Mailing Lists
A great way to find birds (and birders) in your area is to join a mailing list. Below you will find links to subscription pages for lists throughout the ABA area and worldwide.
Alabama
ALBIRDS – Statewide list
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/albirds/
Alaska
akbirding – Statewide list
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/akbirding/
AlaskaBirds-L – Rare Birds List
https://lists.uaf.edu:8025/mailman/listinfo/alaskabirds-l
beringia_birders – Far West and Northern Alaska
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/beringia_birders/
BorealBirder – Interior Alaska
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BorealBirder/
Eaglechat – Juneau and SE Alaska
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Eaglechat/
Alberta
AlbertaBirds – Birds of Alberta dicussion list
http://www.onelist.com/community/Albertabird
Arkansas
ARBIRD-L – Statewide list
http://listserv.uark.edu/archives/arbird-l.html
Arizona
AZ-NM CHAT – Arizona and New Mexico Birds Mailing List
https://list.arizona.edu/sympa/info/aznmbirds
NAZAS – Northern Arizona
http://nazas.org/sightings/index.php
British Columbia
bcbirdingvanisland – Birding Vancouver Island
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/
bcintbird – Interior bird list
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcintbird/
BCVIBIRDS – Vancouver Island birds
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BCVIBIRDS/
California
CALBIRDS – Statewide list
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/
CAyoungbirders – California Young Birders
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAyoungbirders/
CVBirds – Central Valley
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_valley_birds/
Fresno County Birders
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fresno_county_birders/
INLANDCOUNTYBIRDS – Riverside, San Bernardino and Imperial counties
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/inlandcountybirds/
LACoBirds – Los Angeles County
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds/
MBB – Monterey Bay birders, Santa Cruz area
http://www.santacruzbirdclub.org/listserv.html
Archive: http://www.sialia.com/s/calists.pl?rm=one_list;id=57
NORTHBAYBIRDS – Sonoma, Marin, Napa, Lake and Solano counties
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/
Peninsula Birding – San mateo County list
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding
SBCOBIRDING – Santa Barbara County
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/
SDBIRDS – San Diego and Imperial County birds
http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/SDBIRDS
SFBirds – San Francisco proper
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SFBirds
SLOCOBIRDING – San Luis Obispo County
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding/
south-bay-birds – Southern end of San Francisco Bay
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds
VENTURACOBIRDING – Ventura County, California
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/venturacobirding/
Yosemite Area Birders – Yosemite National Park area
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/yosemite_area_birders/
Colorado
COBIRDS – Statewide list
http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds
cobirders – Statewide list
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cobirders/
Connecticut
CTBirds - Statewide list
http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org
CTDailyReport - Statewide rare bird list
http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctdailyreport_lists.ctbirding.org
Delaware
DE-BIRDS – Statewide list
https://lists.princeton.edu/listserv/de-birds.html
Florida
Birdbrains – Florida Birds/Natural History
http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html
FlaBirding – Florida and the Bahamas
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaBirding/
FLORIDABIRDS-L – Statewide list
http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm
SWFLBirdline – Southwest Florida
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SWFLBirdline/
nflbirds – North Florida, South Georgia, and South Alabama
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/
Georgia
GABO-L – Statewide list
http://listserv.uga.edu/archives/gabo-l.html
Idaho
IBLE – Statewide list
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/
Inland-nw-birders – ID north of Salmon R. and WA east of the Cascades
http://www.lists.uidaho.edu/mailman/listinfo/inland-nw-birders
Illinois
IBET – Birders Exchanging Thoughts
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ILbirds
Indiana
IN-BIRD-L – Statewide list
https://list.indiana.edu/sympa/subscribe/in-bird-l
BLOOMINGTON-BIRDS-L – Bloomington Bird Sightings
https://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/bloomington-birds-l.html
Iowa
IA-BIRD – Statewide list
http://www.iowabirds.org/iou/IA-BIRD.asp
Kansas
KSBIRD-L – Statewide list
http://listserv.ksu.edu/archives/ksbird-l.html
Kentucky
BIRDKY – Statewide list
http://www.biology.eku.edu/KOS/listserv.htm
Louisiana
LABIRD-L – Statewide list
http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/LABIRDintro.html
Maine
Maine-Birds – Statewide list
http://www.mainebirding.net/mainebirds/
Manitoba
ManitobaBirds – Birds of Manitoba dicussion list
http://www.egroups.com/group/Manitobabirds
Maryland
Statewide list
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/mdbirding
Massachusetts
MASSBIRD – Massachusetts and New England
http://massbird.org/Features/Massbird.htm
Michigan
birders – Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, and southeast Michigan
http://listserver.itd.umich.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=birders
Mich-chat – Statewide list
http://lists.envirolink.org/mailman/listinfo/mich-chat
Mich-listers – For submitting rarity reports
http://lists.envirolink.org/mailman/listinfo/mich-listers
Archives: http://lists.envirolink.org/pipermail/mich-listers/
UP Birders– Michigan Upper Peninsula
http://www.upbirders.org/maillist.html
Minnesota
Mnbird – Statewide list
http://www.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbird
mou-net – The Minnesota Ornithologists' Union listserve
http://moumn.org/listservice.html
Mississippi
MISSBIRD – Statewide list
http://www.msstate.edu/org/mos/Resources.htm
Missouri
MOBIRDS-L – Statewide list
http://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html
Montana
MOB – Statewide list
http://siprelle.com/mailman/listinfo/mob
Nebraska
