STORE RELATED:        

• Town of Freeport, Maine

• Freeport Merchant's Association

• Freeport Conservation Trust- Local land trust with info on miles of trails.

• Freeport Chamber of Commerce


AUDUBON SOCIETIES AND BIRD CLUBS:

• Maine Birding Societies - A listing of links to all Maine bird clubs and societies

• Augusta Bird Club

• Maine Audubon

• Merrymeeting Bay Audubon

• Stanton Bird Club

• York Country Audubon


BIRD CONSERVATION:

• American Bird Conservancy

• Backyard Wildlife Habitat

• Biodiversity Research Institute

• Bird Conservation Alliance

• Bird and tower collisions - great info on the hazards to birds from lighted towers, including maps of all the towers in every state.

• Boreal Songbird Initiative

• Fatal Light Awareness Program - "FLAP"

• Maine Environmental Citizens Online

• Natural Trails and Waters Coalition

• New England Forestry Foundation

• North American Bird Conservation Initiative

• Partners In Flight

• Project Puffin

• Royal River Conservation Trust

• Save Our Boreal Birds.org


BIRDING:

• American Birding Association - homepage for the American Birding Assosciation.

• Ed Hess's Photos

• Birding on the Dot Net - Great resource that lists RBAs and state mailing lists from across North America, as well as a phlethora of other links.

• Brunswick Birders

• Ebird - Submit your own observations and view and explore the data.

• ENature.comOnline Field Guides: Birds, Mammals, Butterflies, Trees, and many more.

• Conservation Birding - Lodges, reserves, and sites in the Tropics

• Fledgling Birders - Inspire the next generation of birders!

• The Great Backyard Bird Count

• Libby Hill Trails - in Gray.

• Luke Seitz's website

• Maine Birding; "Info about Birding in the State of Maine

• Maine Birding Trail: Online Birding Guide

• New England Seabirds

• Online Bird Identification Guide

• National Bird Feeding Society

• National Wildlife Refuges in Maine

• Portland Trails- Some great places to bird in and around Portland

• State Parks in Maine

• Archive of Trip Reports from Around

• Yarmouth Open Space Guide - Trail maps and directions for the fantastic parks around Yarmouth


ORNITHOLOGY:

• Bird Banding Laboratory - About bird banding and how to report banded birds.

• Birding By Radar Primer from New Jersey Audubon

• Christmas Bird Count Info and Data

• Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology - Great page including an online bird guide, nest box cams, and info about their research, citizen science, conservation, and education programs.

• International Shorebird Survey - To sign up as an ISS Cooperator.

• National Biological Information Infrastructure

• Online Bird Specimens

• Ornithological Journals online - Search and read ornithological journals

• Pan American Shorebird Program

• Searchable Ornithological Research Archive

• The World Bird Database


INJURED BIRDS AND WILDLIFE: WHAT TO DO?
We keep a list of local rehab facilities at the store, call for more info. Also, check out these helpful sites:

• What to do about injured birds

• More helpful information


WEATHER, ETC:

• Weather Underground - Good site for weather information

• Tides - Tide charts

• Current Wind Map

• Wind Forecast Map

• NEXRAD Radar Loop

• Snowcover Map

• Nexrad Radar Images - use for "Birding by radar"


OUR FRIENDS IN BUSINESS:

• Odyssey Whale WatchWhale watching from Portland; our pelagic birding partner!

• Nicholson Inn - Enjoy active feeders - stocked with seed from Freeport Wild Bird Supply! - as you enjoy your scrumptious breakfast.

• Tidewalk Designs - Landscape Designer Kathleen Perry. Specializes in natural and wildlife-friendly landscapes.


BLOGS:

• Field Notes - Derek's blog on birding in Maine on Mainetoday.com

• Raven Watcher - Natural history musings from Freeport resident, Dan Nickerson

• The Gulls of Appledore Island

• The Leica Bird Blog - Birding and Digi-scoping with Jeff Bouton

• Mark S, Garland

• Nikon Prostaff Blog

• Northern Maine Birds - News from Bill Sheehan, up in

• Ramblings of an Iowa Birder - Danny Akers's blog - the 09 Bradbury Mtn Hawkwatch counter

• David Sibley - bird identification and art website and blog.

• Woodcreeper.com - David LaPuma's blog about birding NJ, and Radar Observations.


OTHER COOL SITES:

• Astro- and Bird- photography by Kirk Rogers

• BirdCapeMay.org - Blog, photos, maps, and more from the birding mecca that is Cape May!

• Birdwatching Blog.com - Watch live birds from around the world via webcams.

• Everglades Imagery - A project by Drew Fulton of Bowdoin College

• The Foliage Network - Track the progression of fall colors in New England and compare to previous years using the site's archives.

• Friends of the Eastern Promenade (Portland)

• Maine Damselfly and Dragonfly Survey - Includes survey info, Damselfly and Dragonfly Checklist and Distribution for Maine, and an online identification guide!

• Maine Nature News - All sorts of interesting news, including regular Black Fly reports.

• Of Emus and Fairy Wrens - Follow the progress of Drew Fulton as he attempts to photograph all of Australia's endemic birds.