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Member's Area
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	Say Hello (4 Viewing) Introduce yourself - say a few lines about yourself & where you live Sub-Forums: Where Do You Live? - User Map	Hi from soggy Suffolk by PaulE Today 22:56	15,056	129,685
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	BirdForum TV Discussion The Forum Dedicated to BirdForum TV	New Video: AUSTRALASIAN... by delia todd Today 21:49	864	1,068

Rare Bird Sightings Rare bird information. Sightings, discussion and rarity photos.
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	Rare Bird Information (40 Viewing) Rare bird information. News and Discussion	Northern Rough-winged Swallow by PYRTLE Today 21:33	3,011	59,567
	Map of Rare and Scarce Birds in the British Isles today Map of Rare and Scarce Birds in the British Isles today	-	-	-

Birding
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	Live Bird News from around the World (1 Viewing)	A new species of finch has... by jurek Yesterday 23:13	1,126	5,818
	Bird Identification Q&A (37 Viewing) Ask away for advice on bird i.d. questions. PLEASE state country in title of request.	yellow browed warbler? N.... by CAU Today 22:57	28,331	230,709
	Birds & Birding (20 Viewing) General Forum for threads on birds and birding	What rare species of bird... by UtahnBirder Today 22:21	11,942	155,608
	Your Birding Day (4 Viewing) Been out today? List what you saw and where here Sub-Forums: Your Rarities	Whoopers at Hogganfield Loch by Cheshire Birder Today 22:13	6,378	45,957
	Information Wanted (2 Viewing) Ask here for general information or use geographical sections below for information on specific locations	safety tips for bird surveys... by borealowl47 Today 20:38	1,445	9,258
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	Bird Taxonomy and Nomenclature (9 Viewing) Splits, lumps, and shuffles? The place to learn about & discuss the latest scientific findings, as well as the various species concepts behind them	help by robinm Today 11:14	574	5,546
	Garden Birds, Bird Feeding & Nestboxes (13 Viewing) So what's in your garden, back yard or on your bird table? Sub-Forums: Food and Feeders, Nestboxes, Gardening for Birds	Very busy at the bird feeder... by Jabberwocky Today 22:36	3,988	38,856
	Bird Ringing and Banding (2 Viewing) Questions and Answers on this important topic	Ringed griffon vulture ,where... by ColD Today 20:22	603	4,016
	Conservation (4 Viewing) Discussion on wildlife & enviromental conservation Sub-Forums: Threatened Birds Of The world	Critically endangered Takahe... by rockfowl Today 15:30	1,230	17,944
	Migration (1 Viewing) Ask your questions and post your articles here!	Waxwings by JMomOhio Today 21:49	497	4,763
	Sea Watch (2 Viewing) A forum for Birders with an interest in Sea and Shore birds	Seabird Monitoring by llendorin Today 22:40	483	5,126
	Birds Of Prey (7 Viewing) Discuss Birds Of Prey (Raptors) here.	New Interview about Red Kite... by Markus Jais Today 21:07	2,404	30,367
	Vacational Trip Reports (5 Viewing) Please feel free to leave reports here after your trip. Please contribute to the community by not simply linking to another website.	Paraguay October 2009 by ovenbird43 Today 21:47	1,476	13,815
	Lists & Members Yearly Lists (1 Viewing) General Lists & Members Yearly Lists Sub-Forums: Member's Lists 2009, Previous Years Lists, Lists	My 2009 list by canadagurl123 Today 21:10	760	21,478
	Tips For New Birders Advice, tips and hints for birders of all levels, from birders of all levels!	Photographing Birds by j20 Yesterday 20:47	366	4,595
	Hummingbirds	Hummer ID help,... by fugl Yesterday 19:26	648	5,394
	The Ex Beeb Forum (4 Viewing) All are welcome to join this very informal wildlife-nature forum \| How to Subscribe	Join to View	0	0

Your Local Patch Ask Questions & Discuss Your Local Patch, And Geographically Specific Info Requests.
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	UK & Ireland County By County Patches (69 Viewing) Local patch reports & information requests Sub-Forums: East Anglia, Midlands, South East England, South West England, North East England, North West England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Channel Islands, Isle Of Man	Buzzard(?) near Sawtry by Clive A Today 22:43	2,073	95,761
	USA State By State Patches (2 Viewing) Local area/patch reports & information requests. Sub-Forums: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennesse, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington State, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming	birding sites orange county by Kevin Conville Today 21:10	740	4,449
	Europe & Rest of the World Patches (10 Viewing) Local area/patch reports & information requests Sub-Forums: Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia & New Zealand, Caribbean Islands, Central America, Middle East, North America (excluding U.S.A), South America	Birdwatching in Cambodia? by ririhugs Today 21:58	2,611	17,632

Multimedia
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	Computers, Birding Software And The Internet (6 Viewing) This is the place to ask questions and discuss the complex world of computers & Birding software.	Help! Another PDA or a... by Keith Dickinson Today 21:54	2,076	18,734
	TV & Radio Alert For Birding, Nature and Other Wildlife (4 Viewing) Alert everyone to a forthcoming programme on birding or nature & discuss the show here.	Life - New David Attenborough... by G Anderson Today 21:31	932	8,647
	Books, Magazines, Publications, Video & DVD (5 Viewing) Read any? Watched any? Can you recommend any? Dislike any? This is the place to let us know!	HBW 14 announced by Papuan birder Today 21:15	1,513	13,311

