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• National Wildlife Federation This web site is filled with information. People and Nature: Our Future Is in the Balance™: Topics covered include Endangered Habitats, Land Stewardship, Water Quality, International Issues, and Wetlands. Youth programs include Ranger Rick, Your Big Backyard, Wild Animal Baby and Kids & Families. The side offes content for educators, students and volunteers.

• National Park Service -- ParkNet Learning Place Learning Place, your one place for finding all the education and interpretation related materials on ParkNet. Today, almost all of the 375 sites found in the National Park System offer some type of interpretive or educational program. These may range from publications, video presentations, and guided walks and talks to extensive curriculum based education programs.

• US Fish & Wildlife Service offers many resources for both Students and Educators. Find out about enviromental issues and what this department really does.

• US Fish & Wildlife Service- Duck Stamp Program Find out about The Federal junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program. National art contest for wildlife paintings. The program is an arts curriculum designed to teach wetlands and waterfowl conservation to students in kindergarten through high school.

• NBII Children's Butterfly Site All about butterflies, moths, and their ecology. Includes FAQ, references, links, a gallery of butterfly photographs and een teaching resources. By the National Biological Information Infrastructure, a network of geographic andthematic information nodes the provide high quality resources abou the nation's biological resources.

Museums and Collections

• Catalog of Museum Collections A growing resource of online data bases of museum collections and related resources. On-line collection catalogs of interest to natural historians. Many of these lists also include on-line keys, image databases, checklists, bibliographies, and so on. Also lists of natural history museums, on-line resources, organizations, and newsletters

• The UCMP Subway (LINK LIST) The University of California Museum of Paleontology subway will take you to many virtual destinations throughout the Internetincluding Natural history museums, museum collections, societies and organizations, natural history education, natural history booksellers, journals and newsletters, paleontology resources and phylogenetics resources.

• Great Outdoor Recreation Pages-Birding A fantastic nature travel resouce center online. Content includes destinations, activities, parks, gear, trips and a community.

Media

• Discovery Channel Online Here you can investigate feature stories, expeditions, mind games, animal cams and conversation. Networks include Discovery Cannel, TLC: the Learning Channel, Animal Planet, Travel Channel, Discovery Times, Discovery Kids, BBC America, The Science Channel ... and more. There is also the Discovery Education content on the site in which you can search for specific content, including lesson plans.

• National Geographic Enjoy the online version. Enter a WORLD just for Kids, meet a mummy in Bookworm Corner, or time-travel to Titanic. Feeling funny? Create your own cartoon! Then fill out our historic survey. National Public Radio and National Geographic team up to capture the call of the wild. Population: Explore the Explosion What challenges await our burgeoning species? Send an E-mail Postcard Zap an e-greeting and plan an adventure. Play Our Geo-games! Visit Xpedition Hall, our virtual hands-on museum, and set the machines in motion.

PBS Public Broadcasting PBS Kids has information about the characters and programs, from Arthur to Zoom. Content includes games, stories, music and coloring. PBS Parents offers fun and games, issues and advice, and more information about PBS TV programs. There are also resources for teachers and caregivers.

For more articles about BIRDS, BIRDS, BIRDS!

Bird Profiles for Young Natguralists
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red Breasted Nuthatch
Carolina House Wren
White Breasted Nuthatch
Tufted Titmouse
Prothonotary Warbler
Hairy Woodpecker
Eastern Bluebirds
Downey Woodpecker
Purple Martin

	NOTE to my readers: We provide resource links to help you protect and nurture your natural resources. Tip: when you contact suppliers in person, online, by phone or email...please ask them about alternatives that are sustainable, green, or habitat-healthy. By asking, we advocate for better protection of our natural resources. Thank you, Carolyn.

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed;
if in terms of ten years, plant trees;
if in terms of 100 years, teach the people."
- Confucius