Birding Resources

Teachers

• Birds and Bioaccumulation Classroom Activity (pdf)
  Take actual data by Bird Observatory biologists and learn about bioaccumulation and biomagnification. Includes lesson script, worksheet, answer sheet, and more resources. Appropriate for Grades 9 – 12. Please send any feedback to the Outreach and Programs Coordinator.

S.F. Peninsula and South Bay Birding

• Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society
  Sponsors many birding trips, both weekday and weekend
• Sequoia Audubon Society (San Mateo County)
  Publishes and sells book San Francisco Peninsula Birdwatching
• South Bay Birders Unlimited
  Salt Pond maps, other useful references
• Sunnyvale Baylands Park
• Don Edwards San Francisco Bay Wildlife Refuge
• Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center

Databases & Extensive Links

• Bird Observatories in the USA and Canada
• Ornithological Web Library
  (>1000 wild bird web sites)
• US and Canadian Birds
  AOU checklist provided by Baltimore Bird Club
• US National Parks (NPS) Flora and Fauna Database
• Where do you want to go Birding Today?
  Birding hotspots
• www.Birding.com
  "Where to bird" and extensive links
  Bird Study & Birding Organizations
• American Birding Association
• American Bird Conservancy
• Audubon Canyon Ranch
• Audubon Society California Chapters
  Including these Bay Area Chapters:
  Golden Gate Audubon Society (San Francisco)
  Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society
  Marin Audubon Society
• Arizona Bird Field Data Resources
• Birding Guide
  List of birds by family, information on bird watching, links to birding forums, trip reports, and a state by state list of birding clubs.
• California Bird Records Committee
• Colorado Bird Observatory
  Partners in Flight prioritization database
• Don Edwards San Francisco Bay Wildlife Refuge
• Golden Gate Raptor Observatory
• National Audubon Society
• Pauxtent Wildlife Research Center (USGS)
• Point Reyes Bird Observatory
• Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group

Bird Sounds/Bird Identification

• Percevia Bird Identification
• Bowman's Bird Stuff
  Michigan, AZ
• Digitally Recorded Natural Sounds
  (by Doug Van Gaussig)

Conservation Organizations

• The Bay Institute of San Francisco
• Mono Lake Committee
• Peninsula Open Space Trust
• Mid-Peninsula Regional Open Space District
• National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
• National Parks Conservation Association
• The Nature Conservancy
• San Francisco Bay Wildlife Society (Phone: 510-792-0222)
• Save San Francisco Bay Association
• San Francisco Bay Joint Venture
• San Francisco Estuary Institute
• San Francisco Nature Education 
• Sierra Club

Nest Cameras

• View Nesting Birds
  Nest cams all over the world
• WBU Bird FeederCam
  Wild Birds Unlimited; feeders, not nests