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April 11, 2006
See and Hear Birds of North America Online
Access to the pictures and sounds of more than 700 species of birds is now possible using the online Birds of North America. This collaboration between the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the American Ornithologists' Union, and the Academy of Natural Sciences has an 18-volume print counterpart, completed in 2002. The online edition includes new additions since then.
The database can be searched by bird name or by topic word and can also be browsed using either a taxonomic group or alphabetical name. Bibliographies are included in these life histories and the birds covered are those who nest in the U.S. or Canada. Many details of birds are included.
Explore this resource for information such as the singing territorial male house wren, the call of a female rufous-sided towhee, or pictures of a cliff swallow at its nest or a female scarlet tanager bathing. An account of the rediscovery of the ivory-billed woodpecker is found in its video clips.
At Kline Science Library a pair of headphones may be checked out and used at the assistive technology workstation in the reading room. Access Birds of North America at http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/BNA.
Posted by dstern at April 11, 2006 03:56 PM
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