University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
1109 Geddes Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079
Phone: (734) 764-0457
Resources
UMMZ resources:
- Bird Biodiversity web pages Information on individual species, pictures, and sounds
- UM Introductory Ornithology class, EEB/NRE 433
- Bird Families of the World
- Introduction to avian evolutionary history
- Basic bird anatomy and topography
- Bibliography of ornithology
- Calculating avian flight energetics
- Field notebook primer (instructions on how best to record your field observations)
Other bird-related web resources:
- Birdnet, The Ornithological Council (includes information on Ornithological Societies of North America, professional organizations, grants for research, political happenings of interest to ornithologists, etc.)
- JOBS- Summer jobs, internships, volunteer oportunities, some permanent positions listed
- Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology Includes Birdsource, projects to monitor migration on the web, home study courses.
- Grants, Awards and Prizes in Ornithology edited by Robert L. Curry - list and contact information for grants for studying birds
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Migratory Bird Page
- Patuxent Wldlife Research Center North American bird identification, life history information, pictures.
- American Birding Association
- Hawk Migration Association of North America
- Rare Bird Alerts
- Using radar to study bird migration.
- Hummingbirds, including maps tracking your sightings of spring Ruby-throat migration.
- O.W.L. - Ornithological Web Library (Over 1100 links to organizations, observatories, sound and image libraries, products, publications, birding locations and services, etc)
- Electronic Resources on Ornithology
- Peterson Online Information on R. T. Peterson publications, biography, other bird resources
- Virtual Birder On-line birding magazine- RBA's, bird quiz, prizes
- Michigan Breeding Bird Atlas
- SORA- Searchable Ornithological Research Archive (free full text archives of NA bird journals)
- GRIN- Global Raptor Information Network
- Birds of North America Online
- Christmas Bird Counts
- Breeding Bird Surveys
