B I R D S   &   B I R D I N G

    general sites
         
    • Birds
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    Joining With Others
    • Share your interests in birds through
      local and national clubs
      birding magazines
      online sites

    • Many local clubs sponsor field trips and programs.
      Check your local phone book, or call a nearby nature center to find your local chapter of the Audubon Society, or the
      National Wildlife Federation
      contact their national headquarter:
      National Wildlife Federation
      National Audubon Society
      National Bird-Feeding Society

      The Birdhouse Network!
      Audubon and Cornell Lab of Ornithology
      Birds & Birding

      BirdSource.Com

      Gulf Coast Bird Observatory

      To make your yard more inviting to birds, participate in the
      Backyard Wildlife Habitat Program of the National Wildlife
      Federation, designed for all sizes.

      Your yard can be certified if it meets requirements for food,
      water, and shelter. Contact:
      The National Wildlife Federation Backyard Wildlife Habitat
      Program
      9825 Leesburg Pike
      Vienna, VA 22184-0001
       

    reading up - birding magazines
         
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      Bird magazinesd will keep you informed on techniques of
      attracting birds and other's experiences. choices include:
      Bird Watcher's Digest
      Birder's World
      American Birding Association
      National Bird-Feeding Association
      WildBird

    equipment & supplies
         
    • Many companies, large and small, sell feeders, houses,
      and other supplies by mail.

    • The feeders and bird baths, for example are available from:
      Duncraft
      102 Fisherville Rd.
      Concord, NH 03303-2086

      Other long establablished sources of high quality products
      include:
      Droll Yankees
      Wild Birds Unlimited
       

    Aids to Identification
         
    • National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North
      America       (1999)

    • A Field Guide to the Birds: A Complete Guide to all the
      birds of Eastern and Central North America       (1998)

    • A Field Guide to Western birds (1990)

    • ORTHO'S All About Attracting Birds - $ 12
      Landscaping tips to create the ideal bird habitat Instructions for providing food, nest boxes, and water Favoritemplants, foods, and nesting sites of 75 popular birds