Birding (Recreation/Birding)
up BirdingSites dealing with birding - the hobby of observing wild birds. Birding includes the activities of finding birds, identifying birds, counting birds, photographing birds, making lists of bird species, feeding backyard birds, observing bird behavior, reporting on bird sightings, reporting on bird-finding trips, and talking about birds.EntriesBird Forum http://www.birdforum.net/ Forums for discussion of birds, birding, and bird photography worldwide. Includes photo gallery and trip reports. Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/index.php World birding news, identification and bird finding articles, photographs, sketches, and trip reports. Birding.com http://www.birding.com/ Photos, songs, birding hot spots, checklists, links, and advice for new and backyard birders. Birding on the Net http://birdingonthe.net/ Recent messages of birding e-mail groups, rare bird alerts, artwork, checklists, news, and links. Fat Birder http://www.fatbirder.com/ News, worldwide birding links, and reviews. About Birding/Wild Birds http://birding.about.com/ Articles and links. BirdingPal http://birdingpal.org/ Worldwide list of contacts, grouped by location, who are willing to help travelling birdwatchers. WorldTwitch - Finding Rare Birds Around the World http://www.worldtwitch.com/ Bird reports from around the world, birding trip reports, rare bird news, reviews of ornithological books, environmental updates, world birding discussion board, directory of natural history mailing list archives, and links to the best websites about bird Ocean Wanderers http://www.oceanwanderers.com/ Seabird news, pelagic birding around the world, annotated lists of seabirds and marine mammals, photo gallery, photo quiz, list of identification articles, and links. Surfbirder http://www.surfbirder.com/ A search engine for birds and birding. Where Do You Want to Go Birding Today? http://www.camacdonald.com/birding/birding.htm Information about birds and birding worldwide. Endemic and specialty bird information for many countries; photographs and links to checklists and other resources. BirdSite http://birdsite.org/ A community-based website for sharing bird images and sounds from around the world. Birding Site Guide http://www.birdingsiteguide.com/ Descriptions and bird lists for birding sites worldwide. GORP - Birding http://gorp.away.com/gorp/activity/birding.htm Articles, guides to sites throughout the world, species information, resources, and links of interest to birders. Birding the World http://montereybay.com/creagrus/world.html Don Roberson's detailed guide to birding in each of the world's biogeographic regions. Bird Links to the World http://www.bsc-eoc.org/links/links.jsp Collection of links related to birds, birding, and birders, divided by geographic location. BirdChat Quiz http://www.angelfire.com/ms/moniotte/ Stephane Moniotte's site with quiz birds, results of past quizzes, and photographs. The Birding Home http://www.thebirdinghome.org/cgi-bin/bigbird.pl Logs of birders' observations from around the world. International Migratory Bird Day http://www.birdday.org/ Annual event held the second Saturday in May. Brief information about the event and online store. Ornifolks http://ornifolks.org/ornifolks.htm Network of US birders who share trip expenses to bird distant places as economically as possible. Newsletter and trip reports from around the world. SubcategoriesAfrica Sites dealing with birdwatching anywhere in Africa. Asia Backyard Birding A collection of links containing material dealing with the concept of backyard birding, including bird houses, feeders, and baths. Caribbean Central America Europe Sites dealing with birding and birds in Europe. Mailing Lists E-mail discussion groups covering birding on a worldwide basis. Middle East North America A collection of websites dealing with birding or wild bird related information. Oceania Optics Reviews and advice on purchasing optics for use with birding. Photography Sites with extensive photo galleries of birds of the world or with details of bird photography techniques. Software Bird identification and list record-keeping software. South America Trip Reports Related categoriesChinese Simplified 与鸟类和观鸟活动相关的网站。包括鸟类的寻找、分辨、记录、摄影、喂鸟、观察及交流等。 Dutch Finnish Villien lintujen havainnointiin yms. harrastuksiin liittyviä sivuja. Italian Japanese バードウオッチング、野鳥観察についての趣味のサイトを扱います。 