Other On-line Birding Resources

Websites   

• The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
  "All About Birds" Online Guide
  http://www.birds.cornell.edu
  http://www.allaboutbirds.org
  
  

• Learning to use Field Marks
  http://www.allaboutbirds.org/page.aspx?pid=1058
  
  http://birding.about.com/od/identifyingbirds/ss/Where-To-Find-Field-Marks.htm
  
  
• Practice Tricky Birds by making your own Flash Cards from online pictures
  http://www.birdsource.org/gbbcr/learning/trickyIDs

• Learn to use Size and Shape to help ID
  birds
  http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/peterson/resources/perspective/sizeshape.shtml
• ​US Fish and Wildlife Feather Lab to help ID bird feathers​https://www.fws.gov/lab/featheratlas/
• Just for fun Bird Trivia! http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/peterson/resources/funfacts/

Facebook Pages

• Illinois Birding Network
  
  
• North American Gulls
  
  
• Grand Prairie Butterfly Club
  
  

Phone / Tablet Apps

• Sibley
  Field guide that is similar to book form, but includes bird songs.
  
  
• Ibird Pro
  Field guide with similar features as Sibley with different interface.
  
  
• Birds Pro
  Field guide for European species.
  
  
• BirdLog
  Mobile ebird app.
  
  
• Birdseye
  Ebird-based information to inform you about most recent sightings in a given area.
  
  
• Merlin Bird ID
  Answer five simple questions about a bird you are trying to identify and Merlin will come up with a list of possible matches.