Opus Discussion Discussion for the BirdForum Opus
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	Opus Discussion Area Discussions will be automatically created here when you click the 'discussion' tab on an opus entry.	Black Tern by Steve Lister Yesterday 22:53	518	3,592
	Photos of New Species for OPUS Notify us of photos in gallery of new species for Opus, or upload them in this forum	2 new grasswrens by wintibird Friday 13th November 2009 10:42	795	2,479

Gallery Competitions & Pictures
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	Monthly Photo Competition	-	-	-
	Monthly Photo Competition Details (1 Viewing) Details of the monthly photo competition Sub-Forums: Old Competition Photographs	Announcing the November 2009... by christineredgate Saturday 31st October 2009 22:33	226	3,091
	Your Favourite Pictures From The Birdforum Gallery (2 Viewing) Post links to your favourite photos from the Birdforum Gallery.	Hoatzin by ammadoux Thursday 12th November 2009 22:12	205	1,172

Photography, Digiscoping, Art & Equipment
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	Andy Bright's Digiscoping Forum (11 Viewing) Get the answers to your digiscoping questions from Andy and the rest of the community. Sub-Forums: Digiscoping cameras, Digiscoping Accessories, Digiscoping Adapters, Camera Settings, VideoScoping, Photography using 'Astro' telescopes	Digiscoping with the Nikon... by micmic Today 22:54	3,652	28,794
	Cameras And Photography (43 Viewing) The forum to discuss all things to do with photography, with sub forums for cameras Sub-Forums: Canon, Nikon, Fuji, Minolta, Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax, Sigma & Other Third Party Lenses, Sony, Video, Technique, Photoshop, Paintshop and Printing, Photographic Tripods / Heads	So I got a Pentax K10D... by pikergolf Today 22:21	6,011	60,553
	Spotting Scopes & tripod/heads (30 Viewing) Discuss Spotting Scopes here Sub-Forums: Zeiss, Swarovski, Leica, Kowa, Nikon, Pentax, Eagle optics, Opticron, Tripod and Heads	tripod assistance needed... by SteveClifton Today 20:15	3,379	30,449
	Binoculars (56 Viewing) Binoculars Discussion forum Sub-Forums: Leica, Nikon, Swarovski, Zeiss, Bushnell - Bausch & Lomb, Pentax, Canon, Minox, Leupold, Opticron, Swift, Others	New Swarovski EL? by brocknroller Today 22:43	5,028	67,308
	Miscellaneous Nature Study Equipment (2 Viewing) Subforums on Clothing and Equipment Insurance. Sub-Forums: Outdoor Clothing, Equipment Insurance	Russian Hat - Where to buy by Claymore Yesterday 21:17	240	3,131
	Photo Critique (4 Viewing) Improve your Photo Technique with suggestions and creative criticism from other forum members	critique and addvice plse by spock Today 22:23	806	6,600
	Macro Photography (1 Viewing) Natural History Macro Photography	DSLR v Compact ? by rob lee Saturday 14th November 2009 21:35	64	714
	Wildlife Art (4 Viewing) The forum for discussing painting and sketching of all forms of wildife art	A Glance Back by Woody Today 13:38	477	19,691
	Bird Sounds Recording Eqpt & Discussion (1 Viewing) Discussion on equipment, technique & results.	Parabolic Mics by timberman Today 15:18	220	1,413
	Classifieds - For Sale or Wanted (10 Viewing) Use this forum for sale, exchange or request of birding equipment, books, and other related items. Sub-Forums: For Sale, Wanted, Exchange / Swap	Join to View	0	0

Nature In General
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	Reptiles and Amphibians (1 Viewing) Snakes Frogs etc............	Everglades pythons by swamp_rattler Today 01:18	644	3,919
	Butterflies and Moths (3 Viewing) Many birders have an interest in insects, Discuss here. Sub-Forums: Butterflies and Moths ID	Painted Lady question by Surreybirder Today 21:18	4,404	38,157
	Insects, Dragonflies, Arachnids, Beetles & More (2 Viewing) Discussions on insects, dragonflies, arachnids, beetles & more.	Mystery Beetle. by trekker Yesterday 23:06	2,497	15,234
	Trees, Flowers, Plants, Fungi and Shrubs (1 Viewing) Orchids, Wild Flowers and more.	Inkberry in China? by Gretchen Wednesday 18th November 2009 05:21	1,294	7,633
	Mammals & Sea Life (7 Viewing) Mammals & Sea Life - from Bears and Foxes to Seals and Fish	An end to Japanese whaling? by PaulE Today 22:58	951	8,486
	Bats Discussion on bats	Bat Bridges designed for... by GDK Tuesday 17th November 2009 15:21	176	1,020
	Other Wildlife (1 Viewing) A forum to discuss all the wildlife not covered in other forums.	Anyone had a unique... by Surreybirder Sunday 15th November 2009 12:04	265	2,421

The World Today / Off Topic Subjects
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	Bird Forum Fun Quizzes (2 Viewing) Test your knowledge - are you a super brain or a bird brain?	Field work ... hard work! by jacana Today 22:10	724	39,344
	Ruffled Feathers (6 Viewing) Relax with a joke, a story, or anything else of interest - treat this as an off-topic bar after a long day's birding! \| How to Subscribe	Join to View	0	0

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