Learning Resources

Getting started videos

• Birding Basics & Beyond (Bird Watcher’s Digest)

• Inside Birding (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)

• Peterson Field Guides: Identifying Birds by Family

• Bird Academy (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)

Online Identification sites

• All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)

• Guide to North American Birds (National Audubon)

Bird Lists

• Chatham County (eBird illustrated bird list)

• Georgia (eBird illustrated bird list)

• South Carolina (eBird illustrated bird list)

Bird Song

• A Beginner’s Guide to Common Bird Sounds 

• How to Start Identifying Birds by Their Songs and Calls 

• 10 Common Bird Songs Made Less Confusing