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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

Kereru Discovery Project

Kids for Birds - New Zealand birds website for Kids

Kiwiana Art

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

Miranda Shorebird Centre

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 Bird Diversity

New Zealand Birds

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

Stewart Island Seabirds

Subantarctic Islands - an educational resource of the islands

Taranaki Kiwi Trust

Tiritiri Matangi Supporters

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

Birding Southern Queensland

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

Birdwatching South Australia

Broome Bird Observatory

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...

African Bird Club

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

Birding World

BirdLife International

BirdLife International Seabird Conservation Programme

BirdNet - provides information about Ornithology and the ten North American Ornithological Groups

Birds of North America

British Birds - online journal

British Ornithologists Union

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

IndiaBirds.com

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

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

Worldwide Directory of where to go to watch Birds

World Working Group on Birds of Prey (WWGBP)

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

 

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

TelescopesandBinoculars.com

Zeiss Optics - bins and scopes

 

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