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Photo (right) of Scissor-tailed Flycatcher by Shannon Hobson
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(eBird) Contribute your day list (login)
(eBird) Bar Graphs for 7 Panhandle counties
TIP: Click "Map" for any species
(eBird) Explore Status and Trends
Click a species picture, then try the Weekly tab, click the play button, WOW!!
BirdCast
Bird Migration Forecasts in Real-Time
(eBird) My Yard Lists (500+ in FL)
(eBird) Florida Rare Bird Alert
others below...
Check-List Okaloosa and Walton Counties (pub. 2017)
14. For Beginners & Children
Thank you Hailey, Trevor, Jennifer, Mikayla, Jamie, Jordan, and Hallie
Beginning Birders’ Guide
A Guide to Bird-Watching With Binoculars
Some Tips To Help You Get Started Birding
All About Birds
Bird Pictures and Facts (featuring the Photo Arc)
Leading locations based on eBird
Dec 2021 results (124 species) to appear here soon Our 18 Dec 2017 table of CBC sightings (2018 results are pending review)
11. Rare Bird Alerts
The first link lists all others:
ABA's Birding News
aggregates and includes these FL listserves:
(eBird) Florida Rare Bird Alert
10. eBird mashups
Rare Bird maps based on eBird:
BirdSearch (Sightings in past 30 days)
Options for Places & Rarities (Notables);
Try link "More search options"
Flickr eBird Rarities Photos
Tip: click "map" for nearby rarities
Map Index of Flickr Rarities
Tip: click right arrow on horizontal picture bar
AMERICAN BIRDING ASSOCIATION:
Birding News by state & region
Birding Magazine
The journal North American Birds
Birding Festivals
ABA Listing Central
8. audiovisual
Internet Media Sites:
Archives of Rare Bird Alerts
AVIBASE names & check-lists
the world bird database
Xeno-Canto
Sharing bird sounds from around the world
Internet Bird Collection
video, photos, and sounds from the producers
Macaulay Library
video, photos, and sounds from the producers
FLORIDA ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY:
Official Florida State Bird List
Florida Bird List PDF
Rare Bird Report Form
for documenting Florida Review List Species
Florida Field Naturalist
different than Audubon's Florida Naturalist
Florida Breeding Bird maps 1986-91
6. identification
Internet Bird ID Guides:
Audubon's Online Guide to N.A. Birds
Cornell's All About Birds
Mitch Waite's WhatBird & iBird Pro
Flickr photos FL Birding Trail
Wings over FL Sets
5. Florida Birding Trail
and other Florida birding resources:
Great Florida Birding Trail
Tropical Audubon (southern Florida, etc.)
4. more ornithology
Bird Science Resources:
Florida Breeding Bird Atlas 1986-91
Index FL Breeding Bird Atlas 1986-91
SORA
Searchable Ornithological Research Archive
International Migratory Bird Day
BirdLife International
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory (GCBO)
GCBO in FL?, AL, MS, LA, TX, Mexico
American Ornithological Society
Wilson Ornithological Society
3. more animals and plants
Bird Science Resources:
Center for Biological Diversity
The Florida Master Naturalist Program
eButterfly
2. conservation & education
Join some fine organizations
Audubon Florida
Aud FL Naturalist Magazine
Florida Audubon chapters
National Audubon Society
American Bird Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy
Buy a Duck Stamp for Wetlands
Sierra Club
The Wilderness Society
World Wildlife Fund
National Parks Conservation Association
Natural Resources Defense Council
Rainforest Action Network
Environmental Defense Fund
National Wildlife Federation
Greenpeace
Defenders of Wildlife
Environment America
League of Conservation Voters
Climate Reality Project
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
consolidates eBird, iNaturalist, and research data
iNaturalist.org
Avian Knowledge Network
Shorebird Resighting Information
PDF file (thanks Bay Co. Audubon)
1. great organizations
Florida Wildlife by Marianne Cowley (NSIS)
Nonie's Ark Animal Encounters
Kritter, Inc.
Operation Migration
BirdForum
Florida Museum of Natural History
the Ornithology (Birds) Collection
Search the Bird Skin & Skeleton Database
Ornithology Collections and Research
Florida Bird Sounds
Partners in Flight
species assessments and population estimates
BirdLife International
BIRDNET
BIRDNET'S Ornithological Council:
The American Ornithologists' Union
Association of Field Ornithologists
Caribbean Birds
CIPAMEX (las Aves en México)
Cooper Ornithological Society
Neotropical Ornithological Society
North American Crane Working Group
Pacific Seabird Group
Raptor Research Foundation
Society of Canadian Ornithologists
The Waterbird Society
The Wilson Ornithological Society
Birding Pal
Go Birding With A Pal From Around The World
Birding Hotspots Around the World
Fatbirder - linking birders worldwide...
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juvenile Common Gallinules Wright Landfill 1 Dec 2014 Murray Cragin www.flickr.com/photos/mchawk/14926085718
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two White-faced Ibis (rare in Florida) Okaloosa Holding Ponds 21 Sep 2014 Murray Cragin www.flickr.com/photos/mchawk/15187807570
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imm Glossy Ibis (left) and White-faced Ibis (rare in FL) Okaloosa Holding Ponds 18 Oct 2014 Murray Cragin www.flickr.com/photos/mchawk/14958778484
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Peregrine Falcon at the Okaloosa Holding Ponds Okaloosa Holding Ponds 16 Dec 2014 Murray Cragin www.flickr.com/photos/mchawk/16038791442
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Battle of the Species 25 Sep 2014 Murray Cragin www.flickr.com/photos/mchawk/15210043529
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Short-billed Dowitchers Okaloosa Holding Ponds 2 Sep 2014 Murray Cragin www.flickr.com/photos/mchawk/14937173920
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Red-bellied Woodpecker 16 Dec 2014 Walt Spence
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Alder Flycatcher, rare in Florida Vagrant Trail (near Wright landfill) 20 Sep 2014 Walt Spence
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Red-shouldered Hawk pair 21 September 2010, Niceville, photo by Walt Spence
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turtle pals: Black-bellied Whistling-Duck and imm. White Ibis 23 Sept 2014, Okaloosa Holding Ponds Malcolm Mark Swan
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Black-billed Cuckoo 3 May 2014, Okaloosa Holding Ponds MMS
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Chuck-will's-widow (Whip-poor-will relative) 6 April 2014, Veterans Park on Okaloosa Island MMS
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Cinnamon Teal (very rare in Eastern U.S.) 14 October 2014, Okaloosa Holding Ponds MMS
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Eastern Kingbird, adult with very worn plumage 10 August 2014, Okaloosa Holding Ponds MMS
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Great Egret 10 October 2014, Veterans Park on Okaloosa Island MMS
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Green Heron, adult 16 August 2013, Okaloosa Holding Ponds MMS
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4 Least Sandpipers and 1 1/2 Pectoral Sandpiper 16 August 2013, Okaloosa Holding Ponds MMS
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immature Little Blue Heron (left) compared to Snowy Egret 16 August 2013, Okaloosa Holding Ponds MMS
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Philadelphia Vireo, rare in Florida panhandle 18 October 2014, Jesse Rogers Memorial Cemetery, Mary Esther MMS
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Reddish Egret, immature Liza Jackson Park, Fort Walton Beach 20 October 2014 MMS
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Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, immature Okaloosa Holding Ponds 19 October 2014 MMS
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