Central Massachusetts Bird Update

This compilation is now actively in operation. It contains daily updated bird sightings from central Massachusetts, mostly Worcester County. To contribute a sighting, you can email to rsquimby@wpi.edu or call Rick Quimby at (508) 835-6567 and leave a message. Please leave your name and the time and date of your call, along with particulars of the sighting. This is not intended as a "chat" line, so please confine your submissions to recent bird sightings that will be of interest to Worcester County birders. Material posted on this web site may not be republished in any format without the permission of the author(s).

Other birding links of interest:

• Worcester County
  • Forbush Bird Club
  • Birds of Institute Park (Worcester, MA)
  • Birds of Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary
  • Events Calendar
  • Birder's email Directory
  • Worcester County Checklists
  • Places to Bird
  • Photo Gallery
  • Extended trip report narratives
  • Auburn Bird Banding Station
  • The Bird Store and More: (Sturbridge, MA, proprietors Bill and Nancy Cormier)
• Massachusetts
  • Massachusetts Birding (Nice index of birding info for Massachusetts)
  • Massbird Archive (Don Crockett)
  • Massbird Archive (from Birding on the Net)
  • MASSBIRD mailing list info
  • Massachusetts Audubon Society
  • Mass Audubon's Breeding Bird Atlas | Draft Handbook
  • Brookline Bird Club
  • Hampshire Bird Club
  • Bird Observer
• New England
  • NorthEast Hawk Watch (NEHW)
  • Rhode Island bird sightings (yahoo group)
  • New England Hummingbird Project
  • Birds of New England -- Beth Engleton's nature information center
• National
  • USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center | ( Bird ID info)
  • Cornell Institute of Ornithology
  • Birds of North America Online (subscription required)
  • Virtual Birder
  • Birding on the Net
  • eBird: National bird sighting database (submit via internet)
  • Barry Van Dusen Bird Paintings