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	List of North American birds - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		North American birds most closely resemble those of Eurasia, which was connected to the continent as part of the supercontinent Laurasia until recent times.
		Several common birds in North America, such as the House Sparrow, the Rock Dove, the European Starling, and the Mute Swan are introduced species, meaning that they are not native to this continent but were brought here by man from Europe or elsewhere.
		This is especially true of birds that are commonly held as pets, such as parrots and finches.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_North_American_birds (3840 words)

	WINGMASTERS North American Birds
		Birds of prey are also known as raptors, and they are hunting birds characterized by hooked beaks and powerful grabbing feet armed with sharp talons (the word raptor comes from a Latin word that means "to seize").
		The program is designed to explain predation, the birds' place at the top of the food web, their different hunting adaptations and their status in a rapidly changing world.
		Because many birds of prey are declining in number, this presentation also features one or more of the endangered raptors that we care for, and explains why these species face an uncertain future.
	www.wingmasters.net /nabirds.htm (147 words)

	North American Birds ~ Publications ~ ABA
		The mission of the journal is to provide a complete overview of the changing panorama of North America's birdlife, including outstanding records, range extensions and contractions, population dynamics, and changes in migration patterns or seasonal occurrence.
		North American Birds also publishes reviews of major distribution patterns, and other topics that are linked to the regional reports.
		The North American Birds regional network represents the tip of an iceberg whose main mass consists of North America's largest, widest and best-established networks of field birders.
	americanbirding.org /pubs/nab/index.html (444 words)

	North American Birds : Birds Cats and Dogs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Birds of the World Through the magic of multimedia, discover some of the hundreds of bird species that inhabit our earth: rare birds, endangered birds, unique north american birds and bizarre species, as well as the common varieties.
		American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds - American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds The official source on the taxonomy of birds found in North and...
		Birds of North American, Audubon's Watercolors - Birds of North American, Audubon's Watercolors Fifty-one images of North American birds from watercolors done by John James Audubon.
	www.aviculturemicrobiology.com /334-North-American-Birds.html (1648 words)

	Permanent Exhibitions \| American Museum of Natural History
		he Hall of North American Birds is named for Frank M. Chapman (1864-1945), the Museum's renowned ornithologist.
		Under the direction of Chapman, a leader in the study of bird speciation and distribution in the Western Hemisphere, the Museum's bird collection grew to become one of the greatest in the world and now holds 99 percent of all known species.
		The peregrine falcon diorama in this hall is one of many that Chapman conceived, and it re-creates a scene he actually saw on the Hudson River Palisades.
	www.amnh.org /exhibitions/permanent/birds/na_birds.html (101 words)

	North American Birds Face Crisis, Audubon Warns
		The National Audubon Society, the wildlife conservation organization, released for the first time in five years its watch list of birds that are declining in population or are endangered or threatened.
		About 201 birds are on the watch list and 21 of them are in the endangered category, said Audubon spokesman John Bianchi.
		Birds are the primary indicators of environmental health, and what hurts birds also hurts the people who share the same space, Gill said.
	www.rense.com /general31/cris.htm (373 words)

	Birds, Familiar: Barn Owl, Life Histories of North American Birds, A.C. Bent
		The North American form of this world-wide species is widely distributed throughout the warmer portions of the United States; it is rare in the northern tier of States, north of latitude 41
		Both birds are frequently found occupying the cavity during the day--the male to one side of the nest.
		Barn owls are distinctly birds of the open country, rather than woodland birds; and they are less inclined than other owls to shun the haunts of man; they find their best food supplies in the open fields and meadows, and about the barns, granaries, and other buildings in villages, towns, and even cities.
	birdsbybent.com /ch71-80/barnowl.html (5008 words)

	"Lives of North American Birds" by Kenn Kaufman
		There are single books covering a single bird family, such as Hummingbirds of North America, and sets made up of multiple volumes such as the now ancient, yet useful, Life Histories of North American Birds by A.C. Bent, or the new classic North American Birds: Life Histories for the 21st Century (at $2800 plus).
		Each section begins with a general natural history of that family, then each North American species' in that family, accompanied by a photo and range map, is thoroughly explored.
		Further, if one is preparing for a field trip, either near or far, it is important to know about the birds one might see that day - for identifying birds in the field is as much dependent on knowing their natural history as it is to know what the bird looks like.
	www.tmbc.info /book_reviews/livesofNAbirds.html (361 words)

