Useful
links to other websites with an interest in birds |
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| New Zealand links |
Bank of New Zealand Kiwi Recovery Programme BIRDING-NZ - New Zealand Birding newsgroup Brownteal.com - A site devoted to the endangered NZ Brown Teal Chatham Island Taiko Trust - info about the trust and the bird Department of Conservation (DoC) Eco-Vista: Photography & Research - New Zealand bird photography Heritage Expeditions - Expeditions to Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand and Australia, and land based guiding Janet Marshall - New Zealand bird artist Jason Elsworth Photography - New Zealand bird photographer Kaipara Forest and Bird Branch Karori Wildlife Sanctuary Trust - situated only 2km from the heart of Wellington Kids for Birds - New Zealand birds website for Kids Kiwi House Otorohanga - kiwi and native bird park dedicated to the conservation of New Zealand's native wildlife Landcare Research Garden Bird Survey - monitoring the distribution and population trends of common garden birds in NZ McPherson Natural History Unit Sound Archive - Sounds of New Zealand Birds Meridian Energy Ltd - sponsors of the 2006 OSNZ AGM Mount Bruce National Wildlife Centre Neil Fitzgerald Photography - New Zealand bird photographer New Zealand National Parks and Conservation Foundation New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy New Zealand's Black-billed gull - info on the banding and biology of this species New Zealand Ecological Restoration Network (NZERN) - info on creating habitat for native birds New Zealand Ecological Society New Zealand National Banding Scheme New Zealand Penguins - info on the penguin species of New Zealand - visit their Blue penguin nest cam New Zealand Recognised Bird Names (NZRBN) database New Zealand - Sites of interest for Birdwatchers Notornis Online - Ornithology of the Southern Pacific - the Ornithological Society of New Zealand's quarterly publication nzshorebirds.com - shorebird research in New Zealand and the East-Asian Australasian flyway Oceanwings - pelagic birdwatching trips Oceanwings/Albatross Encounter Blogs - written by Gary Melville and Alex Thompson Raptor Association of New Zealand - study, research, rehabilitation and conservation of New Zealand's birds of prey Rimutaka Forest Trust - committed to preserving and restoring the natural and historic resources of the Rimutaka Forest Park Royal Albatross Colony - Otago Peninsula New Zealand Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society Ruggedy Range (Tm) Wilderness Experience - ecotours & bird watching on Stewart Island & Ulva Island Subantarctic Islands - an educational resource of the islands Whatbird? - New Zealand online bird identification aid White Bus Family Productions - Shining Cuckoo videos Willowbank Wildlife Reserve Christchurch New Zealand - Kiwi Bird & Wildlife Viewing Wingspan Birds of Prey Trust - a site devoted to New Zealand's Birds of Prey Wrybill Birding Tours, NZ - information on birding and birds in New Zealand and Tours |
| Australian links |
Australasian Wader Study Group (AWSG) - Wader specialist group of Birds Australia Australian Bird Study Association Australian National Bird Survey - online Bird Atlas viewer Bird Observers Club of Australia Birds Australia (formerly the RAOU) Birds Australia Gluepot Reserve Birds Australia Rarities Committee (BARC) Birds Queensland - website of the Queensland Ornithological Society Inc. Birdwatching Australia - a directory of Australian birding info + lots of international links Emu (Austral Ornithology) - Birds Australia's journal online Eremaea - web-based bird sightings database Lloyd Nielsen's Birding Australia - Promoting the birds of Australia to the birders of the world Michael Morcombe's Birds Australian - Australian bird and birding resource Nature Sound - Dave Stewart's Australian bird sounds Southern Oceans Seabird Study Association (SOSSA) Steve Clark's "Birding in south-west Victoria" web site Tony Palliser's Pelagic Home Page VicGroup - the Victorian members group of Birds Australia The Victorian Twitchathon - one of our Australian counterparts Twitchathon page The Wetlands Centre - an Australian wetland education and rehabilitation project |
| The rest of the World... |
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American Birding Association (ABA) Arthur Morris / Birds as Art - bird photographer extraordinaire Atlantic Seabirds - seabird journal with abstracts online BBC Online - Birding with Bill Oddie BigPockets - clothing for birding...also birding destinations Bird links to the World - huge resource of global bird links Birds of Holland - by Rein Hofman Bird Studies at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology Birdforum.net - birding resources and global forum Birder.com - wild birds and birdwatching site Birding.com - birding in the U.S. and around the World Birding hotspots around the world - great global bird and birding resource Birding on the Web - birding resource BirdingPal.org - meet a birding pal, be a birding pal Birding the Americas - trip report and planning repository BirdLife International Seabird Conservation Programme BirdNet - provides information about Ornithology and the ten North American Ornithological Groups British Birds - online journal Cursorius Photo and Video Library - mostly a commercial site, but some photos of recent rarities Dean Birders - disabled birding group based in the Forest of Dean, UK Eremaea - web-based bird sightings database Fat Birder - birding resource The Last Noah's Ark - Brazilian environmental site Global Volunteer Network - become an environmental volunteer Handbook of the Birds of the World - info on this series and links to bird and ornithology related websites International Wader Study Group Journal of Avian Biology - provides abstracts and contents of their latest journal MyBirdLists - providing quality ornithological information and debate, accessible to the whole world National birds of Prey Centre, Gloucestershire, UK NHBS - visit nhbs.com to browse a wide range of birding titles Naturesongs.com - natural sound archive North American Bird Sounds - bird sounds digitally recorded Ocean Wanderers - for serious birders and Pelagic enthusiasts Ornithological Society of Polynesia (MANU) Oriental Bird Club - Image database by Tom Tarrant QuetzelCam - Famous live webcam inside wild Resplendent Quetzal nest Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection - Online Peregrine nest site Peregrine Fund - Working to conserve Birds of Prey in Nature RaZSAR Holidays in Kimberley - The preferred adventure and ecotourism destination in South Africa! Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Sterna - Seabird watching group in Spain The Birding Home - a global collection of birding reports Travellingbirder.com - huge resource of worldwide trip reports WorldTwitch - finding rare birds around the world |
| Birding tours and operators... |
Heritage Expeditions - Expeditions to Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand and Australia, and land based guiding Ian James's birdwatching cruises on Okarito Lagoon Kirrama Wildlife Tours - Klaus Uhlenhut in Northern Australia Kiwi Wildlife Tours (New Zealand) Ltd - Karen Baird/Chris Gaskin Nature Quest New Zealand - Custom Birding Tours New Zealand Birding Directory - list of New Zealand commercial birding sites and ventures New Zealand Land and Pelagic Tours - Ross Silcock North Kent Birding - Chris Bradshaw in the UK Ruggedy Range (Tm) Wilderness Experience - ecotours & bird watching on Stewart Island & Ulva Island Talisker Charters - Charter yacht based at Stewart Island Wrybill Birding Tours, NZ - Bird guiding throughout New Zealand, both organised and tailor made tours
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| Optics and photography sites... |
Better view desired - optics articles and reviews Digital Photography Review - digital photography site DCviews - digital photography site Foto Search - includes royalty free bird photos Freenaturepics.com - Stock Photography of Birds Laurence's Digital Birds - Laurence Poh's digiscoping site Leica Optics - bins and scopes Swarovski Optik - bins and scopes Zeiss Optics - bins and scopes |
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