augustfrisk's Journal

Listed here are some resources that I have found useful for identifying birds by sight, sound, and indirect means such as feathers, tracks, nests, and more. I have prioritized online resources in an effort to increase access to information. If you know of any resources that you would like to share, please leave a comment!

Birds

• All About Birds
• Bird-sounds
• BirdNET
• Macaulay Library
• National Audubon Society
• Nest Watch

Feathers

• All About Feathers
• Feather Atlas
• Featherbase
• Found Feathers (iNaturalist project)
• University of Puget Sound Wing & Tail Image Collection

Books

• John C. Kricher. 2020. Peterson reference guide to bird behavior.
• Casey McFarland, Matthew Monjello & David Moskowitz. 2021. Peterson field guide to North American bird nests.
• Roger T. Peterson & Michael DiGiorgio. 2020. Peterson field guide to birds of western North America (Fifth edition).
• S. David Scott & Casey McFarland. 2010. Bird feathers: A guide to North American species.
• Scott Weidensaul. 2015. Owls of North America and the Caribbean.
• Rick Wright. 2019. Peterson reference guide to sparrows of North America.

Listed here are some resources that I have found useful for identifying plants. I have prioritized online resources in an effort to increase access to information. If you know of any resources that you would like to share, please leave a comment!

Plants

• Calflora
• California Native Plant Society: Helpful Tools
• Jepson eFlora
• North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
• Oregon State University: Landscape Plants
• SEINet (Southwestern US)
• SelecTree
• University of Utah: Botany Vascular Plants
• Wildflower Center

Listed here are some resources that I have found useful for identifying and learning more about various organisms. I have prioritized online resources in an effort to increase access to information. If you know of any resources that you would like to share, please leave a comment!

Other

• American Museum of Natural History Library Digital Repository
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library (archived literature)
• BoneID
• California Fish Website
• California Herps
• Freshwater Gastropods of North America
• Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society
• MykoWeb
• PLOS ONE (open access journal)
• ResearchGate (research articles)
• University of Utah: Vertebrate Zoology Voucher Images

Listed here are some resources that I have found useful for identifying various insects, spiders, and other terrestrial arthropods. I have prioritized online resources in an effort to increase access to information. If you know of any resources that you would like to share, please leave a comment!

General Arachnids, insects, and others

• BugGuide (North America)
• Eggs & Egg Coverings of Terrestrial Invertebrates (iNaturalist project)
• Galerie du Monde des insectes (Europe)
• Spencer Entomological Collection (mostly British Columbia, the Yukon, and Alaska)
• University of Utah: Entomology Specimen Photos (mostly North America)
• Urban Entomology (mostly California)

Ants

• AntWiki
• AntWeb
• Gordon Lab

Butterflies and moths

• Butterflies of America
• Butterflies and Moths of North America
• Central California Butterflies
• Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society
• Moths of North America
• Moth Photographers Group
• Pacific Northwest Moths

Dragonflies and damselflies

• California Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata)
• Dragonflies (Odonata) of the Greater Southwest

Flies

• Field/Photo ID for Flies
• Manual of Nearctic Diptera Vol. 1
• Manual of Nearctic Diptera Vol. 2
• Manual of Nearctic Diptera Vol. 3

Gall inducing insects, arachnids, and others

• Forbes Lab
• Gallformers
• Gall inducer emergence calculator
• Joyce Gross Photography

Insect sounds

• Insect Singers
• Singing Insects of North America

Spiders and other arachnids

• Jumping Spiders of the World
• Peckham Society
• Spider Genitals (iNaturalist project)
• Srivastava Lab
• World Arachnid Catalog
• World Spider Catalog
• World Spider Trait Database

Other arthropods

• Carabidae, Zopheridae, and Tenebrionidae of the North American West Coast
• Collembola
• Lacewing Digital Library
• Orthopterist's Society
• Planthoppers of North America
• ScaleNet
• Soapberry Bugs of the World
• Treehoppers