Web Links

Online-Groups

On the internet you can learn about what rare or interesting birds are being seen currently in Ventura County.  This is done by going to a group on the Yahoo! web site:

       Ventura County Birding at Yahoo! Groups

You just need to register with Yahoo! and join the group.  It's free and a good place to find out what's happening in the county.  People post their sightings, ask questions and narrate their bird trips there.  There is also a file section with bird photos.

There is also a Yahoo! Group for Southern California Rare Bird Alerts. It is designed to make alerts available to people with wireless internet access in the field, but, works for those of us who are at home too.

         SoCal Rare Bird Alert at Yahoo!

Research

        Reporting Rare Birds

Many birders want to report rare birds but are unsure what birds to report.  Adam Searcy, David Vander Pluym and Oscar Johnson have created a web page to specifically tell you what birds to report to Oscar.  Oscar is the North American Birds recorder for rarities in Ventura County.  You can view the list of rarities to report by clicking on this link:  Ventura County Reporting List.  There is also a page associated with this that covers Gull ID and photos of other rarities.  Click on this link:  Rare and other Bird ID.

Audubon California launched a new tool for birding records! www.ebird.org/California.  

eBird is a premier online bird observation program has been developed for birders and citizens in California !  eBird revolutionizes the way that people can report and access information about birds.  California eBird provides a quick and easy way for birders, citizens, and scientists to enter their bird observations into a common database accessible to those working to protect and restore habitats for birds in California .

Audubon Society Web Sites

General Birding Web Sites

Organizations