Here is a list with links to some of our favourite birding resources:

Organizations & Guides:

• Nature Vancouver – They have also created a Seasonal Checklist of Birds of Greater Vancouver 
• Vancouver Avian Research Centre (VARC)
• BC Rare Bird Alert
• British Columbia Field Ornithologists
• Birds Canada
• Audubon Society
• The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
• All About Birds
• Sibley Guides
• Nature Canada’s Guide to Indoor Birding
• Burnaby Public Library Birding Backpack
• Burnaby Public Library – Bird Guides
• Birds Canada Gardening for Birds
• Burnaby Outdoors – A blog by well known Burnaby bird guy, George Clulow

Youth

• BC Young Birders Program
• Burnaby Public Library Birding Backpack
• Burnaby Public Library – Bird Guides
• NatureKids BC

Apps

• eBird
  There are several eBird Hot Spots at Burnaby Lake

• • Burnaby Lake – general
  • Avalon Entrance
  • Cariboo Dam Viewpoint
  • Piper Spit
  • Rowing Pavilion
  • Southside Trail
  • Sperling Avenue Access
• Merlin Bird ID
• BirdNet Sound ID
• Audubon Bird Guide
• iNaturalist

Community Science

• Project Nest Watch
• The Great Backyard Bird Count
• Global Bird Rescue
• Christmas Bird Count for Kids (CBC4K)
• Project Feeder Watch

Podcasts

• The Warblers – A BIrds Canada Podcast
• American Birding Podcast – American Birding Association
• Birdchick Podcast
• BirdNote Radio

Tips and keeping birds safe

• Keeping Feeder Birds Healthy
• FLAP – Fatal Light Awareness Program – How to reduce collisions due to urban lighting and windows
• Homes Safe for Birds – what you can do to help keep birds safe
• Birdmapper – a Web app for reporting and viewing the locations of bird collisions with buildings across the globe.
• Stewardship Centre BC – Cats and Birds program – cats are the #1 human-related source of bird deaths in Canada.