Bird Unit

Introduction to the Aves  The vertebrate class Aves includes the birds, an extremely distinctive and successful clade, with an estimated 9000 species worldwide
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/birds/birdintro.html

Birding on the Web You will find checklists which span the globe, birding Hot Spots, and rare bird alert phone numbers. In the Backyard Birders section you can also find information on seeds to attract birds, building bird houses, and links to home pages of other bird watchers.
http://www.birder.com/

Bird Distributions in Washington : Models were developed by using known locations to delineate range limits, and using known locations, literature review, and expert consultation to develop habitat associations.  The maps show predicted distributions of species based on what we know about their habitat needs and geographic locations.
http://salmo.cqs.washington.edu/~wagap/birds/birds.html

Birding Great site to learn everything about birding.
http://www-stat.wharton.upenn.edu/~siler/birding.html

Electronic Resources on Ornithology
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/bird.html

The Bird Guide - Birds and Bird Watching in the Pacific Northwest Your guide to birds and birding in the Pacific Northwest.
http://www.teleport.com/~guide/

Peterson's Perspective:Visual Categories Where do you begin when you want to identify a new bird? To narrow down the possibilities quickly, first put the bird into one of Peterson's eight visual categories.
http://www.vannet.k12.wa.us/~alkweb/Curriculum/Birds/petersons_perspective.html

The Sibley and Monroe Classification of Bird Families of the World 146 families of birds of the world.  Scientific and common names.
http://www-stat.wharton.upenn.edu/~siler/birdframe.html

Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology Mission: To interpret and help conserve the earth's biological diversity through research and education focused on birds.
http://birds.cornell.edu/

Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter Here we present photographs, songs, identification tips, maps, and life history information for North American birds, and provide a forum for commentary and discussion on bird identification. Gough, G.A., Sauer, J.R., Iliff, M. Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter. 1998. Version 97.1. Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD.
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/framlst.html

State & Provincial Birds
http://www.geobop.com/Eco/Master/Birds.htm

Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
http://www.si.edu/natzoo/zooview/smbc/fxsht1a.htm

Hummingbirds source for information on attracting, watching, feeding, and studying North American hummingbirds.
http://www.derived.net/hummers/ 

Wild Birds Unlimited Bird FeederCam   Watch birds live at a bird feeder.
http://www.wbu.com/feedercam_home.htm

Watching Birds with Don and Lillian Stokes As nationally known experts on birds and nature, they have written The Birdfeeder Book, Stokes Field Guide to Birds (Eastern and Western versions), Stokes Nature Guides series on bird behavior, as well as many other Stokes Backyard Nature Books.
http://www.wbu.com/stokes/copy.htm#Winter

Gull identification Steve Hampton & Don DesJardin This is a great page for that strange breed of birder: the gull watchers. Photos here show most of the species and plumages of gulls in North America.
http://www.west.net/~dj/gulls.htm

Bird Song Mnemonics & Phonetics  Mnemonics are gimmicks we use to remember songs and calls, while phonetics are actually what the bird is saying.
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/2965/mnemonic.htm

North American Bird Sounds  These are bird sounds of North American birds - not just bird calls or bird songs, but all the sounds birds make, such as wing sounds and bill rattles.
http://www.naturesongs.com/birds.html

Washington Ornithological Society http://www.scn.org/~dcv/wos.html

Vancouver Audobon Society http://www.audubon.org/chapter/wa/vancouver/

Bird Watching in Clark County http://www.audubon.org/chapter/wa/vancouver/

Audobon Society of Portland  http://www.audubonportland.org/

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