American Bird Conservancy
Important Bird Areas, interactives and birding resources.

American Birding Association
Birding events, publications, programs and news.

American Ornithologists' Union (AOU)

American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA)
The American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums, with 212 accredited members, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of zoos and aquariums in the areas of conservation, education, science, and recreation. AZA's vision is to work cooperatively to save and protect the wonders of the living natural world.

American Kestrel Nest Box Project

Bald Eagle Migration Satellite tracking in New England.

Bald Eagle Restoration In Vermont
A collaborative effort to create a breeding bald eagle population in Vermont by raising and releasing eagle chicks in the Lake Champlain Valley begins in 2004.

Bird Banding Program
Bird banding is a universal and indispensable technique for studying the movement, survival and behavior of birds. The North American Bird Banding Program is jointly administered by the United States Department of the Interior and the Canadian Wildlife Service .

Bird Regulations and Laws

Birding Identification
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center website with photographs, songs, videos, identification tips, maps, and life history information for North American birds.

Check-List of North American Birds

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Eagle Repository
The National Eagle Repository, located in Colorado, provides a central location for the collection, storage and distribution of dead bald and golden eagles and their parts.

International Association of Avian Trainers & Educators (IAATE)
The International Association of Avian Trainers and Educators was founded to foster communication, professionalism, and cooperation among those individuals who serve Avian Science through training, public display, research, husbandry, conservation, and education.

Migratory Bird Management (US Fish & Wildlife Service)

Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
Is the coffee you drink bird friendly? Learn more about how shade grown coffee can help save migratory bird habitat.

Threatened & Endangered Wildlife State & Federal lists and information

US Fish & Wildlife Service

Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife

Vermont Raptor Academy
The Vermont Raptor Academy provides comprehensive, in-depth technical instruction on all aspects of bird carving, painting, design and composition. A professional carver since 1983 and in his 32nd year of carving, Floyd Scholz is universally recognized as a top carver of birds in the world.

Vermont Threatened & Endagered Species

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