Birding Web Sites

• ABA's Birding News -- The American Birding Association local, regional, national and international birding mail lists.
• AVIBASE -- An extensive database containing information about birds of the world.  Includes checklists, number of endemics, etc.
• Birdforum -- An Internet birding community that includes forums, photo galleries, blogs, an encyclopedia of birds, bird sounds and birding locations, and equipment reviews.
• Birding Community E-bulletins --
  A monthly e-mail newsletter and an excellent source of information about birds, birding, and bird conservation compiled and edited by Wayne R. Petersen and Paul J. Baicich.
• Sialia's Birding Lists Digest
  Automatically compiles all posts to dozens of birding email lists and organizes them by region, by day, and by list. Messages are kept for 30 days.
• Surfbirds -- An Internet community featuring forums, photo galleries, blogs, news, trip reports, features, videos, podcasts, and much more.
• Xeno Canto -- A collection of birdsound recordings from around the world.

Conservation Resources:

• American Bird Conservancy
• Birdlife International -- A global alliance of conservation organizations working together for the world's birds.
• Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
• eBird -- An online program for reporting and managing bird sightings. The result is a growing database that feeds maps and other applications.
• Macauley Library -- An online, audiovisual library of footage of the world's birds available to the general public free of charge.
• National Audubon Society