Birding Resources
Online References
Montgomery Bird Club: https://www.montgomerybirdclub.org
Maryland Ornithological Society: https://mdbirds.org/
American Birding Association (ABA): https://www.aba.org/
American Ornithological Society: https://americanornithology.org/
Nature Forward (formerly Audubon Naturalist Society): https://natureforward.org/
National Audubon Society: https://www.audubon.org/
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/
eBird: https://ebird.org/home
Handbook of Birds of the World (Subscription): https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/home
Maryland & D.C Bird Discussions: http://www.mdbirding.com/ebird.html
Latest Montgomery County Sightings: https://ebird.org/region/US-MD-031
Field Guides
The Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America (2010) by Donald Stokes and Lillian Stokes
Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America (2008) by Roger Tory Peterson and Lee Allen Peterson
National Wildlife Federation Field Guide to Birds of North America (May 3, 2007) by Edward S. Brinkley
The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America (2016) by David Sibley
The Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds (2011) by Richard Crossley
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America (2017) by Jon L. Dunn and Jonathan Alderfer
Textbooks
Ornithology: Foundation, Analysis, and Application by Michael L. Morrison et al. (2018), ISBN: 978-1421424712
Ornithology, 4th edition by Frank B. Gill, Richard O. Prum, and Scott K. Robinson (2019), ISBN: 978-1464184369
Handbook of Bird Biology (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), 3rd edition by Irby J. Lovette and John W. Fitzpatrick (editors), (2016), ISBN: 978-1118291054