American Birding Association Online
American Birding Association ? North America's largest membership organization for active birders ? providing leadership to field birders by increasing their knowledge, skills, and enjoyment of birding, and by contributing to bird conservation.

Backyard Birding's Bookstore- Our Feathered Friends Bookshop
Michigan fieldguides.

Birdcast!
Track migrating birds as they travel through the Mid-Atlantic Region. Radar imagery depicts bird movements throughout peak migration periods plus we can contribute by sending in our sightings from right here at home. Also learn how you can make your backyard and community friendlier and safer for these travelers. Neat new site!

Birder Home Page
Pages include Birding, Scientific, Fun and games, and Birders Mall. Also checklists for every state!

Birding.About.com
An extensive network of birding links and articles edited by Ms. Christine Tarski. Birding is just one of 700 topics featured at About.com.

Birding Info Site.
New site by John van der Linden including help on bird ID, feeding and housing.

Birding in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
U.P. hotspots worth visiting and some nice photos.

Birding on the Net
Features: Recent digests of many email lists related to birds, Recent transcriptions of a large number of RBA's, Images, a fancy version of Sibley and Monroe's list, The most amazing links page, FAQs, bird related information in general

Birdingpal.com
The site is designed for traveling birders to meet on the net with people who enjoy showing a visitor the best birding spots in their part of the world. Be sure to register with them if you could show a birder around your area and check with them if you're travelling and could use their service.

Birding.com
Best birding spots, local checklists, info on binoculars, bird books, feeders, Top 25 birding websites, bird records, bird ID.
Birding.com is devoted to birding around the U.S. and around the world. There are over 2,500 links from this web site.

BirdSource/Cornell Lab of Ornithology
BirdSource is a national database of bird sighting information. It is a joint venture of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society. The Cornell Lab is home to the largest collection of bird songs in the world. See the past results of Christmas Bird Counts for over 100 years! See results of "Citizen Science" programs like Project Feederwatch, the Great Backyard Bird Count, the House Finch Disease Survey and Project Pigeonwatch. More advanced birders help with studies like the Golden-winged Warbler Atlas Project. This is the future of Birding. In a few years we will all be uploading our daily sightings to this site to create a picture of bird distribution across North America. Today North America ... tomorrow the World?

Bird Studies Canada
Bird links to the world, programs, Long Point Bird Observatory programs, job opportunities, events.

Birdwatching Dot Com.
Birdwatching Dot Com is about wild birds and the sport of birding. It's for everyone who is interested in birdwatching and enjoying nature. We hope you'll find some good ideas here to help you have fun watching birds.

Bruce Bowman's Bird Stuff
ABA checklist, links, humor, Kirtland's warbler info.

Genessee Audubon Society
Serving Greater Flint, Genesee, Shiawassee and Tuscola Counties

Hillman Marsh Conservation Area
This Conservation Area is located in the heart of one of the region's most significant wetlands. Take a walk along the 4.5 km trail through the marsh, or explore the area by canoe. The area also offers one full kilometre of the best and lesser known beaches in Essex County. Bring your camera along and get a shot of the mural on the side of the nature centre, the abundant waterfowl, shorebirds and beautiful marshscapes. Visit in the spring for excellent birding.

Holiday Beach Conservation Area
This Conservation Area is renowned for its birding. In the fall, Holiday Beach is the site of the spectacular migration of hawks, vultures, eagles, falcons and other birds of prey.

Jackson Audubon Society

JOURNEY NORTH
Named Top Education Site on the Web! Wins 1999 Webby Award http://www.learner.org/jnorth/WebbyThanks.html
This is one of my favorite sites in the spring and fall to find out all there is to know about migratory species. Primarily meant as a teacher's site but any and all may participate. Weekly reports can be sent directly to your e-mail address.

Kirtland's Warbler Page
Links to all kinds of info concerning this endangered warbler. Link

Macomb Audubon Society url
My own hometown group; the Macomb Audubon Society's website is growing along with my site in providing info on local birding reports, field trips, Michigan links, special events and programs. You won't find a more helpful or friendly group of folks. Check out this new site for all the latest happenings and join us for our trips or programs. The public is invited.

Michigan Audubon Society
Our own Audubon Society's web site. Birding reports, links, field trips, campouts, upcoming events and programs, calendar of events, projects, rare bird alerts, Chapter info, bookshop.