	The Birds of North America Online: Ivory-billed Woodpecker
		Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the extensive territories of the Muscogulges or Creek Confederacy, and the country of the Chactaws.
		Life histories of North American birds, from the parrots to the grackles, with special reference to their breeding habits and eggs.
		Cory, C. The birds of the West Indies, including the Bahama Islands, the Greater and the Lesser Antilles, excepting the islands of Tobago and Trinidad.
	bna.birds.cornell.edu /BNA/demo/account/Ivory-billed_Woodpecker/bib/index.html (1023 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Science/Nature \| Decline hits North American birds
		The National Audubon Society's State of the Birds report draws on data collected between 1966 and 2003 for 654 American bird species.
		The report says the declines are abnormal and not part of the cyclical rise and fall in bird populations.
		The report found that for shrubland birds - including the northern bobwhite, painted bunting and Florida scrub-jay - 36% of species are declining significantly.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/science/nature/3759690.stm (292 words)

	Forest Conservation Blog: North American Birds on Decline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Birds make for a good indicator of ecological sustainability.
		As advanced mammals, their decline is evidence of ecosystem declines that will impact human populations as well.
		In a striking trend that spans North America's key ecosystem regions - grassland, shrubland, forest, wetland, and urban - almost a third of 654 bird species native to North America are in "statistically significant decline," according to a first-ever "State of the Birds" report unveiled last month by the Audubon Society.
	forests.org /blog/archives/2004/12/north_american.asp (120 words)

	Northeast Region Division of Migratory Birds: North American Waterfowl Management Plan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Waterfowl were then and are now the most prominent and economically important group of migratory birds of the North American continent.
		Recognizing the importance of waterfowl and wetlands to North Americans and the need for international cooperation to help in the recovery of a shared resource, the Canadian and United States governments developed a strategy to restore waterfowl populations through habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement.
		The strategy was documented in the North American Waterfowl Management Plan signed in 1986 by the Canadian Minister of the Environment and the United States' Secretary of the Interior, the foundation partnership upon which hundreds of others would be built.
	www.fws.gov /northeast/migratorybirds/nawmp.htm (265 words)

	All About Birds
		With its elegant profile and striking coloration, the American Avocet is unique among North American birds.
		A female American Avocet may lay one to four eggs in the nest of another female, who then incubates the eggs.
		American Avocets may parasitize other species' nests too; single American Avocet eggs have been found in the nests of Mew Gulls.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/American_Avocet.html (330 words)

	Open Directory - Recreation: Birding: North America
		American Bird Center - Links related to birds and birding in the United States and Canada.
		American Birding Association - North America's largest membership organization for active birders, with news, details on publications and programs, and birding resources.
		Bird Records Committee Forum - Archives of the e-mail group for discussion of issues pertaining to groups that evaluate rare bird reports.
	dmoz.org /Recreation/Birding/North_America (1053 words)

	Amazon.com: Lives of North American Birds (Peterson Natural History Companions): Books: Kenn Kaufman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		There are so many books about birds one wonders which are the best.There is no answer to that question.I have over 1000 'bird books' and I felt this one was worth buying.It is written by one of the most knowledgeable and dedicated birders in North America today.
		His 'Birds of North America'is one of the best field guides for a birder to buy to carry with him to help learn about and identify birds.He particularly had the non-expert in mind when he wrote it.
		The book also shows info on foreign birds that occasionally enter the US from afar, but does not have all the info on an american bird, and doesn't have a picture.
	www.amazon.com /American-Peterson-Natural-History-Companions/dp/0395770173 (2131 words)

	NPWRC :: Ranges of North American Breeding Birds
		These maps show changes in the distribution and abundance patterns of some North American birds for the last 20 years.
		The minimum value mapped was 0.5 birds per route, which represents the edge of the species range.
		Ranges of North American breeding birds visualizing long-term population changes in North American breeding birds.
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/birds/breedrng/?C=N;O=D (217 words)

	Amazon.ca: National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Western Region - Revised Edition: Books: ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The clearly printed color photographs capture birds at rest and in flight; preceded by fl-and-white silhouettes, the plates are organized by visually based, intuitive categories--"hawk-like birds," "pigeon-like birds," and "perching birds," for example--that make on-the-fly identification a fairly simple matter.
		The birds are arranged within their families by their predominant color, and the silhouettes are colored accordingly, to make it even easier to find your bird.
		If you're a life-list birding obsessive, this book might not be enough for you because it doesn't picture every color variation of every bird in every species and family.
	www.amazon.ca /National-Audubon-Society-American-Birds/dp/0679428518 (1908 words)

	Kelley Fine Art Publishing - African Wildlife
		On Angel’s Pond shows the cherub bird bath nourishing the plants and giving sanctuary to the passing cardinals...
		After a long day fishing and enjoying the freedom of the northern playgrounds, it is time to settle down in front of a warm fire and relax to the sound of the Day's End.
		The anticipation of the surrounding birds grows as we walk away...
	www.kelleyfineart.com /galleries/birds.asp (290 words)

