Date: Thu, 24 Mar 1994 11:48:29 -0500 From: Rob Scott Subject: Electronic Birding Resources (long) Electronic Birding Resources First Draft March 24, 1994 In the past month, I have compiled this list of electronic sources, mailing lists and dialup bulletin boards which focus on birding and wild bird-related information. I am sure there are omissions, as I am sure that there are inaccuracies. I'd like to hear about either... Thanks to all on birdchat who responded to my query and sent much of the information presented here. I have also culled some citations from Ken Boschert's _The Electronic Zoo_, which is a broader list of animal-related sites and lists. According to Ken, The most recent version of The Electronic Zoo can be retrieved via anonymous FTP from wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4) in the subdirectory: /doc/techreports/wustl.edu/compmed/elec_zoo.x_x (x_x referring to the most current version) Finally, I can't vouch for the continued existence of these sites, nor can I offer assistance on how to connect to many of them. Enter at your own risk! Please let me know of inaccuracies and omissions. I would like to make this as complete and as correct as possible. Good Birding! Rob Scott rs18@cornell.edu ----------------------- AVIFAUNA type: mailing list internet address: avifauna@rcp.pe contact:Roberto Phillips description: Neotropical Bird Discussion List Internet Subscribe to: phillips@cipa.ec Internet Mail to: avifauna.rcp.pe * citation from The Electronic Zoo, compiled by Ken Boschert, ken@wudcm.wustl.edu ----------------------- BIRDBAND type: mailing list internet address: BIRDBAND@arizvm1.ccit.arizona.edu contact:CWilliamson@Pimacc.pima.edu description: A bitnet listserv list for the discussion of bird banding topics. Part of the National Birding Hotline Cooperative suite of mailing lists. Open automated subscription, unmoderated To subscribe, send the command SUBSCRIBE BIRDBAND your real name to LISTSERV@ARIZVM1.CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU FAQ and additional information available from RS18@cornell.edu ----------------------- BIRDCHAT type: mailing list internet address: BIRDCHAT@arizvm1.ccit.arizona.edu contact:CWilliamson@Pimacc.pima.edu description: A bitnet listserv list for the discussion of wild birds and birding. Part of the National Birding Hotline Cooperative suite of mailing lists. Open automated subscription, unmoderated To subscribe, send the command SUBSCRIBE BIRDCHAT your real name to LISTSERV@ARIZVM1.CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU FAQ and additional information available from RS18@cornell.edu ----------------------- BIRDCNTR type: mailing list internet address: BIRDCNTR@arizvm1.ccit.arizona.edu contact:CWilliamson@Pimacc.pima.edu description: A bitnet listserv list for the posting of RBA and Hotline transcripts covering central North America. Part of the National Birding Hotline Cooperative suite of mailing lists. Open automated subscription, unmoderated To subscribe, send the command SUBSCRIBE BIRDCNTR your real name to LISTSERV@ARIZVM1.CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU FAQ and additional information available from RS18@cornell.edu ----------------------- BIRDEAST type: mailing list internet address: BIRDEAST@arizvm1.ccit.arizona.edu contact:CWilliamson@Pimacc.pima.edu description: A bitnet listserv list for the posting of RBA and Hotline transcripts covering eastern North America. Part of the National Birding Hotline Cooperative suite of mailing lists. Open automated subscription, unmoderated To subscribe, send the command SUBSCRIBE BIRDEAST your real name to LISTSERV@ARIZVM1.CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU FAQ and additional information available from RS18@cornell.edu ----------------------- BIRDWEST type: mailing list internet address: BIRDWEST@arizvm1.ccit.arizona.edu contact:CWilliamson@Pimacc.pima.edu description: A bitnet listserv list for the posting of RBA and Hotline transcripts covering western North America. Part of the National Birding Hotline Cooperative suite of mailing lists. Open automated subscription, unmoderated To subscribe, send the command SUBSCRIBE BIRDWEST your real name to LISTSERV@ARIZVM1.CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU FAQ and additional information available from RS18@cornell.edu ----------------------- CayugaBirds-L type: mailing list internet address: Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu contact:Rob Scott description: CAYUGABIRDS-L is an informal electronic discussion list for the discussion of topics relevant to wild birds and birding in upstate New York. It is our hope that