Since we’re entering a new decade, I decided to play around with the Internet Archive Wayback Machine to see how things have changed on the web since 2000. Take a look at some of these birding sites from earlier this decade!

Click the images to visit either the older or newer version of the website. The Wayback Machine keeps a working copy of the old site.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology from 2000

Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology today

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

RSPB from 2000

RSPB today

National Audubon Society

National Audubon Society from 2000

National Audubon Society today

British Trust for Ornithology

British Trust for Ornithology from 2000

British Trust for Ornithology today

American Bird Conservancy

American Bird Conservancy from 2000

American Bird Conservancy today

Bird on Wikipedia

Bird on Wikipedia from 2001

On Wikipedia you can browse previous revisions to all their articles. The term bird was added to Wikipedia in September of 2001. The entry was only a few paragraphs in length. Now, there are thousands and thousands of words and dozens of pictures!

If you explore the Wayback Machine and come across anything else that might be interesting or just silly, post a link to it in the comments!