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Directory of Birding & Nature Mailing Lists & Yahoo! GroupsYahoo! | Topica | MSN | FreeLists | eScribe | Google Groups | BirdLife International Globally Threatened Bird Forums | Bird Listserv Archives | Nature & Environment Listserv Archives Below are links to significant web-archived lists about birding, birds, butterflies, dragonflies, other natural history, conservation and environment. Most backyard birding, cagebird, "dude", low traffic and frivolous lists have been omitted. Personal favorites are in bold. Further comments and suggestions below. Yahoo! GroupsClick Here to opt out of Yahoo! Web Beacons, their insidious pixel tracking scheme. This must be done separately on each computer and in each browser and each browser version you use. Click Here to opt out of spam mailings that Yahoo! will otherwise send you by default. Click Here to opt out of spam mailings by Yahoo! Group owners. ABZ-rare-birds - Aberdeen [Latest messages] AfricanBirding [Latest messages] AKBirding - Alaska [Latest messages] albirds - Alabama [Latest messages] Americaves - Argentina birds (español). [Latest messages] AmericavesII - Argentina birds (español). [Latest messages] Amsterdams_VogelNet [Latest messages] andamanicobar [Latest messages] AnseriformesNeotropicales [Latest messages] AntiPoachers [Latest messages] asianwaterbirdcensus [Latest messages] ayrshirebirding [Latest messages] australianherps [Latest messages] avelin - Aveando en Lima, Peru [Latest messages] aves-contact (Belgique) [Latest messages] Aves_Ecuador [Latest messages] aves_raras (Mexico) [Latest messages] avesparaguay [Latest messages] AvesPatagonia [Latest messages] AvianReferences [Latest messages] avimonde (Français) [Latest messages] ayrshirebirding [Latest messages] balkanvultures [Latest messages] bcbirdingvanisland - Vancouver Island, BC [Latest messages] bcintbird - BC Interior [Latest messages] bcvanbirds - Vancouver, BC [Latest messages] bedsbirds - Bedfordshire [Latest messages] beerdrinkingbirders - Humour [Latest messages] beetles-britishisles [Latest messages] Belgian_birds - in Flemish beringia_birders - Alaska [Latest messages] BERKSBIRDS - Berkshire [Latest messages] BiCoSoGuj - Bird Conservation Society of Gujarat [Latest messages] Biodiversidad_PERU [Latest messages] birdbooklist [Latest messages] birdconservation [Latest messages] birders - Malaysia [Latest messages] [Moved to Google Groups in 2005] Birding_optics [Latest messages] BirdingCumbria [Latest messages] birdinggulls - Gull ID [Latest messages] birdingnorthants - Northamptonshire, UK [Latest messages] birdline (sic) - This guy ripped off both WorldTwitch and the real and original Birdline. BirdNetCaucasus [Latest messages] BirdsCaribbean - As of 9/02, successor to SocietyCaribOrnit [Latest messages] BirdsinRussia [Latest messages] birdsofbombay [Latest messages] birdsofNEIndia [Latest messages] BirdwatchPhilippines [Latest messages] birdwatch_gelderland [Latest messages] birdwatch-spain [Latest messages] birdwatchingbr [Latest messages] - Brazil birdyak - Yakima County, WA [Latest messages] bngbirds - Bangalore [Latest messages] bnhs_news_group - Bedfordshire [Latest messages] BOU_birdtalk [Latest messages] BQ_Forum - Queensland, Aus [Latest messages] btblue - New York City metropolitan area (Metro Birding Briefs) [Latest messages] Buckbirders - Buckinghamshire [Latest messages] BushmeatAwarenessGroup [Latest messages] butterfly-pix [Latest messages] ButterflyIndia [Latest messages] ButterflysocietyofRI [Latest messages] cambirds - Cambridge [Latest messages] capebirdnet - Western Cape [Latest messages] Caribbean-bats [Latest messages] caribbean-biodiversity [Latest messages] central-sierra-birds - Alpine, Calaveras, Mariposa & Tuolumne Counties, CA [Latest messages] central_valley_birds - San Joaquin Valley, CA [Latest messages] CfDS - Campaign for Dark Skies (UK) [Latest messages] COA - Club de Observadores de Aves del Noreste de México [Latest messages] cobirders - Colorado [Latest messages] ColumbiaAudubon [Latest messages] conservacao - Brazil (português) [Latest messages] ConserveAfrica [Latest messages] Conservationthroughbirding [Latest messages] CornishWildlife [Latest