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Local, Regional, and Texas Birding Links:
- Besides info about Birds of the Central Brazos Valley, Bert Frenz’s website also has detailed information about reporting and retrieving Texas bird sighting records, plus information about virtually every bird checklist available in Texas, including how and where to get them.
- David Sarkozi’s Birds of the Upper Texas Coast offers a variety of resources for Texas birders.
- Dorothy Metzler’s Birds of Caddo Lake offers Bird-finding Information, Photo Checklist, results of the annual First-Saturday-of-December Caddo Lake Bird Count, and reports, photos and information about Bird Banding at Caddo Lake.
- Northcentral Texas Birds, by Jim Peterson, Matt White and Martin Reid
- Houston Audubon Society
- San Antonio Audubon Society
- Fort Worth Audubon Society
- Audubon Dallas, Dallas Audubon Chapter
- Tyler Audubon Society
- Shreveport Bird Study Group
- Texas Parks & Wildlife Department offers a Calendar of Nature and Birding Festivals and information about the Great Texas Birding Classic.
- TexBirds: E-mail listserv (mailing list service) and archives for discussion of birds and birding in Texas.
- Texas Ornithological Society
- Texas Bird Records Committee
- Texas Breeding Birds Atlas
- National Forests and Grasslands in Texas
- Texas Nature Conservancy Preserves
- Bird Watching in Texas – find others in Texas who would like to go birding.
National, International, General Birding Links:
- American Birding Association: North America’s largest membership organization for active birders sponsors tours and conventions, publishes an excellent magazine and newsletter, plus ABA Sales catalog and more. ABA’s Code of Ethics is recommended reading for all active birders.
- BirdSource: sponsored by National Audubon and Cornell Lab of Ornithology, offers Christmas Bird Count and Project Feeder Watch data, plus bird population maps, bird ID info and much more.
- US National Wildlife Refuges accessible to the public.
- National Wildlife Federation’s eNature.com: offers online field guides and more.
- National Audubon Society: local chapters, sanctuaries, nature centers, How to identify an Ivory-billed Woodpecker, etc.
- E-mail listservs hosted by National Audubon Society.
- Jack Siler’s Birding on the Net: rare bird alerts and other links.
- SurfBirds: lots of resources for traveling birders plus bird photo gallery and sketchbooks.
- The Virtual Birder: online magazine for birders, has rare bird alert reports and other resources for traveling birders.
- WildBirds.com: Birding around your yard and around the world.
- Thayer Birding Software’s Birding.com: answers your birding questions.
- Bird Checklists of the United States from the Flying Emu or from the USGS.
- American Bird Conservancy hosts the Cats Indoors page.
- Birdwatching Guide is a general guide to birdwatching and LOTS of other links.
Miscellaneous
- Northeast Texas Wildlife Rescue/Rehab: News, information, names and phone numbers of wildlife rehabilitators in northeast Texas.
- Wildlife Rehabilitators Information Directory: Rescue/rehab information, how to locate a rehabilitator, etc.
- Northeast Texas Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas.
- The Butterfly Site: offers many resources for folks interested in attracting, photographing, studying and learning about butterflies.
- Dallas County Lepidopterists’ Society: focuses on the butterflies and moths of North Central Texas.
- OdonataCentral: This site is designed to make available what we know about the distribution, biogeography and biodiversity of Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) in North America, including Mexico. It’s also the official website of the Dragonfly Society of the Americas.
- Search and Serendipity: The Web log of LeTourneau graduate and former NETFO member David Ringer focuses on birds and birding in the US and beyond.