VIDEOS FOR NEW BIRDERS:

Jason Ward’s Birds of North America YouTube Videos:
       How to Use Binoculars with Jason Ward
       Birding in Central Park with Jason Ward
       
NEW BIRDER VIDEOS FOR KIDS:
         
Monica Marshall's Boys & Girls Club's Cyber Club videos: 
         Go Wild Adventure Club: July 13, 2020:  "Get ready for your adventure"       
         Go Wild Adventure Club: May 18, 2020: "What will we see?"
         
AUDIO RECORDINGS FOR NEW BIRDERS:

       Backyard Birding 101
       https://www.npr.org/2020/06/24/882781560/backyard-birding-101

WEBSITES FOR NEW BIRDERS:

​“7 Tips for Watching Birds During The Spring Lockdown – Here are some principles you can apply to any form of nature study”, by David Sibley:
www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/opinion/sunday/bird-watching-coronavirus-lockdown.html: ​

Audubon Great Lakes Region - includes activities for kids:

All About Birds - Online Guide to Birds and Birdwatching - from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Bird Academy - from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Birding by Ear - from Audubon Great Lakes


BEST FIELD GUIDES FOR BEGINNERS:

Field Guide to Eastern Birds, by Roger Tory Peterson

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, 7th edition


​BEST PHONE APPS:

Sibley Birds v2 app (for bird ID)

Peterson Birds of North America app (for bird ID)

iBird app (for bird ID, iPhones)

Merlin app (for bird ID)

eBird app - more advanced, includes checklist uploads, info on bird trends, citizen science etc