BIRDS

 

 

I. A Few of My Favorite Species

A. The Red-Tailed Hawk

B. The Western Scrub Jay

 

II. Some Interesting Topics

A.     Basic Bird Vocabulary (Sibley's Guide to Birds, Figure 2.3-2.4, art work by Shawneen Finnegan)

B.      Overhead Flight Silhouettes (Courtesy of National Audubon Society; art work by Chuck Ripper)

III. Useful World Wide Web Sites

A.                American Birding Association  (accessed 5 May 2008)

B.                 American Ornithological Union (accessed 5 May 2008)

C.                  “A Murder of Crows, a Parliament of Owls,” what do you call a group of …? (accessed 5 May 2008)

D.                eBirds, a joint project of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society

E.                 National Wildlife Federation, certify your backyard!

F.                  Wild Birds Unlimited Retail Outlets (accessed 5 May 2008)

IV. Suggested Readings

A.    “Ornithological Books of Interest,” by Kurt Leuschner, MS, College of the Desert

B.     W. H. Reid and H. J. Fulbright, “Impaled Prey of the Loggerhead Shrike in the Northern Chihuahuan Desert,” The Southwestern Naturalist 26 (no. 2, May 21, 1981): 204-205.

C.    Reuven Yosef a, Corresponding Author Contact Information , E-mail The Corresponding Author and Berry Pinshow, “Impaling in True Shrikes (Laniidae): A Behavioral and Ontogenetic Perspective,” Behavioural Processes 69 (no.  3, 30 June 2005): 363-367

D.    Robert S. Anderson, “The Lacey Act: America's Premier Weapon in the Fight Against Unlawful Wildlife Trafficking,”  Public Land Law Review 16 (1995) (accessed 6 May 2008)

E.      “Home-Made Sweet Homes: Building Native Bee Nesting Blocks” (accessed 19 May 2008)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Created: 24 May 2008; revised,12 January 2009.