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Identify the Brown, Streaky, Juvenile Songbirds of Summer With These Tips -
Merlin Get More From Merlin Bird ID With These Powerful Features -
How to Recognize Woodpeckers by Their Drumming Sounds -
Tips for Recording Sounds of Birds and Wildlife -
How to Record Bird Sounds [Bird Academy Course] -
How to Tell Crows and Ravens Apart by Sight and Sound -
Quiz: Can You Pick the Closest Relatives on the Tree of Avian Evolution? -
Project FeederWatch How to Identify the 3 Red Finches: Cassin's, House, and Purple -
Bird ID Skills: How to Learn Bird Songs and Calls -
Living Bird Magazine How to Find a Great Birding Spot for Spring Migration -
Living Bird Magazine Top 5 Tips for Finding Birds Nesting Near You -
Living Bird Magazine Find More Birds with These 8 Suggestions for Your Birding Routine -
Why Do Birdwatchers Need Close Focus in Binoculars? -
Binoculars and Beyond: Nine Tips for Beginning Birdwatchers -
Living Bird Magazine Birdwatching Tips: It's Summer... Where Did the Birds Go? -
Macaulay Library The Brand New Cornell Guide to Bird Sounds is Here -
Living Bird Magazine Bird Profile: White-throated Sparrow -
Living Bird Magazine Bird Profile: American Kestrel -
Merlin Free Merlin Bird ID App IDs Thousands of Species -
Living Bird Magazine Bird Profile: The White-tailed Ptarmigan -
Living Bird Magazine Learn How to ID These 5 Confusing Streaked Sparrows -
Living Bird Magazine 6 Warbler Hotspots to Try Out This Spring—Plus, How to Find Your Own -
Living Bird Magazine Winter is the Season to Find Massive Flocks of Waterfowl—Here's How -
eBird eBird Explore Species Shows You Photos and Info on Every Bird in the World -
eBird eBird Quiz: Test Your Bird Knowledge with Photos and Sounds -
Living Bird Magazine What Does A Dawn Chorus of Bird Song "Look" Like? -
Nathan Pieplow: Bird Sounds Decoded [video] -
Bird Academy BeastBox—Make Your Own Music by Mixing Animal Sounds With Beatbox Loops -
Project FeederWatch Why do Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers look so similar when they aren’t close relatives? -
Living Bird Magazine Learn Bird Songs by Listening Deeply: Q&A With Don Kroodsma -
eBird Merlin Bird ID Can Now Identify Birds From Photos Thanks to eBirders -
Neotropical Birds The Cornell Lab's Neotropical Birds Website -
Living Bird Magazine ID Tips for Raptor-Watching Season: Use Tail and Wing Shape -
eBird Find Out What Birds to Look for With eBird Targets -
Living Bird Magazine Get to Know Your Bird Families With a New Handbook -
How to Identify White Herons -
Living Bird Magazine Where's the White? A Simple Question can be the Key in Waterfowl ID -
Project FeederWatch How to Tell a Female Rose-breasted Grosbeak From a Female Purple Finch -
Bird Academy What Duck is That? Learn IDs With a Diving Ducks Puzzle -
eBird How to Count Birds at Your Feeder for Entry in eBird -
Project FeederWatch Lessons Learned as a Project FeederWatch Participant -
K–12 Education How to Use eBird to Make a Custom List of the Birds Near You -
5 Great Features of the Warbler Guide App That Won't Fit in Any Book -
How to Listen to Bird Song—Tips and Examples From The Warbler Guide -
Four Nuthatches, Four Ways to Make It Through a Cold Winter -
eBird eBird Quizzes, Social Media -
eBird Identifying hybrid Mottled Ducks -
Great Backyard Bird Count Cooper's and Sharp-shinned Hawks -
Great Backyard Bird Count Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers -
Great Backyard Bird Count Woodpeckers With Red Heads -
Great Backyard Bird Count Identifying Doves -
Great Backyard Bird Count Is It a Black-capped or Carolina Chickadee? -
Great Backyard Bird Count Which Red Finch Is It? -
Great Backyard Bird Count Identifying Some Common Sparrows -
Raptors of Winter -
eBird The Parade of Plumage Challenge -
Simple Steps for Identifying Confusing Brown Ducks—Females and Otherwise -
eBird Introducing eBird Targets—Know Where and What to Look For -
Five Fresh Ideas for Finding Birds This Fall -
eBird Winter Finch Forecast 2014–2015 -
eBird Identifying Bay-breasted and Blackpoll Warblers -
It's Here: Free Merlin Bird ID App Now Available for Android -
Merlin Merlin Help & FAQ -
Merlin Use Your Computer to ID a Photo of a Bird -
Learn How to Bird by Ear With Our Bird Song Hero Game -
Bird Academy Bird Song Hero -
ID Workshop: Use 4 Basic Keys Plus Migration Timing to Sort Out Your Thrushes -
Living Bird Magazine How to Bird by Ear: Q&A With Michael O'Brien and Louise Zemaitis -
Great New Tips for Identifying Warblers—From the Authors of The Warbler Guide -
Birding Tips: On Cold Spring Mornings, Spend Some Time in the Sun -
