Here are some links to other websites that may be of interest to you. If you have a favorite birding-related website that may be of interest to others, let us know, and we’ll check it out.
| American Birding Association – Birding Magazine | The online version of the American Birding Association’s Birding Magazine. Membership required for full access. |
| If you find a baby bird | During the spring and summer, we sometimes get asked by people who’ve found a baby songbird outside of the nest. When should you take action, and what action should you take? This handy chart from Mass Audubon will help you figure out what to do. |
| Project FeederWatch | Project FeederWatch is a winter-long survey of birds that visit feeders at backyards, nature centers, community areas, and other locales in North America. FeederWatchers periodically count the birds they see at their feeders from November through early April and send their counts to Project FeederWatch. FeederWatch data help scientists track broadscale movements of winter bird populations and long-term trends in bird distribution and abundance. |
| http://aba.org/ | American Birding Association |
| http://xeno-canto.org/ | Sharing bird songs from around the world |
| Wellfleet Bay’s Citizen Science Blog | Check out Wellfleet Bay’s new citizen science blog to keep up with what’s happening with their conservation efforts for horseshoe crabs, hawks, and oystercatchers! http://blogs.massaudubon.org/ |
| Mass Audubon’s The State of the Birds report | A comprehensive overview of the status of all of Massachusetts breeding and wintering bird species. |
| Mass Audubon’s Breeding Bird Atlas | A collection of data about all of the birds that breed in Massachusetts. |
| Mass Audubon blogs |
News from Mass Audubon |
| Cape Cod Bander | Bird bander Sue Finnegan’s blog about the birds she sees at the Wing Island Banding Station here on Cape Cod.The Wing Island Bird Banding Station has been in operation since September 2000. The station is sponsored by the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster, MA and is situated on 80 acres abutting a sprawling salt marsh and 300 acres of conservation land. |
| Bird Watcher’s General Store | Mike O’Connor’s Orleans store for everything birds, and only birds. Also check out their Facebook page and “Ask the Bird Folks” page where Mike provides answers to your most pressing birding questions in his own unique style. Mike is a strong supporter of the Cape Cod Bird Club. |
| Wild Birds Unlimited | Tom Thompson’s store for everything birds. Tom is a strong supporter of the Cape Cod Bird Club. |
| eBird | A real-time, online checklist program, eBird has revolutionized the way that the birding community reports and accesses information about birds. Launched in 2002 by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society, eBird provides rich data sources for basic information on bird abundance and distribution. |
| capecodbirds.org | Created and maintained by club member and expert birder Blair Nikula, capecodbirds.org is about birds and birding on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Although some pages are still under construction, there is information on waterfowl surveys (with other surveys to come); photos and details on local vagrants, hybrids, and other oddballs; information on birding on Cape Cod; a bibliography of Cape Cod ornithology; and links to other sites of interest to local birders. Check back occasionally to see what Blair has added between birding trips. |
| Nest Box Cams | Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s The Birdhouse Network – View barn owls, osprey, bluebirds and more |
| Cape Cod Tide Charts | Maine Harbors Tides and Weather – lists tides, weather, moon phases, sunrise/sunset for dozens of New England harbors. |
| Other Massachusetts Bird Clubs | Brookline Bird Club Hoffmann Bird Club (Berkshire County) Hampshire Bird Club (Amherst) Allen Bird Club (Springfield) Forbush Bird Club (Worcester) South Shore Bird Club |
| Cape Cod Museum of Natural History | In Brewster, the museum hosts our monthly meetings, has a variety of natural history exhibits, trails, programs, walks and a gift shop |
| Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary | Located in Wellfleet, on the lower Cape, Wellfleet Bay is a sanctuary of the Massachusetts Audubon Society, and has several nature trails through various habitats – woodland, marsh, upland, pond and beach. They have a variety of programs all year. |
| Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge | In Chatham, at the ‘elbow’ of the Cape, part of the refuge is accessible from Morris Island, where a walk takes you along a protected shoreline with a view of South Beach, and through pine woodlands. The islands themselves are accessible by boat, but are well worth the trip. |
| Harwich Conservation Trust | The mission of the Harwich Conservation Trust is to preserve forever the woods, wetlands, and other natural areas in the town of Harwich. Oversees the maintenance and monitoring of bluebird trails at Thompson’s Field and Bank Street Bogs. Holds lectures and walks. |
| Cornell’s All About Birds | The Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s searchable bird guide with photos, identification, life history, sound, video, range map, and more |