Sunday, May 10, 2009

Bird Identification

When it comes to Identifying birds, I stink! Oh, I can ID a robin, or a blue jay or a blue heron and a few others but that's about it. A lot of times when I'm out taking photos I'll take some shots of some of the birds in the Cuyahoga Valley NP but I have no idea what bird it is or even how I would go about trying to identify it. Until recently I didn't have a clue on how to ID a bird or even where to begin looking in the birding books, but now thanks to the All About Birds site I have a better understanding on how to ID birds. They have some excellent videos that teach you how to ID birds. They have four videos that you can watch online right now to teach you the basics of bird identification:

  1. Shape and Size
  2. Color Pattern
  3. Behavior
  4. Habitat




So if you'd like to learn more about Bird Identification then check out this site: Inside Birding, Learn how to better identify birds

Good Sites to learn about birds

If anyone knows of other great birding sites let me know and I'll add them to the list.

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Posted by Unknown at 7:57 AM
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  1. vicki moisioMay 10, 2009 at 9:25 AM

    Ron. great info. I have been birding for years and those are both great sites. Cornell also has a site that is worth looking at! Now when you get those great shots, you can put a name to them!! Vicki

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  2. UnknownMay 10, 2009 at 9:32 AM

    Thanks Vicki. Those videos are very helpful and will give me a good start on ID'ing birds. The Birds of North America site is a Cornell site you have to subscribe to that one, but it give a more detailed description of the birds. If fact that's where the All About Birds site gets a lot of it's information. I like them both.

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