eBird Sagebrush and Bell's Sparrows -
Ten Secrets to Never Having a Slow Day in the Field [Video] -
Living Bird Magazine Merlin Bird ID App: Q&A With Jessie Barry -
Merlin Get Free ID Help With Our Merlin Bird ID App -
Merlin Merlin Bird ID--Free app from the Cornell Lab -
Project FeederWatch American or Lesser? Take the Goldfinch Quiz! -
eBird How to Plan a Birding Day Trip With eBird Hotspots -
Our Review: Best iPhone Apps for Learning Bird Songs -
eBird November—Time for Little Gulls -
eBird November Birding: Look for Rarities in Urban and Suburban Microclimates -
Project FeederWatch Tricky Bird IDs -
NestWatch Identifying Nests and Eggs -
Project FeederWatch How to Tell a Downy Woodpecker From a Hairy Woodpecker -
Project FeederWatch How to Identify Common Doves -
Project FeederWatch How to Tell a Black-capped Chickadee from a Carolina Chickadee -
Project FeederWatch How to Tell a Sharp-shinned Hawk from a Cooper's Hawk -
Project FeederWatch How to Tell an American Tree Sparrow from a Chipping Sparrow -
Project FeederWatch Download FeederWatch Bird ID Posters -
Celebrate Urban Birds Tips for Identifying the Focal Species of the Celebrate Urban Birds Project -
eBird Winter Finch Forecast 2013-2014 -
eBird Introducing the eBird Hotspot Explorer -
eBird How to Report a Rarity: 11 Elements of a Great Bird Description -
Review: New Warbler Guide Practically Sings With Information, Innovation -
eBird Eurasian Sandwich Terns in North America -
Living Bird Magazine A Master Set of Bird Sounds: Q&A with Matt Young -
Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Crossley ID Guide: Raptors, by Richard Crossley, Jerry Ligouri, and Brian Sullivan -
Celebrate Urban Birds Conoce los Pájaros de Tu Barrio—en Ingles y Español -
Celebrate Urban Birds Urban Birding Brochure in English and Spanish
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Celebrate Urban Birds Identification, Certificates, Resources, and Tips for Urban Birding -
Courses Our Self-Paced Web Tutorials Will Help You Learn Bird Identification -
Macaulay Library Finally: a "Master Set" of 4,938 Downloadable Bird Sounds -
New Crossley ID Quiz Challenges You to ID Raptors From Above -
A Hawk-Watching Quiz on the Prairie, Crossley Style -
eBird ID Tips for Tricky Finches -
Sharpen Up Your Sharpie ID With New Crossley Raptor Guide -
eBird Why Did Razorbills Invade Florida in 2012? -
eBird Guidelines for Responsibly Reporting Sensitive Species -
eBird Where to Watch for Rare Seabirds During Storms Like Hurricane Sandy -
Living Bird Magazine The Bold and the Bashful: the Personalities of Backyard Birds -
Living Bird Magazine Bird ID Help: Tackling Tricky Sparrows -
eBird North American Red Crossbill Types: Status and Flight Call Identification -
eBird Hurricane Birding: an eBird Primer, Revisited
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Neotropical Birds Neotropical Birds Online -
Courses Be a Better Birder tutorials -
Spring Warbler Warm-Up Quiz -
Identify Spring Warblers With These Expert Tips -
eBird How to Use Radar to Detect Birds: the Basics -
eBird Bird Counting 101: How to Estimate the Numbers of Birds You're Seeing -
eBird Bird Counting 201: How to Count Birds in Large Flocks -
Great Backyard Bird Count Have you heard the top five species in the Great Backyard Bird Count? -
See the Only Known Images of the Lost Imperial Woodpecker [Video] -
eBird Understanding Birds & Weather: Fall Birding Basics -
eBird Patterns of Rarity: The Birding Fallout From Hurricane Irene -
eBird Grackles—Are You Getting Them Right? -
eBird Confusing Flycatchers? Use Migration Timing to Your Advantage! -
eBird Identification Pitfalls—Crows and Ravens -
eBird Use Range Maps to Identify Your Chickadees -
Listen Up!: Learning Bird Sounds -
Celebrate Urban Birds Siluetas de 16 Aves Comunes en Este Cartel -
Celebrate Urban Birds ID 16 Common Birds by Silhouette With This Poster
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eBird New eBird/iPhone app puts local knowledge in your pocket -
Photo Quiz 2: Funky Birds With Bright Markings -
Learn a Flight Call: White-throated Sparrow -
Inside Birding: How-To Videos for Learning Bird Identification -
Bird ID Skills: Behavior -
Bird ID Skills: Field Marks -
Bird ID Skills: Color Pattern -
Inside Birding: Size and Shape -
Inside Birding: Habitat -
Inside Birding: Color Pattern -
Inside Birding: Understanding Behavior -
Bird ID Skills: Habitat -
Bird ID Skills: Size & Shape -
Building Skills: The 4 Keys to Bird Identification -
How to See a Sound That's a Half-Second Long -
Let's Go Birding!... At Night... Blindfolded
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