All about Birds

All about Birds is a comprehensive resource for North American birds, bird watching, and bird conservation, produced by the renowned Cornell Lab of Ornithology. The primary attraction is the bird guide, which provides information on approximately 585 of the 700+ North American bird species. Designed for the general public, the bird guide is searchable by common names. The search engine and ranking algorithm are fairly robust. A search on chickadees retrieved the most common species first, the black‐capped chickadee, and also effectively accommodated non‐hyphenated entries. A second access point is through browsing by common name or bird shapes. This option...