Bird Links

Here is a link to Mike Yips birding Journals. He is a great photographer and often sees birds from the lighter side.  Most of his pics are of Island birds, but sometimes he does a little off island twitchery.  http://vancouverislandbirds.com/

If you want to keep your bins to the pulse of island birding, this is a very active yahoo discussion group. If it's happening on the island you will hear it here first! You have to have a Yahoo ID to access the group and you will have to join the group to read and participate in the discussion.  Just daily reading can be very educational!  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BCVIBIRDS/

Donald and Lillian Stokes are widely recognized as America's foremost authorities on birds and nature.   Their website includes a a question and answer page which most authorities don't offer.  This site is a great resource!  http://www.stokesbirdsathome.com/

David Sibley has done an enormous amount of research on birds.  He has many good books and field guides, and now has a  column in the New York Times Syndicate.   http://www.sibleyguides.com/

oymap.com is a search engine.  You may find other good bird sites here!  www.oymap.com

This is a great site to see bird photos from all corners of the world.  It can be really interesting!  It is a yahoo group so membership is required. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birds-pix/

Books

National Audubon Society. (1994). Field Guide to Birds, Western Region. 2nd Ed. Knopf. New York.

National Geographic. (2002). Field Guide to the Birds of North America. 4th Ed.  National Geographic Society. Washington.

Stokes, D. & Stokes, L. (1990). Stokes Birdhouse Book, A Complete Guide to Attracting Nesting Birds. Little, Brown and Company. Boston.

Sibley, D. (2003).  The Sibley Guide to Birds of Western North America. Knopf. New York.

Acorn, J. & Baron, N.(1997). Birds of Coastal British Columbia.  Lone Pine Publishing. Vancouver.

Other Useful Books

Harper & Row. (1981). Harper & Row's Complete Guide to North American Wildlife - Western Edition.  Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited. Toronto.

Acorn, J. & Sheldon, I.(2001). Bugs of British Columbia.  Lone Pine Publishing. Vancouver.

Pojar, J. & MacKinnon, A., et al. Plants of Coastal British Columbia.  Lone Pine Publishing. Vancouver.

Robertie, B, (2002). Backgammon for Winners. 3rd ed.  Cardoza Publishing. New York.  Ooops!  How did that get in there??

There are many more...