Birding Resouces

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Featured Resource:
Birds of the North Huron Birding Trail Printable Checklist
Taken from the Birds of The Les Cheneaux Area, this is a complete list of birds seen in the area and their seasonal abundance. There is also space to add the date, location and notes of your sitings while in the area. 

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Printed Resources
All printed resource links are available for free download by clicking on the title.​

Birds of The Les Cheneaux Islands Area
Brochure featuring seasonal descriptions and detailed checklist of birds in the Les Cheneaux Island Area.

The Science of Migrating Bird Life: Birds in Flight
This article describes the importance of conserving this habitat for migratory birds and offers locations and times for peak birdwatching in the area. ​

ABA Birdfinding Guide: A Birder's Guide to Michigan
The Eastern Upper Peninsula is featured on pages 466 - 471 of this comprehensive birding book. 

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Birding Websites

• Mackinac County Bird Checklist and Photo Album
  This is a comprehensive list of the birds located in Mackinac County, Michigan. The list and photos were compiled by R.V. ("Dick") Dietrich. 
  http://stoneplus.cst.cmich.edu/MacCoAlbum/BirdsMacCo-Lists.html
• American Birding Association 
  http://www.americanbirding.org
• Michigan Loon Preservation Association
  http://www.michiganloons.com/
• Michigan Department of Natural Resources - Wildlife/Game Areas
  http://www.michigan.gov/dnr
• Michigan Bird Species - Bird Banding Codes 
  Downloadable Banding Code Reference Sheet​​
• Bird Cast - Bird Migration Forecasts in Real Time
  http://birdcast.info
• ​Michigan Birding Conservation Initiative
  http://mibci.org/
• Bird-Sounds.net
  http://www.bird-sounds.net/

Webpages for Young Birders

• Young Birders - American Birding Association
  http://youngbirders.aba.org/
• Michigan Young Birders Club
  http://www.michiganaudubon.org/learn/michigan-young-birders-club/​
• MI Young Birders - Facebook Page​
  https://www.facebook.com/MiYoungBirders/
• Project FeederWatch
  For more than 20 years, Project FeederWatch has been an easy, fun way for children to learn about birds and strengthen their skills in observation, identification, research, computation, writing, creativity and more. FeederWatchers keep track of the numbers and kinds of birds at their feeders through the winter and report what they see to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
  http://feederwatch.org/
• Educational and Home Schooling Page
  http://feederwatch.org/learn/educational-and-homeschool-resources/​
• Beginner's Guide to Bird Watching
  www.blindschalet.com/kba-guide-to-bird-watching-from-our-window-257​