the list will help spread information about about bird sightings in the region, promote local birding events, and provide an effective electronic forum for birders in Ithaca and the finger lakes as well as other regions of Upstate New York. The list is not to be used to discuss pet birds or falconry. Subscription is open, simply send email to LISTSERV@CORNELL.EDU with the first line of the message: SUBSCRIBE CAYUGABIRDS-L your real name To send items of interest to the list's subscribers, send mail to CAYUGABIRDS-L@Cornell.edu ----------------------- Eurobirdnet type: mailing list internet address: mhe@otax.hut.fi contact:Martin Helin description: EuroBirdNet is a private list mainly about European birds. There are national lists in many countries and coordinators who forward messages between the countries, ie. between the national list and the European list. The contact person is Martin Helin at mhe@otax.hut.fi ----------------------- MarVaDel type: mailing list internet address: marvadel@osi.ncsl.nist.gov contact:John Tebbutt description: MARVADEL is an electronic discussion group for birders of all descriptions in Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and surrounding areas. The group will concentrate on local birding issues and events, such as interesting sightings, advice on local birding hotspots, announcements of local bird club meetings, events and exhibitions, planning of days out and joint birding expeditions, etc. MARVADEL is open to all individuals with a sense of humor and an interest in wild birds in the mid-Atlantic region. To subscribe to MARVADEL, send mail to: marvadel-request@osi.ncsl.nist.gov ----------------------- MOUnet type: mailing list internet address: WNCAROLS@vax2.winona.msus.edu contact:Carol Schumacher description: An informal network of Minnesota Ornithologists Union members. Contact Carol Schumacher for details. ----------------------- Oregon Birders OnLine (OBOL) type: mailing list internet address: OBOL@mail.orst.edu contact:Greg Gillson description: A regional mailing list targeted at Birders from Oregon. The purpose of OBOL is to keep its members up-to-date on unusual and rare birds seen recently in Oregon. Rare Bird Alerts should be posted here right away. The Portland Audubon Rare Bird Alert weekly phone message is posted, usually on Thursday. Unusual sightings from the past weekend's birding is welcome. Postings of field trips, bird count announcements, etc. also belong on this list. What is posted to OBOL? Bird sightings, meeting notices, Rare Bird Alerts, bird identification questions (and responses), CBC dates, etc. To subscribe to the obol mailing list, send a message with the line subscribe obol Your-Email-Address to majordomo@mail.orst.edu ----------------------- TITNET type: mailing list internet address: jhailman@macc.wisc.edu contact:Jack P. Hailman description: Paridae and Hole-nesting Bird Discussion List Promotes communication among scientists working on tits (Paridae) and other hole-nesting birds. TITNET is a publication listing e-mail addresses of conference members. TITNEWS contains announcements and discussions of activities such as bibliographic systems, and hence serves as the email newsletter. TITNOTES contains material on the biology of the birds, and hence serves as a kind of email journal. Internet Subscribe to: jhailman@macc.wisc.edu Note: Send (1) full name, (2) mailing address, which is forwarded to Dr. Ficken for PARUS INTERNATIONAL, (3) email address(es), (4) species studied, and (5) types of studies (population dynamics, general ecology, vocalizations, nesting, behavior, etc.). * citation from The Electronic Zoo, compiled by Ken Boschert, ken@wudcm.wustl.edu ----------------------- Tweeters type: mailing list internet address: dvictor@u.washington.edu contact:Dan Victor description: Tweeters is a mailing list covering birding topics in Washington State. For infomation on how to subscribe and how to post, contact Dan Victor, dvictor@u.washington.edu. ----------------------- AVES Archive type: FTP internet address: vitruvius.cecer.army.mil contact:rglaser@vitruvius.cecer.army.mil description: An anonymous FTP archive which contains bird images (primarily GIF format) as well as sound and text files. telnet to vitruvius.cecer.army.mil and logon anonymous ----------------------- src.doc.ic.ac.uk type: FTP internet address: src.doc.ic.ac.uk contact: description: The anonymous FTP site src.doc.ic.ac.uk, 146.169.2.10, has images (gif, jpeg) in /media/visual/collections/funet-pics/jpeg/nature ----------------------- BIRD INFO NETWORK BBS type: Forum/BBS internet address: na contact: description: Modem: 303-423-9775 