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Birds
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All
About Whooping Cranes
This site is full of links that provide
information about the whooping crane.
http://bringbackthecranes.fws.gov/about/index.htm
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American
Crow
The common crow is widely distributed
throughout the continent of North America.
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/corvus/c._brachyrhynchos$narrative.htm
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Backyard
Birder
Backyard birding requires only three things:
a food supply, a water source, and safety from predators like squirrels.
This well-designed site covers each aspect of birding with just the
right amount of detail. There is a page dedicated to choosing a bird
feeder, with pictures of common styles. And a page about finding a
place your feeder that maximizes convenience and viewing pleasure
for you, and safety for your bird visitors.
http://www.bird-birding.ca/
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Belted Kingfisher
Large, short-legged, big-headed, big-billed
bird that hovers over water
http://birds.cornell.edu/bow/belkin/
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BirdCam
Welcome back, viewers! Mae the Peregrine falcon
has returned to NSP's Allen S. King power plant nest box for her 11th
consecutive season. Watch the progress of her four chicks.
http://www.nspco.com/nspbird.htm
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Bird
FeederCam
If there aren't any birds to watch from your
own window, visit this feeding station in a backyard in Indianapolis,
Indiana. Bird FeederCam sends a new a snapshot to the Net every forty-five
seconds from dawn till dusk. Use your browser reload button to refresh
your view, or click on the picture to open an auto-updating window.
Today I watched and waited patiently without any visitors at first.
And then magically, two birds arrived at the feeder. If you run out
of patience before your first bird arrives, enjoy the best of past
images that include owls, woodpeckers, and hummingbirds.
http://www.wbu.com/feedercam_home.htm
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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. This
delightful site is simple to navigate, and the sound files (chirp
chirp) are worth the small wait.
http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~tony/birds/
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Birdzilla - the Internet Birding
Site
Birdzilla is a colorful, easy-to-navigate site with practically everything
an aid birder could want. You can even keep your birding list on this
site.
http://www.birdzilla.com/
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology
If you are interested in birds, this is an
amazing web site. There is information ... text, pictures, maps, diagrams
and charts ... for all ages and all level of interest. Check out the
following areas in particular.
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Citizen
Science
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/whatwedo_citizenscience.html
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Bird of the Week
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/bow/
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Sound of the Week
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/sow/
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Slide of the Week
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/slow/
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The
Birdhouse Network
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/birdhouse/getting_started/tbnfaqs.html
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FAQ's
About Bird-feeding
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/AboutBirdsandFeeding/FAQsBirdFeeding.htm
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http://www.birds.cornell.edu/
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Common
Raven
A large, black bird (the largest of all
entirely black birds) with a wedge-shaped tail. Has a peculiar hoarse,
resonant croak (calls frequently)
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/corvus/c._corax$narrative.html
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Golden Eagle
The sacred bird of the Native Americans of this region, the Prairie
Edge, is the Golden Eagle. This member of the hawk family is native
to the plains, prairies, and mountains to the west of our location.
In pre-settlement times, only a few mating pairs of eagles (Golden)
nested in Minnesota. Preferred nesting sites are high rocky cliffs
and ledges, and such habitat is rare in this state. Most of the feathers
worn by our local Santee Dakotas were gotten through trade from areas
west of Minnesota.
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International Crane Foundation
Cranes are a family of birds that have
long been revered by people living near them. In Japan, the cranes
are honored as symbols of long life and a happy marriage. In Viet
Nam, cranes are believed to carry the souls of the dead to heaven.
In North America, Africa, and Australia, native inhabitants have incorporated
the crane's graceful movements into their own dances and regard cranes
as auspicious symbols.
http://www.savingcranes.org/
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The
Precocious Killdeer
http://www.birdwatching.com/stories/killdeer.html
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Knothead-The
Ugly Gosling
For most of us, being a Canada Goose is pretty easy and has some great
perks. Lots of people feed us bread and corn and then they "ooh"
and "ahh" when they see us swimming by or flying in the
familiar V-shaped formation for which we are famous.
http://www.folksonline.com/folks/commun/petstalk/gosling.htm
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National Wildlife
Foundation Cranes
The following resources provide lots
of great information about one of North America’s best-known endangered
species: the whooping crane.
http://www.nwf.org/wildalive/crane/
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Peregrine Falcon
Facts
THE PEREGRINE falcon's scientific name is Falco
Peregrinus, which means Falcon Wanderer.
