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• - Comprehensive information about the description, life span, range, habitat, and diet of the woodpecker.
  
• - Photos and notes for hundreds of species of Australian birds.
  
• - Interactive Director movie comparing a fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach to migrating geese.
  
• - Describes the appearance, breeding, and range of the barn swallow.
  
• - Annual competition for birders aged 10-18 who like to draw birds, take field notes or write about birds. Prizes include binoculars and field ornithology camp scholarship.
  
• - Learn about the unique characteristics that make birds differ from other animals.
  
• - Explores animal habitats, bird anatomy and endangered birds.
  
• - Directory of bird information. Offers information by scientific classification, or by entering the common bird name into search.
  
• - Find out how birds migrate and why.
  
• - Information on the emu including description, habitat, uses and breeding.
  
• - Color photograph and information about the size, diet, habitat, and life span of the brown pelican.
  
• - Why do some birds go north for the summer? What's the longest recorded migration? Learn the answers to these and other questions as you read about the ins and outs of bird migration.
  
• - Photos, sounds, and notes of birds in a Netherlands garden.
  
• - Provides information about the size, habitat, identification features, and diet of this bird that sounds as if it's buzzing.
  
• - Learn about the bird of paradise. Information includes description, habitat, and diet.
  
• - Photographs and information about Australian bird, including kookaburras, emus, eagles, and others.
  
• - A short story about two very special master builders who live along the Little Falls river in Northern Baltimore County, Maryland.
  
• - Offers suggestions for backyard bird watchers. Also includes crafts and jokes. From About.com.
  
• - A page about birdwatching, from Cornell University.
  
• - From David Attenborough and PBS. Discusses behavior, evolution, parenthood, bird songs, champion birds, and provides links.
  
• - Month by month story about a female house sparrow named Yellow Ribbon. Though Yellow Ribbon has quite an adventurous year, the behavior described for her is appropriate for a real House Sparrow.
  
• - Learn how birds evolved and discover the characteristics that make them unique. Find out more about hobbies like bird watching and backyard birding.
  
• - View virtual owl pellet dissections and learn about bird skulls, eggs, nests, and feathers.
  
• - Includes information about the social behavior, nesting habitat, life cycle, and diet of the kookaburra.
  
• - Find directions for creating your own bird feeder, and learn what kinds of food different birds eat.
  
• - Lists information about the appearance, habitat, range, and life cycle of the mockingbird.
  
• - Provides information about the appearance, habitat, diet, and life cycle of this musical bird.
  
• - Discover the various habitats of birds.
  
• - Research links for projects on various birds. Part of "The Wild Things Project" at John Sedgwick Junior High School in Port Orchard, Washington.
  
• - Read about different kinds of birds, see their pictures, and hear the sounds they make.
  
• - Basic information about the Andean condor, including habitat range, size, and age.
  
• - Learn about the roadrunners scientific names, common names, description, behavior, range, habitat, and life cycle.
  
• - Introduces four types of birds. Also explains the significance of the shape of a bird's beak.
  
• - Pictures and simple information about the birds found on the Trail of Lewis and Clark.
  
• - Information about several birds, organized by biome. Includes interactive Images and sounds.