Our good friends at Birdwatch America tell us that there are several fun, interesting and informative web sites to visit. We suggest you try the following sites for wild bird feeding tips, and other general information:
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Birdwatch America
www.birdwatchamerica.com
Organization promotes growth of wild bird feeding market, as well as legislative and government issues affecting the wild bird feeding market.
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Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
www.birds.cornell.edu
Where to go with your most technical of questions. Great research resource.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department
www.fws.gov
From here you can link to five different booklets published by the Fish and Wildlife Department regarding various aspects of backyard bird feeding.
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National Bird Feeding Society
www.birdfeeding.org
Promotes year-round feeding and housing of wild song birds.
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The Baltimore Bird Club
www.bcpl.lib.md.us
Information for backyard birders. What and how to feed wild birds, which shrubs and flowers to plant in order to attract birds. Includes information on nesting boxes, journals from backyard birders and links to other web sites of interest.
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"Backyard Wildlife - Feeding Birds" - from the University of Nebraska/Lincoln
www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/wildlife/g669.htm
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Birdwatcher's Digest - "Bird Feeding Dos and Don'ts"
www.birdwatchersdigest.com/bwd/articles/bwd99/sept_oct99/bird_feeding.html
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American Birding Association
www.americanbirding.org
North America's largest membership organization of active birders - providing leadership to field birders by increasing their knowledge, skills and enjoyment of birding, and by contributing to bird conservation.
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National Wildlife Federation
Backyard Wildlife Habitat www.nwf.org/nwf/habitats/
Encourages everyone to create wildlife gardens and environmentally friendly landscapes.
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Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History
www.rtpi.org
Mission is to create and nurture passion for the natural world by inspiring and guiding the study of nature in schools and communities.
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Birdwatching.com
www.birdwatching.com
Stories and lore about birdwatching, frequently asked questions, interviews, bird lists, tips on attracting birds, plus birding book and CD reviews.
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This is by no means a complete list. These are just some of the best sites we have seen, or that have been recommended to us. If you can direct birders to more bird-related sites, please let us know, and we will add the site to our list. If you have a website, and would like to be included in this list, or would like to set up a reciprocal link, let us know, and we will add your site during one of our regular site updates.
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