messages] cr-birding - Colour-ringed birds [Latest messages] countybirders - Bird distribution in all 58 California counties. [Latest messages] CVBIRDS - Chemung Valley, NY [Latest messages] DarkSky-list - Can't read online DBA-USA - Disabled Birders Association of America de-conservation - Delaware [Latest messages] digiscopingbirds [Latest messages] dragonflies-uk [Latest messages] Eaglechat - Alaska birds [Latest messages] earthfirstalert [Latest messages] ecosrioplatenses - español [Latest messages] EGVWG - East European / Mediterranean Griffon Vulture Working Group [Latest messages] ekootenaybirds - East Kootenays, BC [Latest messages] environmentaljournalists [Latest messages] eritreabirding [Latest messages] ExpeditionBirding [Latest messages] extinctbirds [Latest messages] fauna_latina - español [Latest messages] FieldHerpTexas [Latest messages] FlaBirding - Florida and the Bahamas [Latest messages] FLRBA - Florida Rare Bird Alert [Latest messages] fresno_county_birders - CA [Latest messages] froggingamerica [Latest messages] fws-shorebirds [Latest messages] gl_odonata - Great Lakes Dragonflies [Latest messages] Gujarat_Birds [Latest messages] habitatnews - Singapore [Latest messages] HawaiiBirding [Latest messages] hertsbirding - Hertsfordshire, UK [Latest messages] Hi_MountainCondor [Latest messages] Highland_and_Moray_Birds - Scotland [Latest messages] hmbirds - Albany, New York [Latest messages] hoslist - Hampshire [Latest messages] Hummers-West [Latest messages] HummingbirdHobnob [Latest messages] IA-BTRFLY - Iowa butterflies and dragonflies [Latest messages] ibc_network - Indian Bird Conservation Network [Latest messages] ible - Idaho Birders [Latest messages] ILbirds - Illinois Birders [Latest messages] IL_Bugs - Illinois [Latest messages] ilowg - International Little Owl Working Group [Latest messages] INCASPIZA - Peru bird conservation (español) [Latest messages] inlandcountybirds - Riverside, San Bernadino and Imperial Counties, CA [Latest messages] IOSNews - Isles of Scilly [Latest messages] israbirdnet - Israel [Latest messages] jerusabirdnet - Jerusalem [Latest messages] kantori - Birds in Japan [Latest messages] kenyabirdsnet [Latest messages] keralabirder - Kerala, India [Latest messages] kerncobirding - Kern County, CA [Latest messages] Kernowbirds - Cornwall and Scilly [Latest messages] kosnet - Kent Ornithological Society [Latest messages] LACoBirds - Los Angeles County, CA [Latest messages] LCBirds - Lower Columbia River, WA & OR [Latest messages] Lincsbirdnews - Lincolnshire [Latest messages] londonbirders [Latest messages] LondonOrnithology [Latest messages] lothianbirdnews - Scotland [Latest messages] Lycaena - Wallonie (français) [Latest messages] malaysianbirders [Latest messages] Manitobabirds [Latest messages] maharashtrapakshimitra - Maharashtra Pakshimitra [Latest messages] martinets-hirondelles [Latest messages] md-smas - Southern Maryland [Latest messages] Mearnsbirdclub - Orange Co., NY [Latest messages] MEBirdNet - Middle East [Latest messages] Mendobirds - Mendocino County, CA [Latest messages] MegaBirdNews - UK [Latest messages] Mexico-Birding [Latest messages] MidHudsonBirds - NY [Latest messages] MidlandsBirdNews [Latest messages] mirapajarospr - Puerto Rico [Latest messages] mnbird_archive_list - Archives of MNBird (Minnesota) from 7/99 to 2/02. For recent archives, see below. modoc-siskiyoubirding - Modoc and Siskiyou Counties, CA [Latest messages] mountainbirds - Nepal [Latest messages] narvalleyornithologicalsociety - West Norfolk, UK [Latest messages] Nativefishconservancy - North America [Latest messages] NaturalHistory-L [Latest messages] nature-singapore [Latest messages] naturepotpouri [Latest messages] naturerecordists [Latest messages] NEBirdNews - Northeast England [Latest messages] NEBirds - Nebraska [Latest messages] NEodes - Northeast U.S. [Latest messages] neotropicalraptors [Latest messages] nflbirds - North Florida, South Georgia and South Alabama. [Latest messages] njbirdwatchers - New Jersey [Latest messages] noazbirding - Northern and Central Arizona [Latest messages] norfolkbird - Birdcall, Norfolk, East Anglia [Latest messages] norfolkbirds - Norfolk, East Anglia [Latest messages] northbaybirds - Sonoma, Marin, Napa, Lake & Solano Counties, CA. [Latest messages] NorthEastBirding - Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, County Durham, Cleveland & North Yorkshire. [Latest messages] northeasternutahbirding - Utah [Latest messages] Northern_NY_Birds [Latest messages] NorWestLeps - Northern California, Oregon & Washington butterflies [Latest messages] Nottsbirdsnews - Nottinghamshire [Latest messages] NS-RBA - Nova Scotia [Latest messages] ntbirds - Australia [Latest messages] NWBirdNews - Northwest England [Latest messages] nwcalbird - Humboldt, Del Norte & Trinity Counties, CA [Latest messages] NYSButterflies - New York State [Latest messages] obs49 - Maine-et-Loire [Latest messages] obs85 - Vendée [Latest messages] obsbzh - Bretagne [Latest messages] obs-champagne-ardennes [Latest messages] ObsFr - France [Latest messages] ObsIdf - Ile-de-France [Latest messages] obsmaine - Mayenne & Sarthe [Latest messages] obsmedit - Méditerranée [Latest messages] obsmip - Midi-Pyrénées [Latest messages] obsnaturePO66 - Pyrénées Orientales [Latest messages] obsnorm - Normands [Latest messages] ObsRhonAlpes [Latest messages] obsvpc - Vendée-Poitou-Charentes [Latest messages] okleps - Oklahoma [Latest messages] OntarioBirding [Latest messages] onychophora - Velvet Worms [Latest messages] OrangeCountyBirding - CA [Latest messages] OrCoRBA - Orange County, CA Rare Bird Alert [Latest messages] orientalbirding [Latest messages] orientalbirdingpix [Latest messages] ornitho-guyane [Latest messages] ornithologie (français) [Latest messages] ornitobr - Brazil (português) [Latest messages] Ornitologica_de_Mexico [Latest messages] osbirds - Otsego & Schoharie Counties, NY [Latest messages] Oxonbirds - Oxfordshire [Latest messages] papuabirdclub - Covers Papua (formerly Irian Jaya), Wallacea and other islands in eastern Indonesia. [Latest messages] PasadenaAudubon - Los Angeles County, CA [Latest messages] Pelagic_News [Latest messages] peninsula-birding - San Mateo County, CA [Latest messages] peregrinefalcon [Latest messages] perlisstatepark - Malaysia [Latest messages] peterbirder - Peterborough [Latest messages] pigeon-holes - Singapore [Latest messages] PineyWoodsBirds - Mississippi [Latest messages] podeltabirds - Po Delta and Venice [Latest messages] pretoriabirds [Latest messages] PublicPopForum - Sustainable Population Australia [Latest messages] raptor-conservation [Latest messages] RaptorBiology [Latest messages] rajnat - Natural history of Rajasthan [Latest messages] RIBIRDS - Rhode Island [Latest messages] RNOACOL - Colombia birds (español) [Latest messages] RRBO_birds - Dearborn, MI [Latest messages] Rutlandbirder - Rutland & Stamford, UK [Latest messages] Rye_Bay_Wildlife - East Sussex [Latest messages] sabamembers - South Alabama Birding Association [Latest messages] sacramento_birds [Latest messages] sararebirdalert - South Africa [Latest messages] Saskbirds - Saskatchewan [Latest messages] SATXbirds - San Antonio, TX [Latest messages] SaveWildlife [Latest messages] sbcobirding - Santa Barbara County, CA [Latest messages] SCConservNet - South Carolina [Latest messages] ScotBirdNews [Latest messages] SDBIRDS - San Diego and Imperial Counties, CA & Northern Baja California [Latest messages] se-odonata - Southeastern U.S. [Latest messages] SEBirdNews - Southeast England [Latest messages] SFBirds - San Francisco [Latest messages] shasta_birders - Shasta Country, CA Shropshirebirds [Latest messages] sierra-nevadabirds [Latest messages] SirenianVoice [Latest messages] sjbirds - San Joaquin County, CA [Latest messages] slocobirding - San Luis Obispo County, CA [Latest messages] SociedadEntomologicaArgentina [Latest messages] sociedadornitologicahispaniola - La República Dominicana [Latest messages] SocietyCaribOrnit [Latest messages] - As of 9/02, replaced by BirdsCaribbean. Songsparrow - Montreal [Latest messages] SoWestLep - Southwestern U.S. lepidoptera [Latest messages] Spotted-Eagles [Latest messages] sprayno - No Spray Coalition [Latest messages] SRQbirdAlerts - Sarasota & Manatee Counties, FL [Latest messages] STA_Birds - Stanislaus County, CA [Latest messages] SurreyBirders [Latest messages] Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide [Latest messages] SWBirdNews - Southwest England [Latest messages] SWFLBirdline - Southwestern Florida [Latest messages] tanzaniabirds [Latest messages] texas_birdchat [Latest messages] threswa - Threatened Steppe Waders Working Group [Latest messages] TILS-leps-talk [Latest messages] TILS-moth-rah [Latest messages] tnherps - Tennessee [Latest messages] tularekingsbirds - CA [Latest messages] UK400CLUBRAREBIRDALERT [Latest messages] ukbirding - Incorrectly listed by Yahoo! as an age-restricted nudist group. (Might their robot have found a reference to Great Tits?) [Latest messages] VA-MD-DE-Bugs - Virginia, Maryland, Delaware [Latest messages] valeps - Virginia [Latest messages] venturacobirding - Ventura County, CA [Latest messages] VogelnetZuidKennemerland - South Kennemerland and Haarlem Meer, Netherlands Vulture-Conservation [Latest messages] warwickbirds [Latest messages] washbutterflies [Latest messages] wbcp - Philippines [Latest messages] WCanButterflies [Latest messages] wcti - Wildlife Conservation & Trade Issues [Latest messages] WelshBirdNews [Latest messages] WestPalBirds [Latest messages] wildbirdSingapore [Latest messages] wind_turbines_birds [Latest messages] wkbirds - West Kootenay, BC [Latest messages] wmbc-announce - West Midland Bird Club [Latest messages] WMBC-Staffs - Staffordshire [Latest messages] WMBC-WestMidlands [Latest messages] WMBC-Worcs - Worcestershire [Latest messages] WorthleyBotany [Latest messages] wsbn - Colorado [Latest messages] WWF-WorldWideFraud [Latest messages] wvpanhandlenaturalists - West Virginia [Latest messages] YorkshireBirds [Latest messages] Topica Listsarachnida - Arachnology CoBirders - Colorado DnT in English - Drillbits & Tailings FredVSO - Fredericksburg chapter of the Virginia Ornithological Society Llano Estacado Audubon Society - Lubbock, TX MassLep [Moved to Google Groups in 9/05] OCP - Ecuador OCP Pipeline MSN GroupsLEPSrUS - Butterflies of central and southern Florida [Latest messages] FreeListsBirdKY - Kentucky Bristol-birds - SE Virginia & NE Tennessee TN-Bird - Tennessee VA-Bird - Virginia eScribe ListsCavnet - Cavity-nesting birds MARMAM - Marine Mammals Research & Conservation Voila ClubsGoogle Groupsbirders (Malaysia) CILB (Central Illinois) NRVBirds (New River Valley, VA, NC, WV) roanokebirds (Roanoke, VA) sci.bio.entomology.lepidoptera - mirror of the Leps List [Archives 4/98 to 1/01 on Yahoo! Groups] BirdLife International Globally Threatened Bird Forums:Threatened Birds in the Americas
Threatened European and Central Asian Birds Other Bird List ArchivesBirding-Aus - Australia SA Birdnet - South Africa BCST Webboards - Thailand. Caution: The IP and email addresses of participants are exposed and unencrypted. Angus Birding Grapevine - Scotland surfbirdnews - UK rarities Avifauna - Neotropical region (Español) Birdbycatch - Seabird Bycatch Birding in Cincinnati Message Board | Sightings Log Cobirds - Colorado Foros Colibri - Aves en América Latina Eastern Sierra Birds - Inyo & Mono Countires, CA EBbird - Alameda & Contra Costa Counties, CA GeneseeBirds - upstate New York MNBird - Minnesota NMB - Northeast Michigan Birding Message Board Northwest Ohio Rare Bird Forum Ohio-birds | Ohio Birding News Ontario Birding Reports (Recent) | Archives - Compiled from a variety of sources. Tropical Audubon Society Miami Bird Board Tweeters - Washington State - last 2 months are archived Lists on listserv.arizona.edu, including:
Lists on virtualbirder.com, including:
Lists on lists.princeton.edu, including:
Lists on listserv.uh.edu, including
Lists on listserv.uark.edu, including Lists on lists.ufl.edu, including Lists on listserv.admin.usf.edu, including:
Lists on listserv.uga.edu, including
Lists on listserv.indiana.edu, including:
Lists on lists.audubon.org, including Lists on listserv.ksu.edu, including
Lists on listserv.nodak.edu, including
Lists on list.uvm.edu, including
Lists on home.ease.lsoft.com, including:
Lists on lists.duke.edu, including: Lists on listserv.unb.ca, including:
Lists on idaho.edu, including: Lists on umn.ed, including
Lists on hwcn.org:
Lists on securesites.net (details):
Lists on umd.edu, including Recent message archives on Birdingonthe.net (scroll down). Lists apparently not archived elsewhere include:
