MASSBIRD.ORG is a list of links of interest to Massachusetts birders and hosts pages for local bird clubs without charge. It is presented as a service of Bird Observer.

Bird Observer, a bimonthly journal, is THE print resource for local birding information. It has articles on where-to-go (with maps), bird ID, scientific studies, and sighting records. It is produced by an all volunteer staff (including me!)

Massachusetts Audubon Society is active in conservation, education and preservation and has sanctuaries around the state.

Have a question about natural history or wildlife regulatory matters in Massachusetts? Try sending a message to the new Mass. Division of Fisheries and Wildlife public information e-mail address.

Looking for somewhere to go birding in Essex County? Check out the Essex County Birding Trail.

Brookline Bird Club is one of the oldest (and most active) bird clubs in the USA.

NOAA Doppler Weather radar for Eastern Mass.

Tides for any location in New England. Tides are very important for coastal birding.

Sea conditions are very important for pelagic birding.

New England RBAs

MASSBIRD archive on Birdingonthe.net. Check it out. Get it while it's HOT!

 

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Organizations:

 

Conservation Through Birding

 

Integrated Bird Conservation in the United States

 

The Trustees of Reservations

 

Essex County Ornithological Club

 

The Nature Conservancy

 

TASL

 

The Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences

 

South Shore Bird Club

 

Cape Cod Bird Club

 

Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition

 

Essex County Greenbelt Association

 