Swedish Turkish Bu kategori kuş gözlemciliği, ya da kuşçuluk, hobisi ile ilgili siteleri listelemktedir. Evcil kuşlarla ilgili Aves Sites dealing with specific groups of birds. Birdhouses, Feeders, and Baths Birds This area of the Open Directory is for sites about domestic bred birds, mostly kept as pets, written in English. Sites about wild birds can be found in the Recreation/Outdoors/Wildlife/Birds area, and Birds The survival of bird populations is threatened by habitat loss, with a reduction in plants and insects numbers. Habitat protection and restoration is often a Birds Ornithology Birds are warm-blooded, feather-bearing, egg-laying, amniotic vertebrates having the fore-limbs modified into Tours Intended for specialist tours or trips specifically intended for birdwatching. Companies/Hotels offering more general ecotours that include some element of birdwatching as part of the overall Neigbour categoriesAntiques An antique refers to any item of furniture, work of art or decorative object that is esteemed for its value due to its rarity, condition, utility or other unique feature. An item may be considered an Audio Recreation: Audio is a category that contains sites for the audio hobbyist and enthusiast. This is more about the technology, and not about music. Sites listed herein generally provided information, Autos Find various categories pertaining to automobiles. Aviation This category is intended for sites dealing with general aviation as a recreational, sporting pastime. The top level category is used only for sites that deal with all aspects of aviation. Sites Boating The Boating category of Recreation is intended for sites dealing with general boating as a recreational and leisure pastime. Sites are not listed directly under the Boating category, but should be Camps In its purest form, camp is a sustained experience which provides a creative, educational opportunity in group living in the outdoors. It utilizes trained leadership and the resources of the natural Climbing Sites of general climbing interest covering multiple climbing discplines. Collecting This category is about the activity of grouping together items that are related to one another by a finite group of criteria. (i.e. collecting) Items can be man made objects, like coins or stamps, or Directories Drugs Recreational drugs are drugs which are taken for pleasure, rather than for a medical purpose. Some drugs are sometimes prescribed by doctors for a medical reason and are also taken without Food Reserved for sites which detail the history, humor, etc., of food. Guns This top level category is only for sites offering very comprehensive coverage of all aspects of Guns. Sites covering Humor Jokes, gags, funny stories, and parodies, this category contains everything and anything intended to make you laugh. Kites This category is for sites about kites, kite flying, and kite design, and contains all sorts of non-commercial sites for people who enjoy kites as a hobby. It also links to Shopping, manufacturing, Knives This category includes individuals and groups who collect knives as a hobby, who make knives as a hobby, and who provide Living History Living History is the reenactment of times past via the reproduction of daily living and the activities therein - including wars, games, faires, artisans, and first-person interpretations - through Models Recreation: Models is a group dedicated to model building, of all sorts. This includes scale models, model railroading, remote-controlled (R/C) craft, and any other models built for recreational or Motorcycles This category is for websites that emphasize the recreational side of motorcycling. Nudism Recreation: refreshment of strength and spirits after work; also : a means of refreshment or diversion Nudism: the practice of going nude especially in sexually mixed groups and during Outdoors This is where sites that cover all aspects of outdoor recreation are listed. Parties This category is for sites about parties and provides resources for those planning to have one. Pets The Pets category contains websites with information about the creatures that live with us as companion animals. The sites listed in Recreation/Pets are primarily informational in nature. The Picture Ratings Picture ratings sites typically allow visitors to view pictures and give a rating. The web site keeps tally of the ratings and the results are also displayed alongside the picture. Some Radio Sites covering multiple aspects of hobbyist and recreational radio use of amateur, shortwave, CB, and family two-way radios and scanners. Roads and Highways This category contains sites on all aspects of roads and highways that are of particular interest to road enthusiasts, Scouting Scouting is a world-wide non-formal educational movement for young people founded by Lord Robert Baden-Powell of Gilwell. From its modest beginning at his experimental camp comprised of 22 youth held Theme Parks Traditionally, a theme park is a place to go to. Guests (customers) of a theme park attend in order to experience some element of recreation in a setting which is oriented around a motif or theme. Tobacco This category is for sites about the recreational use of tobacco. Note that there are other Trains and Railroads Non-commercial sites relating to full-size trains and railroads. Travel Recreation/Travel lists sites which: Engage in the business of travel, whether it be direct travel providers (airlines, hotels, etc.), tour operators, or travel agents. Such Whips This category is for sites about whips, their care, and how to crack a whip. (This section is quite beta and buggy, have patience. Thanks)
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