Tools for Birders
Weather: the basics: NOAA
Weather: the basics: Intellicast
Weather: the basics: Weather Underground
Basics plus - Accuweather
Weather - maps and beyond
Marine Weather Forecast
Offshore Weather Conditions
Wind Conditions
Woodcreeper.com: nexrad migration in New Jersey
Explanation of Nexrad images
Tide Charts: SiteA: SiteB: SiteC
Sun and Moon: Site A - Site B - Sun Only - Moon Phase
Maps: Mapquest or Yahoo or MSN or Google Maps
Optics: Optics for Birding or Better View Desired
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Worldwide Links
About.Com's birding pages
BadBirdz.Com
Birding.Com
Birding and Ecological Sites in Cascadia
Birdingonthe.Net
Birdnet: Ornithological Information Source
Birdwatching.com
Birdzilla.com
Bird Links to the World
The Fat Birder
Gorp - Birding
The Virtual Birder
Ornithology.com
Surfbirds.com
Yahoo! Birding
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Maps and 
Geo-imaging
COOL! Check out Birding Locations by Lat/Lon coordinates
Aerial photos - zoom in and select Bird's Eye View - wicked cool
Google Earth - download a free viewer for geographic data
GPS Visualizer creates maps and profiles from GPS data
Google Maps
USGS list of links to aerial photos and maps
Massachusetts GIS
Massachusetts BioMap: mapping of known biodiversity areas
USGS database locator - enter a location and select any of several ways to view it.
Maptech Map Server: view topographic maps
Delorme's Cyber Atlas
National Mapping Information: USGS 
Physiographic Areas: shows composition of geography
Microsoft Terra Server: satellite photos 
Historic Topographic Maps online from UNH - excellent! 
More Historic Topo Maps from Maptech - as early as 1893
Library of Congress: search the map collections
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An Eclectic Mix
Google Scholar - beta so far, but lets you search for scientific articles.
Online Etymology Index
Atmospheric Optics: images of weather phenomena
Palm PDA field guide: with donation to National Wildlife Federation. 
Sun and Moon data
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