The Bird Guide
Your guide to birds and birding in the Pacific Northwest since 1994.
British Columbia - Washington - Idaho - Oregon - California
Today's NW Bird Sightings

OBOL (Oregon)
TWEETERS (Washington & BC)
IBLE (Idaho)
INLAND NW (ne OR, e WA, ID)
CALBIRDS (California)
MONTEREY BAY

HOTMAIL (NA RBA)
PELAGICS (NA Pelagic trips)
SEABIRDS (World Pelagic trips)
ID-FRONTIERS

BirdNotes field notes database
eBird field notes database


Subscribing to the mailing lists
California: CALBIRDS
Idaho: IBLE
Oregon: OBOL
Washington: TWEETERS
Many others


Recent Photos
Recent Photo © by the photographer
Recent Bird Photos from around the Pacific Northwest.
 
Oregon Rare Birds Photo Archive
A Recent Rare Bird
View the recent rarities on the Oregon Rare Bird Photo Archive.
 
Photo quiz
Most Recent Photo Quiz
What is this bird? Make your guess on the NW bird Photo Quiz.
 
Oregon Seabirds
Bird Guide Pelagics, photo by Steve Shunk
Guided ocean bird watching boat tours with the Bird Guide Pelagics.
 
Greg's Photo Album
Recent photo by Greg
Greg's personal Photo album of Oregon birds.
 

 
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The Bird Guide, Inc.
123 NW Bailey Ave
Hillsboro, OR 97124

greg@thebirdguide.com

 

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  Oregon Seabirds The Bird Guide Pelagic Trips Guided ocean bird watching tours


  The Bird Guide's Original Identification Articles Dowitcher ID
Fox Sparrow ID subspecies
Gull ID in Pacific NW
Field Separation of Sooty and Short-tailed Shearwaters off the West Coast of North AmericaBirding Vol 40, No 2, 2008.
Separation of Sooty and Short-tailed Shearwaters
Hybrid American x Eurasian Green-winged Teal


  Site Guides Tualatin Hills Nature Park, Oregon (November 2007)
Timber, Oregon (June 2007)
Hagg Lake, Oregon (April 2007)
Tualatin River NWR, Oregon (June 2006)
Josephine County, Oregon (July 2002)


  County listing
Birding Washington County, Oregon portal to county birding
Annotated Checklist Washington County, Oregon
2007 Washington County Highlights
2008 Washington County Highlights
Birds of Linn County, Oregon (1825-2000) annotated checklist
Birds of Linn County, Oregon condensed checklist


  Birding Techniques
Digiscoping


  Oregon Birding
Oregon Field Ornithologists
East Cascades Bird Conservancy
Oregon Birding Trail
Willamalane Birding Trail
Paradise Birding Guided tours
Bird Guide Pelagic Trips


  Washington Birding
Washington Ornithological Society
Birding & Ecological sites in Cascadia


  Idaho Birding
Idaho Birds


  British Columbia Birding
British Columbia Field Ornithologists
Birding B.C.
Birding & Ecolologica sites in Cascadia


  California Birding
Western Field Ornithologists
Joe Morlan: California birding
Don Roberson: Birding Monterey


  Other birding resources
American Birding Association
National Audubon Society
Christmas Bird Count searchable archive
USGS: Bird Banding Laboratory reporting banded or tagged birds
Jack Siler: Birding on the Net
Tina MacDonald: Birding Hotspots
Virtual Birder
SORA Searchable Ornithological Research Archive
Surfbirds international birding site
Fatbirder world birding links


  Online Field Guides
eNature.com
WhatBird
AllAboutBirds