Conservation Resources

The many pleasures of birding all require birds. Many species are declining, threatened, or endangered. The Brookline Bird Club encourages a commitment to bird conservation and participation in activities and organizations that promote conservation through collection of data, monitoring of populations, preservation of habitat, protection of at-risk species, political action, and education.

• Massachusetts Breeding Bird Atlas 2: five-year census of breeding birds in state
• Birds to Watch: Oriole Project & Whip-poor-will Project
• Focus on Feeders
• Joppa Flats Bird Banding Station

• Annual Christmas Bird Counts

• Co-sponsored by Patuxent Wildlife Research Center & Canadian Wildlife Services

• eBird: report sightings with online checklist, provide data
• Project FeederWatch: count birds at feeders
• Great Backyard Bird Count: count winter bird populations
• NestWatch: monitor nests & collect breeding data
• Urban Bird Studies: study city birds
• Birds in Forested Landscapes: study forest habitats
• House Finch Disease Survey: help researchers track disease

• Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences
• Wing Island Banding Station
• Auburn Bird Banding Research Station

• Rusty Blackbird Census

• Nestbox building, monitoring

• Waterbird monitoring

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts relies on reporting from its citizens to help protect our land and preserve wildlife for generations of birdwatchers to come.

• information on the submission website/system
• account creation
• login to submit reports
• state-listed bird species
• requirements for submission of bird observations

• Bird conservation issues (e.g. global warming)
• American birds campaigns (e.g. Safeguarding the Rarest)
• Domestic habitat programs (e.g. Landscape Level Conservation)
• Domestic advocacy programs (e.g. Pesticides and Birds)
• International programs (e.g. Alliance for Zero Extinction)
• Science & monitoring programs (e.g. Andes Bird Monitoring)

• Birders’ Exchange (donate your used equipment!)
• Institute for Field Ornithology
• Young Birders programs

• Mission: to support and promote the observation, understanding, and conservation of the wild birds of New England.
• Extensive resources for the New England birder
• Articles on birding locations, avian populations and natural history, regional rarities, book reviews and field notes, bird sightings, photographs, and artwork

• Grassland Bird Program
• Coastal Waterbird Program (with field and intern programs)
• Advocacy: state legislation, land protection projects, & Action Network

• Watch List: monitors threatened bird species
• Important Bird Areas Program: global effort to identify & conserve vital areas for birds
• Waterbird & Coastal Bird Conservation programs; Neighborhood Conservation
• Issues & Actions: public policy advocacy re. habitats &endangered species

• Bird conservation partnerships & education

• Wetlands management & conservation

• Global conservation partnerships, advocacy

• Research, education, conservation

• Coordinates conservation efforts in Europe

• Global preservation of habitats & species

• Wildlife protection, education, legislation

• Land protection, education, legislation (for Massachusetts branch, e-mail massachusetts@tnc.org)

• Preservation, legislation, WildAlert

• Conservation, education, endangered species

• Duck Stamp, wetlands conservation

• Conservation of birds & ecosystems, outreach

• Research, conservation

• Regional land trust & conservation (See links to local organizations: e.g., Trustees of Reservations, Essex County Greenbelt)

• Conservation of land & open space

• Windpower & wildlife

• State agency–land protection, wildlife restoration (includes National Heritage and Endangered Species programs)