If you want to find more birds or find out more about wild birds and birding there are many resources available.
Rare Bird Alerts (RBAs) provide the most up-to-date information about interesting birds that are being sighted in a particular region. Call the RBA number of the region that you are interested in to hear a recorded message of recent sightings. In some areas, a volunteer transcribes these messages and then posts them to one of the NBHC subscription lists for delivery to its subscribers via email. Anyone can subscribe to these lists. Those transcripts are then received by The Virtual Birder and then listed in Real Birds under the appropriate state. Transcripts are automatically posted within an hour of being received (if all goes well).
RBAs are volunteer organizations that depend on people calling in their sightings. Help support the network by phoning in your interesting bird sightings.
RBAs get transcribed by dedicated volunteers. Without their hard work these transcripts would not be available via the Internet. You can help support the network by volunteering your time to transcribe a local RBA, check the NBHC Contributor Home Page for more information.
Organizations are great for learning more about birds and birding in your area and for meeting people with similar interests.
On-Line Resources with local information are becoming more prevalent. These are typically Web sites put together by individuals or by local birding clubs.
Publications such as bird finding guides and check lists are available for many states and regions. These can help in finding new locations in the search of birds.
Several general sources of information were used in assembling the contents of Real Birds. Some of the primary ones were: ABA Sales: The Birder's Catalog, Daan Sandee's RBA phone number posting, NBHC RBA Transcripts, and Willem-Pier Vellinga's BirdLinks. There were also many individual contributions which are also greatly appreciated.