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Great Meadows Regional School District-
Great Meadows Middle School-
Great Meadows, NJ 07838
Grade 5
Yahooligans Bird Directory Links to anything and everything about birds
All
About Birds -
Birds are warm-blooded vertebrate animals that have wings, a beak,
no teeth, strong, hollow bones, and feathers. Bird watching is a popular
hobby. You can do Backyard birding and attract birds to your yard by providing
appropriate food, water, and habitats for wild birds, and limiting use
of pesticides.
BirdSource
- promoting bird watching, education, and conservation. Includes information
on different species, bird
counts, and what you can do to help.
Back
Yard Friends -
We at Back Yard Friends are committed to the preservation of wild birds
and education about our feathered friends. Sign up for the newsletter via
email.
Kaytee Discovery
Zone - learn about different bird habitats and the birds
which live there. Also find out about bird
anatomy, diet, scientitific classification, and more.
A
to Z of Birds - learn about birds' beaks, eggs, and feet! Read
up on the barn owl, blackbird, and others birds from the
Forest of Leeds site.
Aerodynamics of Birds - learn how birds fly in this site from the Aeronautics Internet Textbook.
Aliens Explore Earth: Birds - articles on a bunch of different types of birds written for middle school students.
Audubon Society- Yahooligans -Information from the Audobon Society and links.
Bird On! - wild bird pages including pictures, descriptions of individual birds, and a dictionary of bird information.
Canadian
Museum of Nature: Birds - get information and drawings of a
huge variety of birds, from chickens to pelicans
to the Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker.
Life of Birds
- this excellent companion site to the PBS show by David Attenborough has
information on bird songs,
evolution, bird parenthood, and lots more.
Patuxent
Bird Identification InfoCenter - cool site with photographs,
songs, identification tips, maps, and life history
information for North American birds.
Peterson
Online: Birds - cool site that includes the Bird Watcher's Digest
and special feature birds. There are also tips on
identifying those tricky species.
Belted Kingfisher - This pigeon sized bird is blue-grey above and white below with a bushy crest and dagger-like bill.
Bird Monitoring in North America - "The monitoring programs highlighted on these pages can be used to track changes in North American bird populations. These trends give conservationists, managers, citizens, and policy makers a window into the natural world and the health of environment. The patterns of increase and decrease are quantifications that can be tested against and compared to the subjective feelings we have on the status of birds in North America.
Bird Songs - From Newton's Apple, find out what a bird is saying when it sings and try the related activity.
Bird Songs - Where would we be without the sounds of birds singing? Tony Phillips of State University of New York has recorded more than a hundred bird songs from sixty five different species, and paired them with the beautiful drawings of Chester Reed.
BirdNet - This site combines the homepages of eight professional ornithological societies in North America. Find information about current research projects, legislative alerts and updates, species information, and links to wildlife rehabilitation centers, as well as other bird-related topics.
Birds - Enchanted Learning - For early readers this kid-sized introduction to bird watching can stand alone. But the rest of us will want to follow the inline hyperlinks for more depth. There you'll find treasures such as a chart of bird seed preferences, a complete list of field marks used to identify birds, and a multi-page guide to building bird houses. This two-tiered approach makes this site a great place to start your own birding adventures.
Ducks Gallery - Ducks of all colors and sizes live in varied habitats all across North America. Here in the Ducks Gallery, we have gathered photographs and descriptions of nineteen different duck species. Click on a species name at left to learn more about that species.
The Nest: Nick and Sam's Bird Page - This is our page all about birds. It tells you about the best feeders and food for each kind of bird. It also has a really cool bird game. It shows you the best and cheapest bird food and a good place to get it. The main pages in this site are: Bird watching page; A cool bird game; Links to other bird pages; The best bird feeders; Great tips for birds; Info on bird seed; and more.
Nutty Hatch - Contains birdwatching essentials: Providing Food, Wild Bird Food Chart, Providing Water, Providing Cover, Building Specifications for Nestboxes, Identification of Eastern US Song Birds by Color, Bird Identification Markings & Glossary, and Wild Bird Checklists
Office of Migratory Bird Management - US Fish and Wildlife Service: Office of Migratory Bird Management. Contains information about bird issues, conservation, monitoring, reports, management, and laws and treaties related to birds.
RaptorNet - Pacific Science Center links to raptor information on the internet.
Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center - Information about the migratory habits of many kinds of birds. Includes fact sheets, a bird of the month, and conservation information. In English and Spanish.
About.com-
Birds Information and resources with links to many bird
sites.
