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Mississippi

Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Š2003 Cal Vornberger http://www.calvorn.com/index.htm

You will notice that there is no introduction to this section yet.

I would like to fill this gap with an introduction from a local birder [or someone who is a frequent visitor] for every on of the geographical pages. The many thousands of birders now regularly using these pages prefer to read something written by someone who can see the place from an insider's point of view. They know the best spots, not just the ones that first time overseas visitors usually visit or that are on the normal birding trip itineraries.

Each introduction carries the e-mail address of the contributor so that birders can get in touch with them if, for example, they are planning a trip [unless the contributor is unable to do this].

Please get in touch if you feel you can contribute an introduction to this page - you don't have to be an expert; I'm not!

numbers

Number of bird species:400

useful reading

A Guide to Bird Finding East of the Mississippi

A Guide to Bird FOS Pettingill 689 pages, line illus. Oxford University Press 1997
ISBN: 0195020979
Buy this book from NHBS.com

A Guide to the Birds of the South-Eastern States

Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi John H Rappole 336 pages, 420 colour photos, 379 dist maps. Florida University Presses 2006
ISBN: 0813028612
Buy this book from NHBS.com

Birds of Mississippi

W. H. Turcotte, David L. Watts Hardcover - 432 pages (November 1999) University Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1578061105
Buy this book from NHBS.com

Guide to Birding Coastal Mississippi and Adjacent Counties

Judith A Toups et al 168 pages, figs, 19 maps. Stackpole Books 2004
ISBN: 0811729699
Buy this book from NHBS.com

useful information

State Bird

Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos

clubs

Audubon Society in Mississippi

http://www.audubon.org/chapter/ms/
The usual list of local chapters.

Audubon Mississippi

http://www.msaudubon.org/
Welcome to the new Audubon Mississippi website. As we develop this site further, we hope you find it to be a dynamic and vibrant source of information about Audubons science, education and policy work across Mississippi...

EagleWatch Audubon

http://www.nationaleaglecenter.org/
The mission of EagleWatch, Inc. now an ( Audubon Chapter ) is to foster environmental stewardship through conservation, research and education in the Upper Mississippi River region; to create a new generation of citizen-scientists participating in field ecological investigations; to appreciate the bald eagle as a symbol of our cultural heritage; and to celebrate eagles as a symbol of the success of Federal and State endangered species recovery efforts.

Jackson Audubon Society

http://dreamwater.org/jxnaudubon/
The Jackson Audubon Society chapter was founded in 1971. The chapter hosts interesting birding field trips and monthly informational programs throughout the year. Everyone with an interest in birds is welcome. Beginners and persons just getting started in birdwatching are especially welcome. The field trips are to all the local birding hotspots, as well as to nearby state parks and National Wildlife Refuges, including Yazoo NWR, St. Catherine`s Creek NWR, and Tallahatchie NWR. Other local destinations include LeFluers Bluff State Park, the Pearl River Waterfowl Refuge, and the Ross Barnett Resevoir. Highlights of the year are trips to the Gulf Coast to witness the spectacular spring warbler migration, and the annual fall trip to St. Catherine`s Creek NWR to see one of the most outstanding shorebird migrations seen anywhere.

Nature Conservancy in Mississippi

http://nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/mississippi/
Check out the photo of Sunrise over Delta National Forrest - Welcome to The Nature Conservancy`s Mississippi Chapter home page. Here you`ll find information on the many ways we`re working to help preserve the diversity of living things by protecting the habitats they call home. Our foray into cyberspace is just beginning, but we hope we are meeting your most immediate needs for information. As our Web page construction efforts continue, we will bring you much more about our work in Mississippi. In the coming months, we`ll be adding new stories and pictures, and we hope you`ll stop by frequently.

Oktibbeha Audubon Society

http://www.geocities.com/sps642460/oas.html
Lists activities, officers etc.

Shreveport Bird Study Group

http://www.birdstudygroup.org/
The Bird Study Group is a northwest Louisiana organization of bird-watchers based in Shreveport. The Bird Study Group offers field trips, bird discussions, a bird sighting database, and other programs for people with an interest in birds...

reserves

Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge

http://mississippisandhillcrane.fws.gov/
The Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge is one of more than 500 national wildlife refuges administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It was established in 1975 to safeguard the critically endangered Mississippi sandhill crane and its unique disappearing habitat...

Noxubee NWR

http://noxubee.fws.gov/
Noxubee Refuge is a U.S. Fish and Wildlife refuge located in northeast Mississippi. The refuge includes two large lakes, Loakfoma and Bluff, that attract shorebirds in migration, herons and egrets in the summer, and thousands of ducks in the winter. A colony of an estimated 30,000 cattle egrets and ibis, herons, and egrets nest on Bluff Lake. In addition, the refuge includes 35 clusters of red-cockaded woodpeckers, a bird listed on the endangered species list. The RCW clusters also attract nesting bachman`s sparrows, pine warblers, and brown-headed nuthatches. Two clusters are convenient for visitors. One cluster is only one-quarter mile away at Woodpecker Trail, and a second is located on Douglas Bluff Road, just about hundred yards from bathroom facilities.

trip reports

Travelling Birder
http://www.travellingbirder.com
The Travellingbirder.com birding trip report search engine guides you to 7,000+ birding trip reports on the Internet. You can search for trip reports from a specific country and time of year. Not all these reports are in English. So, if you cant find the trip report you want on this Fatbirder page give them a try!

1998 [May] - Mary Beth Stowe

http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/maybank/USA/Multi/US-multi-05-98-H.htm
For not starting the birding day until midday, it wasn`t a bad day at all! Left Lake Charles in the fog, but it had lifted by the time I crossed that wonderful swamp that I-10 passes through; Little Blue Herons dotted the skies like crows! Thought I might have had an Anhinga, but didn`t get a very good look, and knew I`d undoubtedly run into them later (if I don`t, something`s wrong here, folks!)

tour operators

Birding Pal

http://birdingpal.org/ms.htm
Local birders willing to show visiting birders around their area...

places to stay

Monmouth Plantation B&B

http://www.bbonline.com/ms/monmouth/quitman.html
This room was named for John James Audubon as it looks into the woods, where you may see a variety of birds and wildlife. It has a four-poster, full canopy queen bed and the bathroom has a skylight...

mailing lists

MissBird

http://www.virtualbirder.com/bmail/missbird/latest.html
To post to list:missbird@sunset.backbone.olemiss.edu
List contact:Martin Davis (sunset.backbone@olemiss.edu)
To subscribe to list:listserv@sunset.backbone.olemiss.edu
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Mailing List Discussion Group - Mississippi List -

Riverbird

To subscribe to list:riverbird-request@linux.winona.msus.edu
subscribe
Discussion of birds in states on the Mississippi River

Coast Birds

http://www.geocities.com/coastbirds/
On this site I am collecting arrival and departure records of migrants and rare species on the Mississippi Coast. I want to see when each species arrives and departs this region based on historical records. This will allow birders to compare, to a certain degree, the importance of the observations we make each year. Was our sighting noteworthy because it was early or late? Was migration on-time this year? How are arrivals or departures changing over time? When have rare species primarily occurred? When might we make a concerted effort to look for any given species on the Mississippi Checklist?

Eagle Watch

http://www.nationaleaglecenter.org/
The mission of EagleWatch, Inc. is to foster environmental stewardship through conservation, research and education in the Upper Mississippi River region; to create a new generation of citizen-scientists participating in field ecological investigations; to appreciate the bald eagle as a symbol of our cultural heritage; and to celebrate eagles as a symbol of the success of Federal and State endangered species recovery efforts...