The Lahontan Audubon Society

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  • About
    • HISTORY & MISSION
    • STAFF & BOARD
    • EMPLOYMENT
    • ANNUAL REPORTS
  • Birds
    • AREA BIRDING GUIDE
    • CONSERVATION
    • Plants for Birds
    • Birding By Bus
    • Birding News
  • Education
  • GET INVOLVED
    • Calendar
    • Join
    • Donate
    • Volunteer
    • Shop
  • Resources
    • FAQ
    • Bird Safety & Ethics
    • INJURED BIRD? OR BABY BIRD OUT OF NEST?
    • Urban Waterfowl
  • CONTACT US

BIRDING RESOURCES

​STATE & LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS

​​Birds and Conservation in Nevada & Regionally
  • Bristlecone Audubon
  • Red Rock Audubon Society
  • Plumas Audubon Society​
  • Tahoe Institute for Natural Science (TINS)
  • Tahoe Rim Trail Association
  • Great Basin Bird Observatory
  • NW NV Nature Conservancy Projects
  • Friends of Silver Saddle Ranch, Carson City
  • Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge  
  • Friends of Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge, Fallon NV
  • Sierra Club, Toiyabe Chapter
  • Friends of Nevada Wilderness 
  • Nevada Conservation League  
  • Nevada Bird Record Committee
    • Nevada Review List 
  • Nevada Wildlife Federation
  • Nevada Department of Wildlife
  • Sagebrush Ecosystem Program - a collaborative, multi-disciplinary program established to protect and enhance the sagebrush landscape.   Check out their webpage for info about the Nevada Greater Sage-Grouse conservation plan.  Katie Andrl, our May 2017 Program speaker, is a member of the technical team.​
  • Western Field Ornithologists  
  • California Audubon Chapter Network  

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National Organizations

​​Birding, Conservation, and Environmental Groups
  • National Audubon Society
  • American Birding Association
  • Cornell Lab of Ornithology  Research, Education, Citizen Science, Technology, Conservation 
  • Peregrine Fund  Conservation of Raptors
  • American Bird Conservancy
  • The Nature Conservancy  Conserve lands and waters on which all life depends
  • Hawkwatch  Conserving raptors and our shared environment
  • Defenders of Wildlife
  • The U.S. Committee of the North American Bird Conservation Initiative 
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Migratory Birds 
  • Partners In Flight
  • The State of the Birds of North America
  • The North American Bluebird Society
  • National Fish & Wildlife Foundation

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Websites & Apps

​​Birding Help
  • Merlin Photo ID  (Cornell)
  • All About Birds  (Cornell)
  • E-Bird - Keep your check list on line.  Find out where a species might be, and what has been seen.  Excellent site. For an example, click here to visit Lahontan Audubon Society's E-Bird account.
  • Birding.aba.org is the new location for state, regional, international, and specialty birding listserves, plus butterflies and bugs.
  • McCaulay Library  (Cornell) Explorable archive of wildlife sounds and videos
  • All About Birds  Online guide to Birds and Bird Watching
  • Bird Songs and Sounds - Many, many bird songs and sounds. Excellent sound quality.
  • Birdzilla  Comprehensive selection of wild bird information, articles, on-line life list, and the Birdzilla.com mall.
  • WildBirds.com is the place to come for answers about wild birds in your yard and around the corner!
  • The Feather Atlas - identify a bird feather you have found, by simply uploading a photo to their website or naming its colors and size.
  • Fatbirder.com links up birding enthusiasts from all over the world. They believe it to be the most comprehensive web site of its kind worldwide.
  • Birding Pal Go birding with a pal from around the world.
  • Birding on the Net migrated to a new home at ABA.org.  Rare Bird alerts, Butterflies and Bugs, and birding list archives.  Individual mailing lists (regional/specialty) pages     ​
  • Scavenger Hunt for Kids of All Ages: Print and fill in our featured SPOT IT! SCAVENGER HUNT. 

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backyard birds of northern nevada

A video series by Alan Gubanich
Thank you to  Sam Bellis and the Galena Creek Visitors Center for helping with these videos
​Introduction to Identifying Backyard Birds
​Some Common Resident Birds
​Common Summer Breeders
​Migrants and Winter Birds
​Other Possible Species

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Background Photo Credit: ​Walker Golder
Lahontan Audubon Society
contact@nevadaaudubon.org

PO Box 2304
Reno, NV 89505-2304

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Jeff Bleam
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Lahontan Audubon Society Mission Statement: To preserve and improve the remaining habitat of birds and other wildlife, restore historical habitat, and educate the public, with emphasis on children, providing vision to all about our unique Nevada environments.
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