birds and Birdwatching


    Miscellaneous

    Crows.net ("The language and culture of crows")

    For the Love of Crows


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