Wednesday, January 04, 2012
I was browsing the audiobook collection at Silver Spring Library and discovered a little gem called,
The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obession by Mark Obmascik. I am not a
birder. Actually, I have an
ornithophobia, but the words, “Fowl Obsession” sparked my interest. The book is about an informal bird counting competition that starts every year on January 1. Birder’s call it “
A Big Year,” or “Having a Big Year.” The eccentric characters of this book made me want to research this bird mania.
So, with a little research and Google here is a list not in any order of some site that could help with bird discovery.
1. Maryland Department of Natural Recourses
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/Plants_wildlife/birdingmd.asp
2. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services
http://www.fws.gov/northeast/md.htm
3. Ornithological Society of North America
http://www.osnabirds.org/
4. National Audubon Society
http://www.audubon.org/#
5. Maryalnd Audubon Society
http://mddc.audubon.org/
6. American Birding Association
http://aba.org/
7. Bird Forum
http://www.birdforum.net/
8. Fat Birder Ranks 500 best birding websites
http://www.birdingtop500.com/
Happy Birding:) Gale
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