University of Michigan Museum of Zoology

Birds :: Michigan Birds

• Checklist of Michigan birds, RB Payne 1986
• Birds of the E.S. George Reserve, Livingston Co., MI (on-line list from the field research station of the Museum of Zoology)
• Historical Lists of Michigan Birds
  • Thomas Nuttall, 1810. Nuttall's Travels into the old Northwest-- an unpublished 1810 diary, by J. E. Graustein, Chronica Botanica 14(1/2):61-65,81-82, 1952.
  • Abram Sager, 1839, Report of the Zoologist of Geological Survey
  • John E. Cabot, 1850, Report of the Birds Collected and Observed at Lake Superior.
  • Charles Fox, 1853-4, The Birds of Michigan
  • Manly Miles, 1861, A Catalog of the Mammals, Birds, Reptiles and Mollusks, of Michigan
  • Alfred H. Boies, 1875, Cataloge of the Birds ascertained to occur in Southern Michigan
  • Morris Gibbs, 1879, Annotated List of the Birds of Michigan
  • Joseph B. Steere, 1880, A list of the Mammals and Birds of Ann Arbor and Vicinity.
  • Adolphe B. Covert, 1881, Annotated List of the Birds and Mammals of Washtenaw County, Michigan
• Michigan Bird Conservation Initiative a consortium of groups working to conserve Michian birds
• FAQ list for Birders@umich.edu (SE Michigan birder's group; included directions for joining)
• Michigan Birding Home Page (includes e-mail groups, Michigan birding organizations, local Audubon Societies, bird reports)
• Michigan Bird Records Committee (includes photos of rarities)
• Michigan Birds Record Committee Checklist of Michigan Birds information on rarities (a project of the Rouge River Bird Observatory)
• Rouge River Bird Observatory (Dearborn, southeast MI)
• Michigan Audubon Society (includes information on Kirtland's Warblers, Piping Plovers)
• Washtenaw Audubon Society Ann Arbor area--schedules of meetings and field trips.
• Lake Erie Crossroads birding web site (birdwatching areas on western Lake Erie, St. Clair River)
• Whitefish Point Bird Observatory (Upper Peninsula)
• Michigan Area Birds
• Manitou Island Bird Survey (migration in Lake Superior)
• Kirtland's Warbler Festival Information (held every spring by Kirtland Community College)
• U.S. Forest Service Kirtland's Warbler page (see for information on the warbler, tours, etc.)
• Michigan Dept. Nat. Resources- maps of State Game Areas & Wildlife Areas (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)