BIRDING 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.

ABA area lists | Worldwide lists

ABA Area

• 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
  http://www.tucsonaudubon.org/birding/aznmlist.htm
   
  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/
   
  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/
   
  SBCOBIRDING – Santa Barbara County
  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/
   
  SDBIRDS – San Diego and Imperial County birds
  http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/SDBIRDS
   
  SLOCOBIRDING – San Luis Obispo County
  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding/
   
  VENTURACOBIRDING – Ventura County, California
  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/venturacobirding/
   
• Colorado
  COBIRDS – Statewide list
  http://lists.cfo-link.org/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=cobirds
  Archives: http://lists.cfo-link.org:8080/read/?forum=cobirds
   
  COBIRDERS – Statewide list
  http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/cobirders
  Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cobirders/
   
• Connecticut
  CTBirds - Statewide list
  http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_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
  http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html
   
  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
  MDOsprey – Statewide list
  http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/mdosprey.html
   
• 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/
   
  NMB – Northern Michigan Birding
  http://www.northbirding.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?
   
• 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://listserv.unb.ca/archives/naturenb.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
   
• 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/
 

• 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
   
• 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
   
• Quebec
  ORNITHO-QC – [liste francophone | French list]
  http://perso.endirect.qc.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://moonmountaingroup.com/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
  WisBirdNet – Statewide list
  http://www.wsobirds.org/wso_birding_news.html (information at bottom of page)
   
• 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
   

Worldwide

• 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