Resource on Birds and Bird Watching for Teachers

 Nova Scotia Naturalist Societies

• Nova Scotia Bird Society
• Nova Scotia Young Naturalists Club
• Halifax Field Naturalists Society
• Nova Scotia Wild Flora Society

National and International Birding Societies

• Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
• Bird Studies Canada
• Birding on the Net
• The National Audubon Society
  • A Beginner's Guide to Birding Blogs (Audubon Society)

Birding News

• E-Bird: Birding News and Features (internet birding)
  

Some Useful Government Sites

• NS Museum Resource for Birds of Nova Scotia
• Nova Scotia Government Nature Site
• Canadian Federal Government Site for Bird Migration

• Journey North is a Great Site

  • Journey North – migration
  • Evergreen Lesson plans for Journey North (pdf document)
  • Video of Class Engagement with Journey North
  • The Green Teacher Site

Book Resources

• Tufts, Robie W. Birds of Nova Scotia (Third edition). Halifax, NS: Nimbus and NS Museum, 1986.
• Erskine, Anthony J. Atlas of Breeding Birds of the Maritime Provinces. Halifax, NS: Nimbus and NS Museum, 1992.
• Sibley, David Allen. The Sibley Guide to Birds. New York: National Audubon Society and Alfred A. Knopf, 2000.
• Peterson's Field Guide to the Birds ( both eastern and western) and the recent (2008)
  Peterson, Roger Tory. Field Guide to Birds of North America. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 2008.
• Dunn, Jon L., and Jonathan Alderfer (eds.) National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America (5th ed.). Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 2006.
•  Zim, Herbert S., et al. Birds: A Golden Guide. First published in 1949 and still popular. Toronto: Macmillan / St.Martins Press, 2001.