Iowa City Bird Club

Compiled by: Rick Hollis, Karen Disbrow, Donna Warner and Linda Quinn

Blogs

10,000 Birds One of the earlier blogs, but with staying power.  Birds, conservation, travel, with good content. http://www.10000birds.com/about    

Accidental Birders https://theaccidentalbirder.com/birding-trips/  Blogs on traveling worldwide to find birds.

Bird Watcher’s Digest blog  https://otwtb.birdwatchersdigest.com/  

David Sibley’s blog, https://www.sibleyguides.com/blog/

Jerry’s bird photography and blog  https://birdingthroughglass.blogspot.com/

Jeff Jones blog  https://www.birdoculars.com/  

Laura Erickson Blog and Radio Program https://blog.lauraerickson.com/  

Ornithologist Geoffrey Hill https://www.ornithologistsblog.com/about  

Sharon Stiteler the author’s blog  http://www.birdchick.com/blog 

Young Birder Blogs from eBird  https://ebird.org/about/resources/for-young-birders/young-birder-blogs    

ZEISS Nature Blog. https://blogs.zeiss.com/sports-optics/birding/en/

Columns

Nature’s Migration Delights: A Cyber-Tour During a Season of Confinement    Collection of articles from Audubon.org takes you on a virtual tour around the country during spring songbird migration.  Article VII stops in Iowa, author Tom Taylor’s boyhood home.  Click each Article (not the text next to Article) for the link.

Article I       Nesting Santa Fe Hummingbirds   

Article II      Early Spring Changes

Article III     To Port Aransas

Article IV     North Texas Coast

Article IX      Iowa to Wisconsin

Article V      Central Kansas

Article VI      Plains to Midwest Woodlands

Article VII     Southeast Iowa Transit

Article VIII    Backyard Birding Bonanza

Article X       Return to New Mexico 

E-news / List Serve

All About Birds E-news, read or sign up for email  https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/

Bird Note Subscribe to the podcast delivered via email   https://ebird.org/home

IA-BIRD List Serve is a Google Groups where members may share information about bird sightings, ask for identification help, and provide details of upcoming events. Sign up here  https://iowabirds.org/Connections/Listserv.aspx

Nature 365 is a web-documentary of moments of nature.  Delivered each day to your inbox is a link to short video, set in wilderness north woods and prairies, that frequently features birds. http://nature365.tv/

Facebook Groups

Bird Banding at F W Kent Park  https://www.facebook.com/groups/KentBirdBanding

IBird: Iowa Birding, Information, Reports and Discussion https://www.facebook.com/groups/970468873001383 

Iowa Birding  https://www.facebook.com/groups/iowabirding

Iowa City Bird Club  https://www.facebook.com/groups/830060220397361

Learning / Instruction

Bird Academy Collection of Courses, prices vary.  https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/course-list/

Bird Academy Open Lectures https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/live-events/

Bird ID https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/learning-games/

Birds Canada has free courses   https://www.birdscanada.org/learn/  

eBird Essentials:  Free! Five short lessons with videos for understanding how and why to use eBird to create bird checklists and more. Includes using eBird in the field, at your feeder, and during your travels.  https://ebird.org/news/ebird-essentials

How to Know the Birds Lessons from the author Ted Floyd  https://www.aba.org/how-to-know-the-birds-by-ted-floyd/

National Geographic Guide to Birding in North America  from The Great Courses, 24 video lectures for sale price of $29.95  https://www.thegreatcourses.com/fb7782?ai=187590&cmp=Social_Facebook_Advertising_2020Birding&fbclid=IwAR1Xfnez8VUoY9RvgcGca8hrNads90zlV60mh4qktuJ663B4mbr35y1rIUg

Solving Sparrows is a one-hour video presentation on sparrow ID.  Instructor is humorous and helpful with tips for how to “be with sparrows and learn to look at them.”   https://northbranchnaturecenter.org/online/nature/  scroll down to Solving Sparrows. By Bryon Pfieffer, May 1ro

Podcasts

American Birding Podcast   Weekly thirty-minute podcast from American Birding Association.  Features news and happenings, recent rarities, with guests from around the birding world.  https://www.aba.org/podcast/

Bird Note Subscribe to this daily, two-minute radio show. https://www.birdnote.org/listen/shows 

Lange Eliot, Music of Nature Podcast Series  https://musicofnature.com/podcast-series/

Ray Brown’s Talking Bird Podcast   Weekly, 30-minute radio show about birds and conservation   http://www.talkinbirds.com/

Podcasts for Bird Watchers, several channels! https://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/bwdsite/podcasts.php

Radar

Bird Cast: Good a general discussion on radar at https://birdcast.info/forecast/understanding-birds-and-radar/

Radar Maps: A tool for observing bird migration. This gives you radar from 3 PM to 3PM https://www.pauljhurtado.com/US_Composite_Radar/

Watch Bird Cams and Videos

Bird Academy Video Collection from Cornell Lab. 200 instructional and informative videos on everything from bird behavior, song, migration, to ID tips and more.  Free and searchable. https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/media-library/

Cornell Lab Bird Cams https://www.allaboutbirds.org/cams/

Monterey Bay Avery Cam https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams/aviary-cam

The Raptor Resource Project raptorresource.org  Nonprofit based in Decorah, IA

Websites

https://abcbirds.org/ American Bird Conservancy

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/ Cornell Lab of Ornithology, with games for kids.

https://www.audubon.org/  National Audubon Society- So much here!

https://www.audubon.org/birding/backyard Backyard Birding for the whole family

https://www.audubon.org/bird-guide  their field guide 

https://www.audubon.org/birding  lots of articles, more choices.  Check out pull down menus

https://birdwatchinghq.com/ Backyard Birding and Bird Cams

https://www.birdscanada.org/category/features-posts/

https://ebird.org/home  Enter your sightings and be part of citizen-science data, world-wide.

https://iowaaudubon.org/   State chapter of Audubon Society with focus on conservation. Periodic newsletters. Read & Join!

https://iowabirds.org/  Iowa Ornithologists’ Union bringing together birders of all skill levels.  Contains a plethora of information, so helpful to birding in Iowa. Read & Join!

https://www.iowacitybirdclub.org/  Iowa City Bird Club for birders in eastern Iowa. Check out photos on Birds of Iowa tab by local bird photographers. Enjoy & Join!

https://johnmuirlaws.com/  Nature Drawing and Journaling, also teacher/parent info

https://ornithology.com/ ornithologist Dr. Roger Lederer, varied multi subject

http://www.surfbirds.com/index.php  Surf Birds International

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