A World Birder's Dream

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Bird the World - my dream. Join me on this quest.

My dream and passion is to be able to bird the world.  I am a disabled senior who would like to see birding hot spots become accessible birding destinations.

Birding can be one of the quieter and more relaxing outdoor activities. However, birders who are keen rarity-seekers will travel long distances to locate new and rare species, intending to add these to their list of personally observed bird

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The ultimate CD for birders 

Guide to Birds of North America v3.9 - Windows

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* Over 2800 color photos, 90 videos
* 708 Songs - export to iPod
* Hundreds of Quizzes
* Includes The Birder's Handbook
* 925 bird species

 

I urge everyone, disabled or able bodied to visit the DBA website and join up (for free) and help make birding truly accessible to all wherever possible.
A Disabled Birding Resource
The birds must come first of course, but that aside a little effort could make many places more accessible than they are. Furthermore, such improved physical access needs to be combined with greater sensitivity by all birders toward those with special needs.
Disabled Birders Association
The Disabled Birders Association is a relatively young organization seeking to improve access for people with disabilities to reserves, facilities and services for birding. We have members across the world but the majority live in the UK. There is a separate chapter in the USA.

Indoor Birdwatching 

Birds, Birds, Birds! An Indoor Birdwatching Field Trip DVD Video Bird and Bird Song Guide

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The DVD can be viewed on the living room TV or on personal computers as a 70-minute bird-filled documentary. It also serves as an audio/visual reference guide-- one can use the easy-to-use menus to quickly find a particular bird (it contains 218 species found in Midwest and Eastern North America). The DVD is full of extraordinary photography, bird songs and with video footage.
Some features unique to the DVD include a collection of 18 quizzes

Release Date: 12/01/2004

Birding in India in the Spotlight 

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of India: And the Indian Subcontinent, Including Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives (Princeton Field Guides)

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This is the most comprehensive photographic guide to the birds of India and the Indian subcontinent. Never before have so many of the region's species been illustrated in one book.

The brilliant photographs--most of which appear here for the first time--have been carefully selected to show not only the most common Passerine and non-Passerine species, but also more elusive species and distinctive subspecies. An up-to-date distribution map and a unique code indicating frequency and global status are provided for each of the 668 species covered. The concise text provides vital information on habitats, habits, and voice to ensure accurate identification.

Birds of Prey of the World 

Birds of Prey of the World (A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press)

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* Covers all raptors, including hawks, eagles, vultures, falcons, and owls
* Hunting strategies, migration, habitats, and more
* Wings, eyesight, and other amazing adaptations

The Clements Checklist is the official world checklist  

The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World

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The Clements Checklist presents the most up-to-date and most widely endorsed compendium of the more than 9800 species of birds recognized by the scientific and birding communities.

New - World Birding Books 

Fifty Places to Go Birding Before You Die: Birding Experts Share The World's Greatest Destinations

Fifty Places to Go Birding Before You Die: Birding Experts Share The World's Greatest Destinations

It's estimated that 50 to 60 million Americans count birding among their hobbies. Some hang feeders in their backyards and accumulate yard lists; others participate in annual "Christmas Counts"; a select few travel to the ends of the earth in an effort to see every bird in the world. With Fifty Places to Go Birding Before You Die, Chris Santella takes the best-selling "Fifty Places" recipe and applies it to this most popular pastime.

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Follow That Bird: Around the World With a Passionate Bird Watcher

Birders and travel buffs will enjoy the author's account of his various peregrinations in search of birds. Comic TV actor, writer, broadcaster Oddie is probably Britain's best-known bird-watcher. Here, he chronicles adventures in Morocco, the Scilly Isles, Shetland, Ireland, India and Papua New Guinea.

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Parrots of the World: An Identification Guide

The Parrots of the World: An Identification Guide by Joseph M. Forshaw is an excellant book that shows beautiful color pictures of the Parrots, tells where the Parrots are from with a colored map of the area they are originally from in the wild. Also the book tells in detail the color and size of the Parrots. I would highly recommend it for anyone interested in recognizing the different Parrots.

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Atlas of Bird Migration: Tracing the Great Journeys of the World's Birds

An international team of specialists has created a beautiful resource explaining, mapping, and illustrating bird migrations worldwide.

