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Birding Festivals:

• Aleutian Goose Festival March 28-30, 2008
• Godwit Days April 17-21, 2008

Bay Area Audubon Chapters:

• Golden Gate Audubon Society
• Madrone Audubon Society
• Marin Audubon Society
• Napa-Solano Audubon Society
• Ohlone Audubon Society
• Sequoia Audubon Society

State and National Audubon Chapters:

• Audubon California
• San Francisco Bay Restoration Project
• National Audubon Society

Organizations:

• American Birding Association
• Audubon's Conservation Legislation Newsletter
• Audubon at Home - This site gives information on making our backyards healthier for birds, wildlife and people too.
• Bird Source - This site is the combined effort of the Audubon Society and Cornell Lab of Ornithology. It lists the various Citizen Science Projects along with the ongoing results.
• California Department of Fish and Game
• Cornell Lab of Ornithology
• East Bay Regional Parks
• EBird - A project developed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society. This site provides a simple way to keep track of the birds you see in North America. Anyone can log on at anytime to submit North American Bird sightings or find out what others are seeing across the continent.
• enature - Great online field guides including audio. Enature is a project of the National Wildlife Federation.
• National Wildlife Federation
• The Nature Conservancy
• World Wildlife Federation

Birding Sites:

• Denise Wight's Birding Pages - Birding in the San Francisco Bay Area.
• Where Do You Want to Go Birding Today? - Lots of information about bird sites around the world.
• CA Birding Lists Digest - Compendium of California birding reports.
• Creagrus - A web site by Don Roberson.
• Birdzilla - Good general site with multiple links.

Birding Directories:

• Joe Morlan's Web Page - Probably the best for all-round site with multiple web pages of great usefulness.
• California Counties with bird lists
• Folkbird - A wonderful site by Larry Tunstall. There is a daily calendar of nature events around the Bay Area for the next month as well as local birding reports.
• North American Bird Index with lots of photos

Birding Festivals:

• BirdingHotSpot.com - Updated list of North American Birding Festivals.

Rare Bird Reports:

• Birder.com - Rare Bird Alert transcripts around the state.
• California Rare Bird Committee - California rare bird committee photos.

Birding Ethics:

• American Birding Association (ABA) - ABA birding ethics.

Other Bird Sites:

• The Aviary - Lots of information and many links.
• Birdnet - The Ornithologic Information Source with multiple web pages listed.
• A Field Guide to Birds on the Web
• Partners In Flight - Neo-tropical bird conservation.

Individual Bird Groups:

• The Raptor Center
• North American Bluebird Society
• Bluebird FAQ
• The Shorebird Watcher
• The Hummingbird Society
• The Owl Pages

Bats:

• Northern California Bats - dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and release of bats throughout Northern California.
• Bat Conservation International - Bat House Research Project for bat house builders.
• California Bat Conservation Fund - Bat Educational Programs and Bat rehabilitation.
• Buzbee - USA and International Bat information.
• Organization for Bat Conservation
• Maberry Bat Houses
• Batcrew - General bat information.

Information on West Nile Virus:

• National Audubon Society
• Center for Disease Control (CDC)