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1SqueakyChu
Fév 1, 2008, 1:00 am

I'm now reading To See Every Bird on Earth by Dan Koeppel. I'm enjoying this book very much although there are some really painful parts about Dan's family life.

I recall how much fun my husband and I used to have years ago when we watched birds at our backyard feeder. We can't really do that any more because we have three feral cats we feed. The only bird brave enough to venture into our yard is a blue jay (whom I named Jay Leno) who often comes in the summer to steal dry cat food when the cats are not around!

I would like to go back to watching birds though. Have you any suggestions for how I should modestly begin to list them...as if I need any more obsessions now that I'm an active member of LT and Bookcrossing!!

2chrisharpe
Fév 1, 2008, 11:34 am

Hello there. I'm not sure what sort of list you are after, but for the area you live in the standard is the AOU Checklist (http://www.aou.org/checklist/index.php3). If you are after something covering the rest of the world, you might try James F Clements' Checklist of Birds of the World which is one of several widely used taxonomic lists. Bessides books, there are now several listing programmes (Avisys, Bird Recorder, etc.) as well as many national and sub-national lists available on the Internet. Happy birding!

3tropics
Fév 1, 2008, 11:48 am

SqueakyChu: You can list your birds online at http://geobirds.com/

Have you read The Big Year: A Tale Of Man, Nature, And Fowl Obsession by Mark Obmascik? Great fun.

4SqueakyChu
Fév 1, 2008, 12:14 pm

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What I was hoping to find was a list of birds either in Maryland or in the Eastern United States with an online checklist. In that way, I could simply check them off online as I spot them.

I'm fortunate to actually live near Woodend, the main Audubon Society sanctuary. It looks as if a trip there again (once the weather warms up) will be on my agenda.

Today I was looking at their website to see if I could find recommendations for a new set of binoculars. My son dropped the ones I Had into the ocean on a sea-kaying trip! :-(

I also looked up some birding guides. I had an old one from many years ago, but I think I'd like to update it since my last birdwatching days were in the 1980's! :-D

5SqueakyChu
Fév 1, 2008, 12:16 pm

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Thanks for the link to Geobirds. I'll use it!

I haven't read the book you mentioned but just now added it to my wishlist.

Hehe! I'm glad to see that others are obsessed both with birds *and* LT. (...so I won't be alone!)

6Mustapha_Mond
Fév 2, 2008, 12:27 am

I use ebird http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ and I like it very much. It allows researchers and anyone who is interested to view pooled data.

7John5918
Modifié : Nov 4, 2015, 1:59 am

>6 Mustapha_Mond: I've recently started using eBird after being introduced to it by a birding colleague in Nairobi. So far I find it useful and interesting.

It is a bit frustrating when it occasionally uses a different taxonomy to the more common one used here, but I suppose that's going to be an issue on any online source.