BIRD SIGHTINGS
Local and regional bird sightings of special interest
Wintu Audubon Society
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LOCAL BIRD SIGHTINGS:
Shasta Birders
A group for discussion of wild bird sightings in and near Shasta County, California.
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2006 SHASTA COUNTY BIRD SPECIES TOTALS:
Carol Yutzy 292
Bob Yutzy 291
Red Modeen 289
Nancy Modeen 288
Bruce Deuel 284
Rob Santry 275
John Coon 274
Dennis Holmes 272
Bill Oliver 271
George Horn 263
Cathy Santry 251
Len Lindstrand 224
REGIONAL BIRD SIGHTINGS:
Central Valley Birds
A group for discussion of bird sightings in California's Central Valley.
STATEWIDE BIRD SIGHTINGS:
Cal Birds
A group for discussion of wild birds and bird watching throughout California.
ADJACENT STATES:
MORE RESOURCES:
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
How to Identify Birds
Identifying Wild Birds
Watching birds is even more fun if you can put a name with
the bird
U.S Fish and Wildlife Service
Bird Identification Basics
Audubon Society - California
Tips for Identifying Birds
http://www.audubon-ca.org/Bird_ID
Bird Identification
You will need to know your way around the birds body, its
topography
Bird Identification, all
about the identification of birds
Identification guide and checklist
click on the boxes and let the computer ID your bird
Birds
identification guide & checklist
A
guide to not mis-identifying birds
eleven tips on how to avoid mis-identifying birds
A guide to not
mis-identifying birds
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, USGS
Tools for Learning About Birds
Learning to identify birds
Here are some tips to make identifying birds easier
Identification Updates, Supplements and Corrections
from the "Sibley Guide to Birds"
http://www.sibleyguides.com/sibleyguide_updates.htm
Bird Topography
If you want to learn more about birds, pay attention to
beaks and feet
Avibase
Extensive database information system about all birds of the world
Includes distribution information, taxonomy, synonyms in several languages and more
http://www.bsc-eoc.org/avibase/avibase.jsp
SORA (Searchable Ornithological Research Archive)
Abstracts for current issues of the Auk, Condor, Journal
of Field Ornithology, Pacific Coast Avifauna, Studies in Avian Biology, and
Wilson Bulletin
Searchable Ornithological Research
Archive
Bird Identification Markings and Glossary
glossary of terms for the topography of a bird
Bird Identification Markings
& Glossary
Hummingbird Identification Site
descriptions, pictures, and side-by-side comparisons
Bird-Hybrids
Includes 2094 unique bird hybrids from 1505 references
http://www.bird-hybrids.com/introduction_en.php
Gull Identification
images and individual species/subspecies descriptions
Birds of North America
918 birds in the database
Using Field Marks to Identify Birds
Pay particular attention to the field marks of the head
and wing.
Using Field Marks to Identify Birds
Bird Quiz
Test your knowledge of North American bird identification
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/trend/birdquiz.html
Birders Online Guide
Guide to North American Birds
http://www.a2z4birders.com/birds/
Birdzilla's Wild Bird Omnibus
One of the most complete on-line guides of North American Birds anywhere
http://www.birdzilla.com/sub.asp?strType=omnibus_intro&strTitle=Birdzilla:+Wild+Bird+Omnibus
Frontiers of Field Identification
the latest Bird Identification Information from The University of Arizona
http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdwg01.html
Bird Families of The World
photos taken in the wild and extensive text
Identification Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe
Over 600 species of birds are illustrated and described
http://www.surfbirds.com/ukbirdid.html
World Bird Guide
Multimedia field guide to the world's bird species
http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/
Visual Key for Bird Identification
groupings that best fit the bird you want to identify
Bird
Identification Visual Key
WorldTwitch.com
Reports about rare and newly-described birds around the world
National Birding Hotline Cooperative
Browse the online archives of the best birding mailing lists
Rare Birds, How to Document Sightings
Preparation, Photographs, Tape Recordings, Documentation, Literature Cited
http://losbird.org/dittman_lasley.htm
TIPS & TRICKS TO IDENTIFYING YOUR BACKYARD BIRDS
some tips to make bird identification easier
How to Identify Your Backyard
Birds
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National Birding
Hotline Cooperative
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Bird Data Project
Comprehensive world bird lists
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California Bird List
Western Field Ornithologists’
California Bird Records Committee
Official California Bird
Records Committee State Bird List
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World Bird Guide
Multimedia field guide to the world's bird species
http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/
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Recent Postings from the Bird Records Committee Forum
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How to Report a Federal Bird Band in North
America
NORTH AMERICAN BIRD BANDING PROGRAM, Patuxent
Wildlife Research Center (USGS)
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Powdermill Nature Reserve Bird Banding Program
Field Station of Carnegie Museum of Natural History
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Identification of
Birds through DNA Barcodes
Univ. of Guelph, Ontario/Rockefeller Univ., New
York/Canadian Wildlife Service, Ottawa
Identification of Birds through DNA Barcodes
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World Rare Bird Sightings
Rare and newly-described birds around the world
rare bird sightings of the world
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Worldwide Email Groups
Birding forums around the world
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You may subscribe to the Shasta Birders' email group and leave messages that way.
See the links page for information on joining (located at the bottom of the LINKS page).
A listing of Shasta County birds is provided on this web site:
The 1999 text-only version can be read and printed by clicking HERE.
The NEW 2005 .pdf version can be read and printed by clicking HERE.
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Regional RARE BIRD REPORT telephone numbers:
California
Northwest (707) 822-5666
Northern Calif. (415) 681-7422
Sacramento (916) 783-2331
Oregon
Statewide/Portland (503) 292-6855
Klamath Basin (541) 850-3805
Nevada
Northern (775) 324-2473
BIRD SIGHTINGS IDENTIFYING BIRDS MORE RESOURCES