Homepage

On the Homepage there are a few features that are good to get used to for effective interaction with our website. The homepage will always have a short "about us" and a little about how to use our guide. It will also have, at the bottom, an updated list of the most recent articles along with a link to all of our articles.

Guide

There are many birds in Arlington, so they are organized by type of birds, then in these categories, by species. The similar species are displayed next to each other for easy comparison. Since the Guide contains images of almost all the birds, it may be a little slow to load initially.

All of the categories at the top of the page are links to further down on the page where the species are listed, with images, for each category. Some categories only have one or two birds, but it is still important to classify them separately.

Under some categories there are birds that have underlined names, and some that don't. The ones with underlined names are links to an entire page about them. The ones that are not underlined do not have entire pages about them, but they will come soon.

Species

The "cover" to each species has an image of the birds along with the name and gender of the bird in the photo. If there is an asterisk (*) after the age and gender of the bird, then that means that the image was not taken in Arlington, VA. There is also an arrow at the bottom that, when clicked, will bring you further down the page.

Under the cover of the page there will be a symbol or symbols that relate to when we can see the Bird. The symbols below headings such as "Visual identification" only apply to the information in that section until a different heading or symbol is presented. Under "Visual Identification" the symbols apply to the plumage, that with many birds change based on the season, so it is important to use these symbols to declare what season the pictures or descriptions are relevant.

Underneath the section links, there are the sections, which have features that can be very useful for understanding a Bird. There are Image Galleries, which are slide shows containing images of the bird. To switch from one image to the next, there are arrows. Underneath the Gallery there are dots, each represents an image in the Gallery.

Yes, our guide can be confusing, but with this Guide to the Guide we hope that you can easily use our guide. If you still have questions about how to use the guide, you can contact us at birdersguideswarlingtonva@gmail.com.