12/2400 baud, No parity 8 data bits 1 stop bit * citation from The Electronic Zoo, compiled by Ken Boschert, ken@wudcm.wustl.edu ----------------------- BIRDING- Prodigy type: Forum/BBS internet address: na contact:HFDH09A@prodigy.com (CARENA M POOTH) description: There is a bulletin board on Prodigy about birding. It is in the HOBBIES CLUB under the topic BIRDING. There is sometimes some good stuff in there about field trips, rare bird sightings, and such. A LOT of backyard birding stuff. ----------------------- COLORADO CONNECTION BBS type: Forum/BBS internet address: contact: description: Bird Info Network & Birdnet Modem: 303-423-9775 Help Line: 303-422-6529 (fax) 12/24/9600 baud, No parity 8 data bits 1 stop bit P.O. Box 632 Arvada, CO 80001 * citation from The Electronic Zoo, compiled by Ken Boschert, ken@wudcm.wustl.edu ----------------------- National Audubon Forum type: Forum/BBS internet address: na contact:Connie Mahan description: The National Audubon Forum on Compuserve. It is not accessible to the average compuserve user. You have to sign up through NAS and get a special userid in order to be allowed to participate. Coverage includes national and international conservation issues, legislative alerts and updates, information about upcoming conferences, newsletter exchange materials, and a variety of other activities. Contact Connie Mahan at the NAS DC office. ----------------------- Osprey's Nest, The type: Forum/BBS internet address: na contact:Norm Saunders description: The Osprey's Nest (TON) is really aimed at a more regional audience, namely the birders and other amateur naturalists in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area. Long-distance callers are certainly welcome, but we aim to cater mostly to the folks from the MD-DE-DC-VA areas within about a 200-mile radius of DC. You can reach TON by calling 301-989-9036. The bulletin board answers the phone at 2400/9600 baud and is available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Your communication parameters should be set to 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, and no parity. TON has been operational close on to 7 years now. We have between 800 and 900 users, with a solid core of about 100 or so birders who are willing to chat about birds and good birding locales. If you're looking for something more rgionally oriented than BIRDCHAT, by all means give us a call. -NS ----------------------- rec.birds type: Forum/BBS internet address: contact: description: A USENET newsgroup. from the FAQ, edited by Brian Rice : This newsgroup is for the discussion of wild birds. Here is a partial list of possible topics: Identifying birds in the field by appearance, behavior, and song Birding trips Attracting wild birds to feeders Behavior of birds in the wild Conservation of wild birds Research into bird life Bird taxonomy ----------------------- SOUTH ARIZONA BIRDING BBS type: Forum/BBS internet address: contact: description: SOUTH ARIZONA BIRDING BBS Modem: 602-881-4280 Help Line: 602-323-2955 * citation from The Electronic Zoo, compiled by Ken Boschert, ken@wudcm.wustl.edu ----------------------- MIGRATORY BIRD COLLECTION type: Other internet address: ups.edu contact:Gary Shugart or Dennis Paulson description: MIGRATORY BIRD COLLECTION University of Puget Sound The catalog from the University of Puget Sound bird collection is available over Internet. This catalog consists of 18,500+ records of "core data" which includes the museum number, species name, sex, plumage, country, state (or other geopolitical entity), county/other, date, and preparation. Initially, the catalog is only accessible by obtaining a password from Gary Shugart or Dennis Paulson at "slater@ups.edu". The University of Puget Sound has the largest computerized bird collection in the northwest USA. * citation from The Electronic Zoo, compiled by Ken Boschert, ken@wudcm.wustl.edu ----------------------- Prarie Falcon Newsletter type: Other internet address: ksuvm.ksu.edu contact:drintoul@ksu.ksu.edu (David A Rintoul) description: The Northern Flint Hills Audobon Society newsletter is available in the Kansas State Univeristy Information system. Telnet to ksuvm.ksu.edu and logon as UNICORN to access this newsletter. It is in the subdirectory News and Announcements. ----------------------- Bird Stuff type: Gopher, WWW internet address: simon.wharton.upenn.edu..70 contact:Jack Siler description: A birdgopher with newsletters, checklists, access to the AVES GIF/Sound archive, and other goodies. Set your gopher for: simon.wharton.upenn.edu, port 70 If you have WWW browsing software, go to the URL: http://compstat.wharton.upenn.edu:8001/