Ornithology

Alert! Archived Content! Will be updated for 2020!

The information below should not be interpreted as an extension of the rules.  The official rules in the Rules Manual take precedence. There is a CD for Biology & Earth Science events and an Audubon Book of Birds available in the Science Olympiad Store.

resources

• Official Bird List for 2011 (PDF)
• Power Point for 2011 - New!
• Event Supervisor Tips - 2011
• Training Handout for 2011 (PDF) - New!
• Official Bird List for 2010 (PDF) 
• Training Handout for 2010 (PDF)
• Power Point for 2010
• Event Supervisor Tips - 2010

Links

Comprehensive Bird Report

• http://www.stateofthebirds.org/pdf_files/State_of_the_Birds_2009.pdf
• http://stateofthebirds.org/
• http://www.stateofthebirds.org/challenges
• http://www.fishwildlife.org/press_3.19.09BIRDS.html

Glossary

• http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/htmid/glossary.html
• http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/literatr/avian/glossary.htm
• http://www.ups.edu/x6263.xml

Bird External Anatomy

• http://people.eku.edu/ritchisong/externalanatomy.html
• http://www.nhm.org/birds/guide/pg009.html
• http://www.nhm.org/birds/guide/pg010.html
• http://www.birdsofeden.co.za/BirdAnatomyDiagram.doc
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird
• http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/19900/19988/labelbird_19988.tif

Bird Identification Tips

• http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/idlist.html
• http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/peterson/resources/perspective/
• http://www.wildbirds.com/Default.aspx?tabid=119
• http://www.whatbird.com/Birds-Identification-Course.aspx
• http://sibley.enature.com/fieldguide_group_index.asp
• http://sibley.enature.com
• http://www.nuthatch.birdnature.com/bluebird.html

American Bird Conservancy

• http://www.abcbirds.org/conservationissues/index.html

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

• http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/

• http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/birding123/identify/

• http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna

• http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/list_taxonomically

• http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species

• http://www.birds.cornell.edu/schoolyard/T_Resouces/index.html

• http://www.birds.cornell.edu/schoolyard/T_Resouces/color_book.html

• http://www.allaboutbirds.org/netcommunity/Page.aspx?pid=1189           
• http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/intermediate.asp?curGroupID=1

bird song recordings

• http://www.naturesongs.com/birds.html

National Audubon Society

• http://www.audubon.org/net/link/index.html

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

• http://www.fws.gov/birds/

U.S. Geological Survey

• http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/Infocenter/infocenter.html

Smithsonian Institution

• http://www.nmnh.si.edu/vert/birds/

University Ornithology Sites

• http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Aves.html

free encyclopedia

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird           

bird life history

• http://birdsbybent.com/indexa.html

ORNITHOLOGY Web Links

• http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/bird.html