Here a few sites, divided by topic to get you started. For even more links, go to specific pages devoted to the topic of your interest.
 

GENERAL INFORMATION

About.com Wild Bird LInks - links to everything bird related

Audubon Magazine - includes articles from previous issues

Birdgifts.com - Bird Books and Bird Gifts - books, prints, and accessories for the birdlover

The Birdhouse Network - citizen-science project of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, also lots of information on nestboxes and an entire page of Nest Box Cams

Bird Identification & Bird Biology - links to lots of different types of info

BIRDNET - all about birds and ornithology

Bird On! - Find a Bird Dictionary Topic - dictionary of birdwatching terminology

Birdscope Index - On-line magazine from Cornell Lab of Ornithology

BirdWatchers Digest - how-to guide, festival directory, checklists & much more

Birdwatching.com - about Wild Birds and Birding - tips, optics, software, and more

Crossed Wing Collection - "true-to-life" Cross Stitch designs, incl. warblers, wrens & more

Google Directory - Birding - links arranged by subject category

Index To Bird Magazines - searchable index to 5 major birding periodicals

Life of Birds - Sir David Attenborough's PBS Series

Life of Birds - Making the Series, Sir David Attenborough's PBS Series

Nature Notes - software and optic reviews, garden info and more, from NJ Audubon Society

Obsolete English Names of North American Birds - with modern equivalents

The Ornithology WebSite - Images, gardening, research, conservation, etc

Pegasus Originals Cross Stitch  - Cross Stitch Charts  of birds for sale

Peterson Online - Birdwatching basics, Identifications, Skill builders, etc

Rare Bird Alerts for North America - US and Statewide RBAs

Song Bird Coffee - Shade Grown Coffee for sale by Thanksgiving Coffee Company - Sponsored by the American Birding Association

Amazing Butterflies - A Students' Guide to Butterflies - Student/Teacher Guide
 

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MIGRATION

Migration - lots of information on migration

Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center - photos and information
 

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DESCRIPTIONS AND PHOTOS

Bird On! Bird Book - Species descriptions, paintings and photos

Birder.com Home Page - Photos, quizzes, bird songs, RBAs, checklists

Birds of North America - Species life histories

Birds of the Continental US and Canada - Species list

Endangered Species Home Page - U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Division of Migratory Birds Management - US Fish And Wildlife Service

North American Breeding Bird Survey  -  results and analysis, from 1966 forward
 

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VIEWING SITES AND CHECKLISTS

Bird Banding Manual - Species Numbers, Alpha Codes and Recommended Band Sizes

Bird Checklists of the United States - Checklists for National Wildlife Refuges organized by  State

Birder.com - Photos, quizzes, bird songs, RBAs, checklists

Recent Name Changes - adopted by the American Birding Association (ABA) and the American Ornithologists's Union (AOU) current as of January 22, 1998

Sibley/Monroe World List of Bird Names - names used in the 1990 Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World and its 1993 Supplement

US Fish and Wildlife National Refuge System - Info on all refuges, listing by State

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CHAT AND DISCUSSION GROUP DIGESTS

B-Mail -   Mailing Lists for Birders, Info on national and regional e-mail listservs

BIRDHAWK - Discussion of hawk migration

ID-Frontiers - Frontiers of Field Identification

Newsgroup Archives - Browse the latest postings from birding newsgroups all over the world

TN-Bird Archives - Archives of listserv postings

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FOR CHILDREN AND TEACHERS

4 2 Explore - Topic:Birds -  Educational materials and fun projects

  Lesson Plans on Birds -  Educational materials and fun projects, 3 sites:

Educational in Nature - Birds And Forests, from Georgia-Pacific

Virtual Bird - Education materials and lesson plans

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