Links

These are some links we have found helpful.  We have grouped them by topic.  If you have any suggestions or any problems with these links please let us know at ask.NHBC@gmail.com.  We only list non-commercial sites.

Heading out right now?  Check the weather and tides before you do…..

East Coast Tides

The Weather Channel

Checklist for New Haven County Birds – Thanks to Chris Loscalzo for creating this list.

NHBC 2017 checklist

Connecticut partners in bird watching

The Hartford Audubon Society is a independent birding organization similar in age to the NHBC.

Hartford Audubon Society

Connecticut Ornithological Association is responsible for maintaining state records and coordinates major activities like the Christmas counts.  They also have educational opportunities, walks and conferences. COA maintains a very valuable combined calendar of all birding activities in Connecticut.

 Connecticut Ornithological Association

Connecticut Audubon is an independent Audubon organization headquartered in Fairfield and custodian of Milford Point and other beautiful sanctuaries

Connecticut Audubon

Audubon Connecticut is the state office of the National Audubon Society and has centers in Southbury, Greenwich, and Sharon and a network of chapters and sanctuaries across the state.

Audubon Connecticut

The Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds is a partnership between local conservation organizations formed to protect shoreline nesting bird species, such as the Piping Plover, Least Tern, and American Oystercatcher, through monitoring and outreach.

http://www.ctwaterbirds.blogspot.com/

 

Other Connecticut sites

Regional Water Authority serving greater the Greater New Haven area.  RWA has a hiking/pass offering great for birders

https://www.rwater.com/products-services/recreation

Aquarion Water Company serving Fairfield County

 http://www.aquarionwater.com/CT/trailuse

Connecticut state parks and forests maps

http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=2716&q=325088&deepNav_GID=1650

Aspetuck Land Trust maps

Aspetuck Land Trust Maps

Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection

http://www.ct.gov/deep/site/default.asp

New Canaan Nature Center

Branford Land Trust

 

Good Birding Resources

Ebird.org

        Birding by Ear webcast by Corrie Folsom-O’Keefe.

Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology

Bird Rehabilitators

Ornithology links

Hummingbird Gardens

Beginners Birdwatching Identification Guide recommended by the Neale family

        http://www.homeadvisor.com/r/birdwatching-guide/

These are links from our Indoor program of 9/11/14 presented by Ken Elkins

Bird radar

http://www.woodcreeper.com

Bird song tutorial with sonographs

http://biology.allaboutbirds.org/bird-song-hero

Free software for sonography

Raven Lite Software from Cornell

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s All About Birds is a free resource for beginning and more advanced birders, offering ID information, life histories, photos, and recordings of songs and calls

       www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/search

 

Birding Friends near & far away

Brookline Mass Bird Club

www.brooklinebirdclub.org

Massachusetts Audubon

www.massaudubon.org

Cape Cod Bird Club

Cape Cod Bird Club

Ocean State Bird Club of Rhode Island

www.oceanstatebirdclub.org 

Rhode Island Audubon

www.asri.org

New Hampshire Audubon

www.nhaudubon.org

New Jersey Audubon

www.njaudubon.org

Cape May Bird Observatory

www.cmbo.org

New York City Audubon

www.nycaudubon.org

Other

Bedfordshire Bird Club (England)

Northeast Hawkwatch

Stanton (Maine) Bird Club

Rutland County Audubon (Vermont)