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Bird links

Page contents

• Australian Museum sites
• Birds around Sydney
• Societies and clubs
• Birdwatching resources
• Fact sheets and bird calls

Australian Museum sites

• Australian Museum Online: Birds site
  http://www.amonline.net.au/birds/index.htm
• Australian Museum Online: Birds Fact Sheets
  http://www.amonline.net.au/factsheets/index.htm#birds
• Australian Museum Online: John Gould and the bird illustrators http://www.amonline.net.au/research_library/johngould.htm

Birds around Sydney

• Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCCNSW): Birds Of North-West Sydney
  http://www.nccnsw.org.au/bushland/reference/
  westsydney/Birds.html#Heading19
• Charles Sturt University: Penguins in Sydney Harbour Research Project, including recent sightings
  http://life.csu.edu.au/penguins/
• Manly Environment Centre: Little (Fairy) Penguins
  http://www.mec.org.au/fauna/fauna.html
• Sydney Harbour National Park: Birds
  http://www.npws.nsw.gov.au/parks/metro/harbour/
  shnatnativeani.html#birds

Societies and clubs

• Southern New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory Group, Birds Australia (SNAG)
  http://snag.birdsaustralia.com.au/
• Bird Observers Club of Australia (BOCA)
  http://www.birdobservers.org.au/
• Birdwatching in Sydney with the Cumberland Bird Observers' Club (CBOC)
  http://www.cboc.org.au/
• New South Wales Field Ornithologists Club (FOC)
  http://www.ozemail.com.au/~nswbirds/

Birdwatching resources

• Birds Australia: Atlas - How to turn your birdwatching hobby into helping map Australia's bird life.
  http://www.birdsaustralia.com.au/atlas/index.html
• Pelagic Birding Homepage: Information for seabird watching trips and statistics on what birds people are seeing.
  http://www.zip.com.au/~palliser/
• Hints for Birding with children: This site has tips to for adults to help kids go birdwatching. It includes pictures of common birds.
  http://home.vicnet.net.au/~osch/hintsfor.htm
• Birds Australia: New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory Bird Guides, including Metropolitan Sydney
  http://snag.birdsaustralia.com.au/birdguide/index.html

Fact sheets and bird calls

• ABC Wildsound - Australian Bird songs. An extensive list of bird calls.
  http://www.abc.net.au/archives/birds.htm
• ABC Online Backyard Birdwatch: has a simple identifier and fact sheet information on the birds listed. This site also has bird calls.
  http://www2.abc.net.au/science/birds/default.htm

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