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

Pacific NW Backyard Birder   Above: A bird recently discussed on the Pacific NW Backyard Birder blog, a site dedicated to helping newer birders enjoy and learn about common birds in British Columbia, Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and northern California.

Oregon Rare Birds Photo Archive View the recent rarities on the Oregon Rare Bird Photo Archive.   Oregon Seabirds Guided ocean bird watching boat tours with the Bird Guide Pelagics.     Greg Gillson The Bird Guide, Inc. 123 NW Bailey Ave Hillsboro, OR 97124 greg@thebirdguide.com     Since 23 April 1999:

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. Hybrid American x Eurasian Green-winged Teal Common yard birds of western Oregon   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 2009 Washington County Bird Highlights 2008 Washington County Bird Highlights Birds of Linn County, Oregon (1825-2000) annotated checklist Birds of Linn County, Oregon condensed checklist   Birding Techniques Digiscoping   Greg's Photo Album   Above: A recent photo by Greg Gillson from his pBase Birds Photo Gallery.     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 Bird Web Seattle Audubon's guide to the birds of Washington Birding & Ecological sites in Cascadia   Idaho Birding Idaho Birds Idaho Birding Trail Idaho Bird distribution   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   Selected Birding Blogs Pacific NW Backyard Birder Dave Irons: BirdFellow Rich Ditch's Photography Blog Mike Patterson: North Coast Diaries John Rakestraw   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 the original online field guide Sibley Guide to Birds hosted by eNature WhatBird featuring iBird AllAboutBirds Cornell Lab of Ornithology