NeBirds – Statewide list
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEBirds/
Nevada
NVBIRDS – Statewide list
http://list.audubon.org/archives/nvbirds.html
New Brunswick
NatureNB – Flora and Fauna
http://www3.nbnet.nb.ca/maryspt/nnbe.html
New Hampshire
NH.BIRDS – Statewide list
http://pubpages.unh.edu/~djb1/nh.birds.html
New Jersey
JERSEYBIRDS – Statewide list
https://lists.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=JerseyBi
NJBIRDS – NJ Rare Bird Alert Mailing list
https://lists.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=NJBIRDS
New Mexico
AZ-NM CHAT – Arizona and New Mexico Birds Mailing List
http://www.tucsonaudubon.org/birding/aznmlist.htm
New York
btblue – Bird sightings in the NY metro area
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/btblue/
CAYUGABIRDS-L – Cayuga Lake Basin region
subscription: LYRIS@CORNELL.EDU
message: JOIN Cayugabirds-L "Your Real Name"
[NOTE: Quotation marks must surround your name]
posting: Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu
More information at:
http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/cth4/CayugabirdsWELCOME.htm
eBirds NYC – New York City area
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ebirdsnyc/
GeneseeBirds-L – Bird observations from western New York
http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l
hmbirds – Eleven counties surrounding Albany, NY
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hmbirds/
Northern_NY_Birds – Recent bird sightings in Northern NY
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northern_NY_birds/
NYSBirds-L - Statewide list
subscription: LYRIS@CORNELL.EDU
message: JOIN NYSbirds-L "Your Real Name"
[NOTE: Quotation marks must surround your name]
posting: NYSbirds-L@cornell.edu
More information at:
http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/cth4/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm
Oneidabirds – Central New York
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oneidabirds/
Newfoundland and Labrador
nf.birds - Bird lovers in Newfoundland & Labrador
http://groups.google.com/group/nf.birds/topics
North Carolina
Carolinabirds – North and South Carolina Statewide list
http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook/cbirds.html
North Dakota
ND-BIRDS – Statewide list
http://listserv.nodak.edu/archives/nd-birds.html
Nova Scotia
NatureNS – Birds and natural history discussion list
subscription: majordomo@chebucto.ns.ca
message: subscribe natureNS
contact: natureNS@chebucto.ns.ca
NS-RBA – Nova Scotia Rare Bird Alert
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/
Ohio
Ohio-birds – Statewide list
http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ohio-birds.html
Oklahoma
OKbirds – Statewide list
http://www.suttoncenter.org/okbirds.html
Ontario
ONTBIRDS – Bird sightings of interest
http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php
Oregon
COBOL – Central Oregon Birders On Line
http://lists.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/cobol
OBOL – Statewide list
http://lists.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/obol
Pennsylvania
PABirds – Statewide list
http://list.audubon.org/archives/pabirds.html
scbirdcl – State College Bird Club List located in State College, PA
http://www.scbirdcl.org/joinemaillist.html
Prince Edward Island
Peibirders – Avifauna Reports - Rarities and Seasonal Observations
http://lists.upei.ca/mailman/listinfo/peibirders
Quebec
ORNITHO-QC – [liste francophone | French list]
https://lists.b2b2c.ca/mailman/listinfo/ornitho-qc
Songsparrow – The Province of Quebec Society for the Protection of Birds http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Songsparrow/
Rhode Island
RIBIRDS – Statewide list
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RIBIRDS/
Saskatchewan
Saskbirds
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Saskbirds/
South Carolina
Carolinabirds – North and South Carolina Statewide list
http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook/cbirds.html
South Dakota
SD-birds – Statewide list
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sd-birds/
Tennessee
TN-BIRD – Statewide list
http://www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=tn-bird
Texas
Texbirds – Statewide list
http://www.freelists.org/list/texbirds
Utah
BirdTalk – Statewide duscussion
http://www.utahbirds.org/connections/E-hotlines.htm
Vermont
VTBIRD – Statewide list
http://www.uvm.edu/~ebuford/vtbird.html
Virginia
VA-BIRD – Statewide list
http://mailman.listserve.com/listmanager/listinfo/va-bird
VA-RICHMOND-GENERAL – Richmond area list
http://www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list.fcgi?list_id=va-richmond-general
Washington
TWEETERS – Washington and B.C. list
http://www.scn.org/earth/tweeters/
Inland-nw-birders – ID north of Salmon R. and WA east of the Cascades
http://www.lists.uidaho.edu/mailman/listinfo/inland-nw-birders
West Virginia
WV-Bird – Statewide list
http://www.audubon.org/net/list/wv-bird/
Wisconsin
Wisbirdn – Statewide list
http://www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn
Wyoming
WYOBIRDS – Statewide list
http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/wyobirds.html
tetonbirders – Jackson Hole and surrounding areas
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tetonbirders/
Other
MS_FLY – Discusses tracking and reports of birds using the Mississippi Flyway for migration, breeding grounds, etc.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MS_FLY
Australia
BIRDING-AUS
http://www.birding-aus.org
India
Nathistory-India – Natural History of South Asia
https://new-lists.princeton.edu/listserv/nathistory-india.html
Mexico
Mexico-Birding
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mexico-Birding
Neotropical
NEOBIRD – Central America and northern South America
http://listserv.uh.edu/archives/neobird.html
Peru
Birding Peru – Birdwatching in Peru http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Birdingperu/
Singapore
Nature-Singapore – Nature in Singapore
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nature-singapore/
South Africa
SABirdNet – South African Birding Listserver
http://lists.nu.ac.za/mailman/listinfo/sabirdnet
Turkey
KUSLAR-L - Birdwatching in Turkey
http://www.metu.edu.tr/home/wwwokgt/contact.html
United Kingdom
UKBIRDNET
subscription: ukbirdnet-request@dcs.bbk.ac.uk
message: subscribe ukbirdnet Your Name
posting: ukbirdnet@dcs.bbk.ac.uk
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