Michigan Birding

Bird Reports

• The Virtual Birder Michigan Rare Bird Alerts has both the Detroit RBA (southeast Michigan and southwest Ontario including Pt. Pelee) and the Michigan Statewide RBA

Events

• Michigan Christmas Bird Count and North American Migration Count info

Michigan Birding Email Groups

• SE_MI-Birdlist@umich.edu FAQ - email birdlisting group for Southeast Michigan unusual sitings reports, based at The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
• BIRDERS@UMICH.EDU FAQ - information including how to join BIRDERS and links to the archives.
• Mich-Listers FAQ - email list for up-to-date rare birding reporting in Michigan (also has links to archived posts).
• Northern Michigan Birding Message Board - for the northern lower peninsula and the upper peninsula.

Michigan Birding Organizations

• Michigan Audubon Society
• Washtenaw Audubon Society - southeast Michigan.
• Oakland Audubon Society - Oakland County
• Erie Shores Birding Association - Monroe County
• Capital Area Audubon Society - Lansing area
• Grand Traverse Audubon - Traverse City area.
• Owashtanong Audubon - Grand Haven area.
• Jackson Audubon - Jackson County area, including site info and recent sightings page.
• Macomb Audubon - Macomb County area.

Michigan Birding Sites

• Local
  • Al Brushaber's Southeast Michigan Birding Home Page - recent reports, hotlines, mystery bird, directions to and info about local birding sites and more.
  • Rouge River Bird Observatory - Dearborn, MI, an urban oasis, banding during spring and fall migration.
  • Southeastern Michigan Raptor Research
  • Shiawassee Naltional Wildlife Refuge
  • Whitefish Point Bird Observatory
  • Northern Michigan Birding Page - information on birding in Michigan's upper and northern lower peninsula.
  • Saginaw Bay Birding - all kinds of travelling/birding information about the Saginaw Bay area
  • Baker Sanctuary - Calhoun County
  • Kirtland's Warbler info
• Statewide
  • University of Michigan Museum of Zoology Bird Division
  • Michigan Bird Records Committee

Regional Birding Sites

• Ontario Birding
• Ohio Birding
• Indiana Audubon Society
• Illinois and Chicago Net-Birding
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3
• Niagara Region

Publications

• Michigan Birds and Natural History
• Publications of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology

Checklists

• Michigan Checklist - MI Bird Records Committee
• Rouge River Bird Observatory Checklist - Wayne Co. in SE Michigan.
• Seney National Wildlife Refuge Checklist - Schoolcraft Co. in the UP.
• Shiwassee National Wildlife Refuge Checklist
• Ontario Checklist
• US/Canada Checklist - large, includes recent AOU changes.
• AOU/ABA renames, splits, lumps, newly accepted species, and deletions - compiled by Bruce Bowman.

National Birding Groups

• American Birding Association

Birding Humor

• The American Bird Listing Association

Thanks for visiting! Please send comments and suggestions to auntyem@umich.edu .

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Last updated 12/03/02