California birding lists combined on the CA Birding Lists Digest Other Natural History & Conservation List ArchivesALiens - Invasive species CoastalRecords - California Coastal Records Project Conch-L - Conchologists of America Eco-list - Pakistan Enviro-VLC - UNDP Vietnam International Butterfly Discussion Board mf-europe - European Mountain Forum POLEX - Forest Policy Experts, by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Riseup.net environmental lists SEA-SPAN-L - Southeast Asia Science Policy Advisory Network in Global Change CommentsSuggestions for Efficient Review of Yahoo! Group PostsI initially created this page for my own use because I subscribed to so many Yahoo! Groups that "My Groups" ran to five pages. Since Yahoo! does not offer an option of displaying the list of "My Groups" on a single page, the solution was to make a one page list and post it on the Internet. Furthermore, it is quite difficult to find relevant groups in Yahoo!'s poorly indexed directories, and their incompetent group search results display only 10 groups per page, with the interesting ones outnumbered by cagebird groups and inactive groups. Rather than going to your My Groups page, simply access your Yahoo! Groups from this list. As elsewhere on WorldTwitch, all external links open in the same, named window, so you should keep the second window open as you move from group to group. Ad-killing software such as AdSubtract Pro is essential for efficient use of Yahoo! Groups, to eliminate the annoying ads that are interspersed among the messages. For Best Results, Choose No E-mailTo avoid mailbox clutter, I choose the option of "no e-mail" when subscribing to an online group and read messages periodically on the archival websites. In nearly all cases, you may post messages even if you are a "no e-mail" subscriber. Apparently due to occasional technical glitches, your preferences may be reset on a particular group and you may start receiving e-mail. If this happens, simply reset your preference to "no e-mail". Groups With Non-Public Archives SuckIt is unfortunate that many group administrators elect to restrict their archives to subscribers only. This has a serious impact on usability and undoubtedly decreases traffic and participation in the groups, in most cases without any potential offsetting benefits. Anyone may subscribe to nearly all of the closed groups above without human review and instantly obtain access to the archives. Furthermore, Yahoo!, MSN and Topica (unlike some clunky university listservs) hide e-mail addresses of participants to protect them from spammers' robots. So what is the point of making subscription necessary to see the group archives? Apparently to boost the ego of the group administrator by increasing the number of subscribers. However, if after going to the trouble to register, the new subscriber discovers that the group is useless or cumulative, as most unfortunately are, he will never come back. Thus, there are Yahoo! Groups with more than 500 subscribers and no traffic. Many potential new subscribers simply won't bother taking the time to register, on the assumption there is nothing worth seeing in a group with closed archives. Furthermore, Yahoo! has an even more idiotic, secret policy that limits the number of groups to which one may subscribe in one day. The permitted number of new groups appears to decrease as one subscribes to additional groups. It might take weeks or months to subscribe to all the groups listed above, the majority of which have closed archives, unless you open several Yahoo accounts and subscribe to some groups under each account. Delete Frivolous MessagesGroup administrators generally clean out spam and off topic messages. However, the real threat to group success (besides no traffic at all) is inundation with messages that group members find frivolous or boring. Bad messages inevitably drive away good members. A limit on the number of messages a member may post is not the solution, since it would be desirable to see more posts by the most interesting and knowledgeable members. The solution is to kick out the losers and remove their messages.
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