Birding Links for Mr. G's scholars.

Birds In Alaska Photos and field notes, including close-ups of songbirds in-hand.

Birding and nature-related poetry response writing by Jim Gilbert

What to do if you find a baby bird... from the Wildlife Rehabilitation Information Directory.

Barbara Samuelson has posted some very nice pictures of eagles, and habitat, on her Alaskan Eagles site. Remember to ask permission if you want to use her photography (or any one elses) in any project or report.

Mr. Tilton, a local falconer, visits students at Anderson Elementary

with a Peregrine falcon!
with a
white-phase Gyrfalcon! 5/14/02

More Gyrfalcon photos at Alaska Falcons with Lee Merrick, Alaska, USA.

Owl Pellet Study guide (for primary to intermediate grades)

The Alaska Bird Observatory has a long list of local links, information, and a fun pictorial bird quiz with several skill levels.

Alaska's Birds by AlaskaOnline offers B/W drawings and brief bios for each species.

Alaska Department of Fish & Game offers many resources and scientists to help people learn more about Alaska's creatures. Here are links to some of their helpful publications:
Creamer's Field Bird List, For The Birds, Just For Kids, Teacher Resources, Project Wild, Wildlife Notebook Series (online)

The Arctic Audubon Society has regular bird outings with experienced "birders".

Birds/Wild Birds: A great source on About.com

The Bird Treatment and Learning Center of Anchorage provides medical care for injured wild birds and offers bird education to the public.

Checklist of Birds-Alaska by regions from Birding.about.com

Creamer's Field Bird List by Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game

Photo Essays and Articles by Jim Gilbert

Did you find a great Alaska bird site my students would like?
Please do email links you have found useful!

Other great sites on the WWWeb

http://birds.cornell.edu/bow/ Bird of the Week site, sponsored by Cornell University

http://www.nhm.org/birds/ has a great source of information for young ornithologists.

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All photos and narratives contained in this document and/or in the Birds In Alaska website were created by and copyrighted to ©Jim Gilbert 2006.