These bird photo galleries are some of the best I've found. Some of these photos are absolutely stunning, taken by some of the top professional bird photographers. These are a model for what I'd like to eventually achieve.

• http://www.pbase.com/gaocus/favorites     Gene Oleynik's bird gallery

• http://birdwebsite.com/gallery/index.htm     Ornithology Web Site

• http://www.ebird.org/content/     Cornell Univ. Lab of Ornithology eBird Site - the mother lode!

• http://www.birdfoto.fsnet.co.uk/photogallery.html     Paul Gale's bird photo gallery

• http://www.surfbirds.com/birds/     great photos and lots more on surf birds

• http://faculty.washington.edu/jwingfie/alt_birds.html     John C. Wingfield's ornithology lab photos, Univ. of Washington