Links
Birds
- Interpretive Birding
- A magazine and Web site dedicated to bird behavior-watchers, as distinct from twitchers.
Bird groupings
- Tony Palliser’s Pelagic Birding Home Page
- Australian Owls
- Birds Australia Special Intrest
- Birds Australia Rarities Committee (BARC)
- Endangered Birds
- Environment Australia’s Endangered Species Program.
World
- Handbook of the Birds of the World
- Birding Pal
- Birders from around the world volunteer their services to help enthusiasts who visit their respective areas.
- Canadian Peregrine Foundation
- Lots of information on Peregrine Falcons, complete with WebCams on nesting sites. Also, the links page is worth exploring.
Australia
- Birds Australia (formerly the RAOU)
- This site is the gateway to most of the Australian ornithological sites on the Internet. It includes links to other bird clubs, ornithological tour operators and special interest groups such as those concerned with raptors and pelagic birds. It has a list of all Australian bird species to save all that typing when compiling your own checklist or database. (The more ambitious may prefer to record their sightings on a checklist of birds of the world utilizing the taxonomy of Sibley and Monroe.)
- Birding-Aus
- The Web site associated with the free (e-)mailing list to which serious Australian birdwatchers subscribe. A trip to the links page is recommended for intending travellers.
- Australian Birding Web Ring
- A motley collection of Web sites of interest to Australian birdwatchers.
- Bird Observation and Conservation Australia
- Australian Bird Atlas Map Viewer
- Slow to load but worth a look.
- Australian Bird Count
- Birdwatching Australia
- A directory of Australian birdwatching tours, bird clubs, freelance guides, bird-orientated accommodation and reference information.
- Bushwalking
Victoria
- Birdline Victoria
- If enthusiasts from Melbourne could come all the way up here just to see our wagtail, we can at least think about ducking south for a tick.
NSW
- NSW Field Ornithologists Club
- Meetings in Sydney and on the NSW Central Coast; also activities farther afield.
- NSW Bird Atlassers
- BASNA
- Birds Australia Southern NSW and ACT Group.
- Cumberland Bird Observers’ Club
- Birdwatching in the Sydney region.
- Blue Mountains Bird Watching
Hunter Region
- The Hunter Wetlands Centre
- The Newcastle Nature Watch
- Glenrock State Conservation Area
- Kurri Kurri Nature Walks
- Bird Routes of the Manilla District
- Hunter region tourist information
- Especially for visitors to our area.
Environments
- Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
- In the Hunter Region, Kooragang Nature Reserve and the Hunter Wetlands Centre are listed under the Convention.
Flora
- Botany
- Australian Plants Society
- A good place to start when birdscaping your garden.
- Hunter Region Botanic Gardens
Birding-related products
- Andrew Isles Natural History Books
- Extensive inventory and mail order service.
- The Birding Shop
- Books, cards, calendars, clothes, optics and other birding paraphernalia.
- Graduate Certificate/Diploma in Ornithology
- Offered by Charles Sturt University for professional and serious amateur ornithologists.
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