American Birding Association

• After the Ecuador tour, I stooged around on my own (3/11-15/2012)
• A fabulous Mass Audubon trip to northern Ecuador (2/27-3/11/2012)
• Norm Smith released a Snowy Owl on Plum Island today (3/24/2012)
• Stooging around for a few odd birds here and there (2/20/2012)
• Leaders' Choice trip to northern New Hampshire and Vermont (2/16-17/2012)
• Lucking into a Northern Saw-whet Owl in Georgetown (12/4/2011)
• Weird Birds in Essex County: Cassin's Kingbird and a late November Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (11/26/2011)
• Harlequin Ducks and Purple Sandpipers at Andrews Point (Nov. 20, 2011)
• Funky geese in West Newbury, MA (Nov. 19, 2011)
• A great trip to Southern California for Joppa Flats (September 2011)
• Summer Seabirds and Whales trips with Newburyport Whalewatch and Mass Audubon (2011)
• Joppa Flats Volunteer trip to Montana (7/2011)
• Birding West Texas from El Paso to the Davis Mountains to Big Bend National Park (5/2011)
• Another great tour to Belize with Mass Audubon (2-3/2011)
• A vacation trip to Ecuador in February 2011
• Starting the New Year with a Golden Eagle (1/1/11)!
• A great afternoon birding on Plum Island, including a Curlew Sandpiper (10/9/2010)
• Another great trip to the Olympic Peninsula of Washington (9/2010)
• Mass Audubon and Joppa Flats and our 25th annual trip to Machias Seal Island and Downeast Maine (6/2010)
• It's May and we've got some beautiful birds in Massachusetts!
• Birding the South Carolina coastal lowlands again (4/2010, see 4/2009 trip below too)
• A birding tour to Belize with Mass Audubon (2/27-3/9/2010)
• Birding on three islands in Hawaii with Mass Audubon (2/9-19/2010)
• Various photos from a weekend trip to Rhode Island (1/23-24/2010)
• Great looks at a Rough-legged Hawk (1/16/2010)
• Summing up an extraordinary year - highlights of 2009
• Susan and I had a great anniversary vacation in Puerto Rico (12/2009)
• Brazil birding extravaganza: The Atlantic Rainforest, the Pantanal, and Chapada dos Guimaraes (10/2009)
• A scouting trip to the Olympic Peninsula of Washington (9/2009)
• Joppa Flats takes on Costa Rica (7/2009)
• Seabirds and Whales on Jeffrey's Ledge (7/6/2009)
• Mississippi Kites nesting in Newmarket, New Hampshire (7/5/2009)
• A Ruby-throated Hummingbird nest in our yard (2009)
• Another teaching trip to Belize yielded pix of a few interesting species (5/2009)
• Birding in the Coastal Lowlands of South Carolina (4/2009)
• A fabulous vacation at Chan Chich Lodge in Belize (3/2009)
• Miscellaneous birds from February 2009
• An Ivory Gull and a Northern Hawk Owl in one day (1/26/2009)!
• Back to Bosque del Apache and the Rio Grande (1/12-18/09)
• Fabulous birds in Brazil in the Atlantic Rainforest at REGUA (7/2008)
• A great trip to Botswana for Birds, Mammals, Scenery (3/11-23/2008)
• Fabulous Leaders' Choice trip to the wilds of New Hampshire and Maine (2/21-22/2008)
• Another Lump in a tree and a Short-eared meal on the Parker River NWR (1/19/2008)
• An overwintering Western Tanager in Merrimac, MA (1/17/2008)
• Getting the Lumps in Trees edition done for 2008 (1/13/2008)
• Looking for Pine Grosbeaks in all the right places (1/12/2008)
• Wednesday Morning Birding and Winter Raptors at Salisbury Beach S.R. (12/26/07)
• Hundreds of Bohemian Waxwings on the Cape Cod CBC (12/23/07)
• Lumps in trees - with fur or feathers - take your pick in Haverhill (10/21/07)
• Birding Southern California with Mass Audubon (9/30-10/5/2007)
• A great trip to Trinidad with Joppa Flats (7/14-25/2007)
• A colony of Cliff Swallows outside a grocery store (7/11/2007)
• Sneaking around looking for Virginia Rails by kayak (7/4/2007)
• Mass Audubon tour of Manitoba (6/11-18/2007)
• Adult Franklin's Gull at Sandy Point State Reservation on Plum Island (6/7/07)
• A Red-tailed Hawk dining photoessay (4/22/2007)
• We vacationed in Belize in April 2007
• Signs of Spring in Essex County (4/1/2007)
• A few photos from a quick visit to South Carolina in February (2007)
• I co-led a trip from El Paso to Albuquerque - fabulous! (1/4-10/2007)
• A Northern Shrike and three Dovekies on a 50 degree day in December? (12/17/2006)
• Semi-obscured wildlife in Haverhill (11/18/2006)
• On the last day of the season, a Green-tailed Towhee at the banding station (10/31/2006)
• Getting up-close and personal with a Long-billed Dowitcher (10/15/2006)
• Some nice shorebirds in September (9/9/2006)
• The BBC trip to Hydrographer Canyon had some great birds (8/26/2006)
• I co-led a trip to Panama in July 2006
• A great trip to Yosemite, Point Reyes, and the Farallons in July 2006
• Our annual Mass Audubon trip to Machias Seal Island and Downeast Maine (6/16-17/2006)
• The New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance (NECWA) sponsored Seabird and Whale Tales 2006 (6/11/2006)
• May 2006 had some ups and downs
• Local treats in April, avian and mammalian (4/9/2006)
• A male Black-necked Stilt is an odd bird to see in Massachusetts (4/3/2006)
• The first day of Spring leads to March Madness (3/20/2006)
• A New Hampshire heronry with a twist (3/12/2006)
• I co-led a trip to southern Texas in early February
• Lots of great birds to start the new year (1/2/2006)
• The illusive Northern Shrike appears (12/24/2005)
• Yellow-breasted Chats and Common Redpolls - odd juxtapositions (12/12/2005)
• A Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Ipswich Sparrow, and Peregrine make for a nice November day (11/27/2005)
• Sage Thrasher, Ash-throated Flycatcher, and more at PRNWR on 11/6/2005
• First known Bald Eagle nesting in the Lower Merrimack Valley - Eaglets banded on 6/8/2005
• A howling Nor'easter and phalaropes and a Ruff on the PRNWR (5/25/2005)
• Some rainy day shots and a movie clip of a displaying American Woodcock (5/8/2005)
• A Blue Grosbeak at Oak Hill Cemetery in Newburyport (5/7/2005)
• A two-fer May Day with California Gull and White-winged Dove (5/1/2005)
• Plum Island hosts a White-faced Ibis (4/26/2005)
• A Prothonotary Warbler in Marblehead (4/25/2005)
• American Woodcock on the nest (4/5/2005)
• A February yard surprise!
• We celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary with a trip to Trinidad and Tobago.

The Best Birding Web Sites -- Siskin & Egret's '4 Wings Up' Award
OWLS, OWLS, OWLS and nothing but owls
Everything you want to know about Crows
Birds are just one of the attractions in the Animal Diversity Web at the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology and Masterpieces from the Hill Ornithology Collection at the Cornell University Library
American Birding Association
Are you interested in being a Birding Pal? This is a new and potentially interesting site for travelers.
Bird Links to the World This site has everything!
BIRDZILLA is a commercial site with a comprehensive selection of wild bird information, articles, on-line lifelist, and stuff for sale.
Birding on the Web has links and useful information like state bird lists.
Electronic Resources on Ornithology
The Fat Birder is an interesting British site with links for around the world. Worth a visit and a bookmark!
Where do you want to go birding today? is a great new site with information on international birding destinations.
Peep research: so you think you know your peeps?
Cape May Bird Observatory in Cape May, NJ is a great birding and vacation destination locus.

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