http://www.raptorresource.org/facts.htm
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Peregrine Falcon Recovery
The Raptor Resource Project is a nonprofit, 501c3 dedicated to restoring
the Midwest's population of Peregrine falcons and other raptors. Welcome
to our website!
http://www.raptorresource.org/
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Peregrine Falcon
Slideshow
The following pictures were taken by the live Northern State Power's
Web Cam from May 6, 1998 to June 9, 1998. The 36 pictures show the
development of Smoke and Prescott, two peregrine falcons (and their
mother Mae), from just out of the egg to flapping their wings as they
get ready to fledge.
http://www.halcyon.com/arborhts/falcon/
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Pileated
Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpeckers sleep (roost) and
nest in cavities (holes) of live pine trees.
http://www.birdsofna.org/excerpts/pileated.html
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Operation Ruby Throat
Building Environmental Cooperation and Understanding
Throughout North and Central America
"Operation RubyThroat: The Hummingbird
Project" is a cross- disciplinary international initiative in
which people collaborate to study behavior and distribution of the
Ruby- throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris). Although K-12 teachers
and students are the primary target audience, Operation RubyThroat
is open to ANYONE interested in hummingbirds.
http://www.rubythroat.org/
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Raven
Ravens are all black and are 24 inches
tall; crows are only 17 inches tall. The wedge-shaped tail also identifies
it from a crow which has a fan-shaped tail. Although relationship
cannot be denied, some ravens are seriously offended when somebody
calls them 'an old crow'...
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/nature/nsbirds/bns0268.htm
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Ruby-Throated
Hummingbird
The
ruby-throated hummingbird is a member of one of the world's most unique
family of birds. They were a surprise and curiosity to the European
settlers in the U.S. who had never before seen hummingbirds; these
birds are only found in the Western Hemisphere.
http://www.birdsofna.org/excerpts/rth.html
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Swan
Identification
There are three species of swans in North America.
The Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) and Tundra Swan (C. columbianus)
are indigenous, while the Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) is a Eurasian species
that has been introduced and now breeds in the wild in some areas.
All three are very large all-white birds.
http://www.trumpeterswansociety.org/id.htm
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The
National Eagle Repository
The Director may issue a permit authorizing the taking, possession,
and transportation of bald or golden eagles, or their parts, nests,
or eggs for the religious use of Indians.
http://mountain-prairie.fws.gov/law/eagle/index.html
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The National Foundation to Protect
America's Eagles
Welcome to Eagles.org. A website dedicated to
the protection and preservation of the majestic bald eagle.
http://www.eagles.org/
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True
Geese of the World
True Geese belong to the sub family Anserinae.
They are colored in blacks, whites, greys, and browns. The sexes are
very similar in appearance. Most of the true geese are fairly large
birds with only one molt so there is no eclipse phase as is found
with ducks. True geese are mainly terrestrial in their feeding habits
and have strong bills adapted for grazing. They tend to mate for life
and both sexes care for the goslings.
http://www.utm.edu/departments/ed/cece/trugeese2.shtml
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Vulture
Turkey vultures have reddish heads while
the heads of black vultures are black. http://wld.fwc.state.fl.us/critters/vulture.asp
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Vultures
27 inches long with small bare red head
and white tipped bill. It has a long tail and a 72 inch wingspan with
silvery linings on the underside and "fingered" tips.
http://www.dqinc.com/webdev5/Hvhiking/Vulture.htm
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What
Am I?
Here's an interactive game to see if you
can identify Alaskan birds
http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/FISH.GAME/wildlife/geninfo/birds/whatami.htm
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Wood
Duck
http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/hww-fap/woodduck/woodduck.html
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Wood
Duck Nest Box
http://www.conservation.state.mo.us/nathis/woodwork/woodduck/woodduc.htm
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Wood Duck Nest Box, Build a
Nest
boxes should be constructed of a weather-resistant wood; cedar or
cypress is often recommended. The wood can be painted, stained, or
treated, but only on the outside surface. The entrance hole should
have a 4-inch diameter or be an oval that is 3 inches high and 4 inches
wide.
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/1999/woodduck/wdnbox.htm
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Woodpeckers
The Woodpeckers are a large family of
similarly designed birds found in forested areas around the globe.
The have specially evolved to deal with chiseling wood, including
"shock-absorber" head musculature, extremely long tongues,
and stiff tail feathers helping them perch upright on trees.
http://montereybay.com/creagrus/woodpeckers.html
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