Species

Cornell's All About Birds (incl. songs): Webmaster's choice!
Problem Bird Identification links
Birds of New England: links to info and photos
Whatbird.com - select a species for more info (incl. songs)
Animal Diversity Web - use "Search" at bottom of page
Birdix.com Birds of the World
Patuxent - pictures and sounds
Birdzilla.com
Bent Life Histories
Discover Life: Online Field Guide
eNature.com: Online Field Guide
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Song
see also "Species"


McCauley Library of Sounds (Cornell)
Cornell's All About Birds most include songs
xeno-canto: Bird Songs from around the World
Bird Calls and Songs - a blog about bird songs of eastern N.A.
Calls of Fledgling Birds
World Bird Sounds
Nature Songs: North American Bird Songs
Junglewalk - bird audio
Borror Lab of Bioacoustics - songbirds
Songs and calls of some New York State birds
Wisconsin BBS - includes many Mass. species
Juniata College - includes many Mass. species
Minnesota's Birding Trail - includes many Mass. species
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General Info


Sibley Updates to the Field Guide
Bird Watching: Links for the Beginning Birder
A.O.U. Checklist
A.B.A. Printable checklist
Birdsource - from Cornell, birding projects
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Physiographic Area Plans: Bird Conservation Plans for various geographic areas from Partners in Flight
Rarities Committees of other states
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Databases


eBird
Christmas Bird Count data
Avian Knowledge Network
Breeding Bird Surveys
Hawkcount: Hawk sightings at sites across the country
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Literature Search


SORA: Searchable Ornithological Research Archive (Auk, Condor, JFO, Pacific Coast Avifauna, Studies in Avian Biology, Wilson Bulletin). Includes abstract plus full text of articles up to about 2000.
OWL: Ornithological Worldwide Literature (abstracts only)
Recent Ornithological Literature Online (difficult to navigate, not complete)
From MD Ornith. Index of articles on identification
Google Scholar Search
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Listserve Archives


Massbird - Surfbirds.com - Birding on the Net - Virtual Birder
Bird East: RBAs from the East Coast
Birdingonthe.Net: Archives for most listerves
Surfbirds: Archives for most listservs
Audubon.Org: Archives hosted by National Audubon
Virtual Birder: birding archives
BirdChat Archives
Frontiers of Identification at arizona.edu
Frontiers of Identification at birdingonthe.net
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An Odd Collection


The Nutty Birdwatcher - Sort of miscellaneous stuff
Banding codes ("real birders use 4-letter words") 
Obsolete Names of North American Birds
Pautuxent Bird Glossary
Bird Dictionary
Birds of the World: Recommended English Names
History of North American Bird Names
The Feather Atlas from USFWS
Bird Feathers of North America
Virtual Owl Pellet Dissection
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