OPAS -- birds checklist uses

Here are some ideas about how to use the checklist. Be sure to check out the bird resources pages, which are described in the first bullet:

Want to know more about a bird than the brief identification info in your field guide? Click on a bird's name in the checklist to load a page of available resources: online, in selected books, and as taxidermy birds at the River Center. Online links load pages covering family or species details from Seattle Audubon's BirdWeb, a U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service site, and the online version of the Birds of North America (the latter being a "for fee" service).
Are you new to the area, or inexperienced, and wondering which birds are common at a specific time of year? Try the four seasonal sub-lists.
Tired of combing through the hard-copy checklist for birds you can't locate easily? Try the alphabetic sub-lists -- such as Q for Quail, K for Killdeer, or D for Duck -- or use your browser's "Find" function to search the full checklist for a partial bird family or species name.
Planning a weekend camping trip or a family outing to the mountains or the beach? You can sort the checklist by habitat. Load a "mountains" or "seaside" sub-list to help you pinpoint birds you may want to look for in that habitat at the time of year you are travelling.

Checklist Uses