	BBL - Longevity Records of North American Birds
		The oldest bird ever banded is not necessarily of great value to those studying the age structure of a population, but it is of interest to many people.
		The maximum longevity record cannot be longer than the time span that researchers have been studying that species, and the lifespan of the bands used on birds was shorter than the lifespan of the birds for some species.
		It is based on the age of the bird at banding (which tells us the year or earliest possible year of hatching) and the date of subsequent retrap or recovery.
	www.pwrc.usgs.gov /bbl/homepage/longvrec.htm (671 words)

	Amazon.fr : National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Eastern Region: Livres en anglais: John ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		At the heart of the guide is a set of 646 well-made color photographs whose subjects are organized by easily discerned characteristics (e.g., "chicken-like marsh birds," such as the clapper rail; "gull-like birds," such as the kittiwake; and "upright-perching water birds," such as the common murre).
		The photographs are then keyed to textual descriptions of the birds' appearance, range and habitat, nesting characteristics, and behavior.
		Virtually every bird found in North America is brought to life in a full-color photograph and with textual information on the bird's voice, nesting habits, habitat, range, and interesting behaviors.
	www.amazon.fr /National-Audubon-Society-American-Birds/dp/0679428526 (408 words)

	USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center: Obsolete English Names of North American Birds and Their Modern Equivalents
		Many North American species were named because of superficial similarities to Old World groups—most thrashers were originally called thrushes, and many warblers were called flycatchers.
		Many populations of American birds were named originally as species, and received not only distinctive scientific names but also distinctive English names.
		Further, for species with extensive distributions outside North America, the Check-list used English names that are generally accepted on a worldwide basis rather than perpetuate the situation in which a single species might have one English name in North America and another elsewhere.
	www.pwrc.usgs.gov /research/pubs/banks/obsall.htm (1851 words)

	Backyard Birds:North American Birds
		Here are some North American birds that children and adults can enjoy and learn from.
		The male bird is the brightest red, but the female Cardinal is still pretty with her softer pinkish color.
		For children they are a friendly bird friend who will eat their bread crumbs or seeds and they are not as shy as some song birds.
	www.seedsofknowledge.com /backyard.htm (702 words)

	Basic Bird Books — Field Guides to North American Birds
		It covers all the birds of North America in one volume, which is small enough to fit into a pocket.
		The Sibley field guide to North American birds is the most exciting field guide to come out since Roger Tory Peterson first invented the field guide in the early years of the 20th century.
		It's a little out of date, in that some of the birds' names have been changed, but Roger Tory Peterson's paintings are great, and many people think this is the best field guide western North America has ever had.
	www.birdwatching.com /bookstore/fieldguides.html (810 words)

	redstart's Checklist of North American Birds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The species was said to have been spotted in North America on eight previous occasions, with most of those sightings in the Aleutian Islands, specifically Attu Island, but that the bird has also been reported on St. George Island.
		This Caswell lakes sighting was claimed to be the first on the North American Continent.
		Surviving North American populations may now be entirely human-supported and totally human-dependent.
	www.redstart.com /checklists/PC (2148 words)

	redstart's Checklist of North American Birds: Notes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Many (if not all) North American records may be the result of ship-assisted individuals (A.O.U. At least two small invasions to the Maritime Provinces and e.
		American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds.
		American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. Forty-second Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds.
	www.redstart.com /checklists/PPC/notes2.htm (2178 words)

	The Birds of North America Online
		"This landmark series is clearly the definitive reference for basic biological information on North American birds, and as such, will have a wide audience from lay birders to professional ecologists.
		In two centuries of American ornithology, The Birds of North America (BNA) is only the fourth comprehensive reference covering the life histories of North American birds.
		The print version of BNA was completed in 2002, a joint 10 year project of the American Ornithologists' Union, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and the Academy of Natural Sciences.
	bna.birds.cornell.edu /BNA/About (294 words)

	Bird Sounds Digitally Recorded
		On these pages are the sounds of North American birds (Costa Rican birds have their own page, below) - not just bird calls or bird songs, but all the sounds birds make, such as wing sounds and bill rattles.
		Since most bird species use different vocalizations for different circumstances, I've tried to tell you what the bird was doing at the time of the recording.
		It attracts birds from all over the flyway, and provides breeding environments for literally hundreds of species of birds, mammals, insects and fish.
	www.naturesongs.com /birds.html (840 words)

	All About Birds : Voices of North American Owls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		An easy-to-read 56-page booklet with full-color images describes the vocalizations made by each species and helps bird watchers identify these denizens of the night—from the ghostly Barn Owl, to the tiny Elf Owl, to that familiar lord of the forest, the Great Horned Owl.
		Others come from the vast archives of the Lab of Ornithology’s Macaulay Library, home to the largest collection of bird and animal sounds in the world, with a growing archive of video to document behavior.
		Voices of North American Owls sells for $29.95 and can be purchased from the online store or from our friends at the Wild Birds Unlimited store located at the Lab of Ornithology at www.sapsuckerwoods.com, or call toll free 877-266-4928.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /AllAboutBirds/owl (366 words)

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