Michigan Birding Home Page
Detroit and Statewide RBA's, E-mail groups, checklists, and lots of links.

Michigan Birding Resource Guide
Places to bird in Michigan, photos, checklist, reccomended reading, linnks

Michigan Facts Page
Canton Public Lib.- Lots of cool Michigan facts... Butterflies, birds, wolves, frogs and toads, Kidz page, history, endangered species and more.

Michigan's Natural Heritage Program Look for the Loon!
Find out how your Nongame Wildlife Fund donations are being used- You'll be thrilled!
This DNR site has endangered and threatened species information, creating backyard habitat, building nestboxes, landscaping for wildlife, Natural areas, and more!
Or check out the Winter edition of the "Spotting Scope" quarterly newsletter. It has all the latest updates and even includes a printable poster!

Michigan State University Extension
Birds of Lake Huron and the Coastal Zone. A general introduction to the birds of Lake Huron and birding locations. Lots of nice photos. Also available at this web site are pages on plants of this area, islands, shipwrecks and a wetland classroom.

Michigan's Saginaw Bay Birding Home Page
Birder resources, best birding locations in the area, species lists, and more links.

Michigan Camping destinations
Michigan camping destinations, links to state parks, national parks and forests, campground directories, campgrounds with web sites, and other web sites of interest, from About.com (formerly the Mining Co.)

mybirding.com
Bird ID, message board, bird photos, book reviews and keep track of your life list online!
Northern Michigan Birding

Oakland Audubon Society
Serving Oakland Co., Michigan

Ohio Bluebird Society
A brand new web site with plans on informing "bluebirders" in our area on everything you could possibly want to know about Bluebirds. Check it out and watch as they grow!

Ojibway Nature Center
Your Guide to nature and wildlife in the Windsor, Ontario area. Butterflies, botany, reptiles and amphibians and, oh yes, birding pages! Checklists, birding guides to Pelee and Essex Co, Ontario., Recent sightings, links to other natural areas, and events and programs at the Nature center. A great page and a great place to visit in Windsor.
Ontario Birding Home Page url.
An actively used web site, this is one of the most comprehensive birding pages on the net. Gord Gallant, webmaster of this and the Birding in Canada websites, and his efforts were the inspiration for my page. Ever expanding and always looking for something new... This is the page for all birders. Also be sure to check our his new Butterfly Watching in Ontario page.

"Operation Migration"
I have been fascinated for years by "Wild Bill Lishman". From Father Goose and C'Mon Geese to the 20/20 Special to the major motion picture Fly Away Home. His dream of helping to save endangered species such as the whooping crane through "flying them home" with his ultralight aircraft has been realized. He and his untiring followers have made an incredible contribution towards their conservation. A great page!!!!

Peterson Online
Bird identification, bird watcher's digest, Peterson's perspective, Calendar, Kingbird Highway, Links and resources.

Pont Pelee National Park Here is a link to their and improved website. It includes information on it's history, natural heritage, recreation opportunities, weather, camping, special events, services, fees and a picture gallery. For birding information click on the Recreation link and then bird watching. Also click on this link for their annual Festival of Birds in May- http://parkscanada.pch.gc.ca/pelee/english/festival_e.htm
Now this is the best. Bird Sightings Live! . Not only can you access today?s up to the minute sightings, you can also review past sightings, check for record numbers, early arrival dates and length of stay of our visiting migrants.

The Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota

Rouge River Bird Observatory
Recent sightings, research, checklists, links.

Surfbirds
Feature articles, trip reports, photos, links.

Thayer Birding Software
There are free checklists for every State and Province here at: http://thayerbirding.com/chklstmap.htm
The site also describes the #1 rated Birding CD-ROM for North America.

Virtual Birder
Birding in Michigan page. RBA's, Michigan organizations, on-line resources.

Washtenaw Audubon Society

Wild Birds Unlimited
Great company specializing in birding broducts.

WildBirds.com
WildBirds.com is the place for you Backyard Birders to come for answers about wild birds in your yard and around the corner!

Wild Bird's Top 50 Birding Hotspots

If you know of a birding link that is not included on this page please send it to me and I'll make sure I add it to my list. Thanx, Heather