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The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World

The most established resource on the taxonomy and biogeography of birds for the world birding community, The Clements Checklist is the official world checklist of the American Birding Association (ABA) and is used as the authoritative reference in the birding competitions and listing activities of this preeminent North American organization for serious birders.

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Read about Birders who Bird the World 

To See Every Bird on Earth: A Father, a Son, and a Lifetime Obsession

Over the years he spotted more than 7,000 different species, a number achieved by fewer than a dozen others.

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The Feather Quest: A North American Birder's Year

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Black Grouse of Norway 

Black Grouse Lek

Deep into the woodland in Norway, you can watch a spectacular view a couple of weeks in the spring. It's the Black Grouse Lek

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Collecting Bird Art? 

BIRDS-TRIVETS-CARDINAL TILE by Besheer Art Tile, Bedford, New Hampshire, U.S.A.

# HEAT RESISTANT TRIVET HAND PAINTED IN THE U.S.A.
# HAND MADE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE USING RAISED PORCELAIN ENAMELS
# BEAUTIFULLY GIFT BOXED AND SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
# DECORATIVE TILE WALL DECOR

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Australian Kookaburra Animals Giclee Poster Print by DanoZ, 20x24

Colour Pencil Drawing of Native Bird.

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Great Spotted Woodpecker 

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Great Spotted Woodpecker 639 Dendrocopos major Piciformes Picidae. For more info go to http://worldbirds.page.tl/BIRDS-AND-BIRDING.htm

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Wild Bird Art 

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Wild Guide Garden Birds 

Garden Birds: Get to Know the Natural World (Collins Wild Guide)

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Compact and easy-to-use, Wild Guide Garden Birds is the perfect introduction to this increasingly popular subject.

Birding by Ear 

Bird Song Ear Training Guide: Who Cooks for Poor Sam Peabody? Learn to Recognize the Songs of Birds from the Midwest and Northeast States

The best format I've seen yet for learning birdsongs...the most fun of any songstudy CD I've used.

Release Date: 01/31/2006

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Birdwatcher's stuff 

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Birding Destinations 

Top 20 Birding Destinations
20 top birding destinations based on the total number of requests for that page.
Birds and Birdwatching in the Pacific Northwest
Your guide to birds and birding in the Pacific Northwest since 1994.
British Columbia - Washington - Idaho - Oregon - California

Great Socks - for birders 

novelty socks

Owls Bird Cotton Wildlife Animal Art Print Socks 9-11 Featuring Barred Owl, Great Horned Owl, Burrowing Owl, Screech Owl

* Lightweight Stretch Cotton
* 90-94% Cotton, 3% Nylon, 3% Spandex
* Shrinkage is not an issue!
* Each pair are made with high quality soft cotton and have great stretching power wash after wash.
* The colorful motifs certainly make a fashion statement!

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Snow Owl Socks

* 75% Cotton, 15% Nylon, 10% Spandex
* Comfortable
* Unique Artwork
* Durable
* Machine wash warm. Tumble dry. Do not bleach.

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Hummingbird Cotton Wildlife Birdwatching Bird Socks 9-11 Humming Bird

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Cardinal Cotton Wildlife Birdwatching Bird Socks 9-11

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Bluebird Cotton Wildlife Birdwatching Socks 9-11 Blue Bird

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Close up of One of the Worlds Rarest Birds, Dryolinnas Cuvieri Aldabranus



Close up of One of the World's Rarest Birds, Dryolinnas Cuvieri Aldabranus Photographic Print

Murray, Louise

24 in. x 18 in.

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dustytoes wrote...

I love watching the birds too...Great job and nice lens. I will roll it to mine!

ReplyPosted December 09, 2008

ElizabethJeanAllen wrote...

Bird Watching is my passion and I try to share it with my students and the people around me. Once they're hooked, they're hooked.
Great lens.
Lizzy

ReplyPosted August 06, 2008

Irenemaria wrote...

In Sweden we have something called the 100 club. That is if you can watch 100 different spieces of birds. You better believe I was one of them ;-D
5* for your lens!

ReplyPosted May 21, 2008

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The Bluebird of Happiness loved your lens so much that she is sending you a virtual Heart Shaped Waffle and a cup of coffee to hang on your wall.

ReplyPosted March 26, 2008

Karendelac wrote...

Birds are my passion. I rated you 5 stars. You have provided me withAll the Best, Karen at Karen's Kinkade Art Store a great collection of resources.

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