The following information sources are what I have gathered over a lifetime of nature learning. 

Applications:

• Merlin Bird Id
• Ebird digital checklist of bird observations and sightings
• Audubon Bird Guide
• Raptor ID is for birds of prey; hawks, eagles, owls and more
• iNaturalist – keep track of sightings, crowdsource identifications, citizen science & much more

Books & Field Guides (Goodwill books has many used guides available)

• The Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America. 
• The Peterson Guide to Birds of North America 
• All About Birds Regional Field-Guide Series

Websites

Identification – these are my go to sites to find the best scientifically based bird information

• All About Birds – from Cornell University
• North American Bird Guide from The National Audubon Society

Food

• Who likes What

Live Cams & Highlight Videos

• Cornell Lab Bird Cams
• Audubon Bird Cams
• Explore.org Live Cams

About Me:

As a child the  trips through the woods with my family were full of observation and discovery in the mountains of East Tennessee. My grandmother was working to complete her Bird Lifer List well into her eighties. This only encouraged my love of exploration of the natural world and all it has to offer. Some of the fantastic educational opportunities I feel blessed to have completed are; a science degree in environmental education, a summer camp director at the Carolina Raptor Center, a certified Southern Appalachian Naturalist from the Great Smoky Mountain Institute at Tremont, North Carolina Environmental Educator, classes from Miami University’s Project Dragonfly Global Field Studies Program (Attended Classes in Hawaii and Baja California), a volunteer at Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge, and a middle/high school science teacher. My favorite wildlife, I discovered, is an adolescent homo sapien (aka teenager).