Resources for Exploring Bird Behavior
If you have the BirdSleuth: Exploring Bird Behavior module, this site will help you get the most from your kit!
(if you don't already own the module, click here to learn more!)
BirdSleuth: Exploring Bird Behavior Resources and Links
Investigation 1
- Sharp-tailed Grouse information, from All About Birds
Investigation 2
- Crow/Raven videos:
- Bird Brained? (Nature, PBS.org)
- The Right Tool for the Job (Oxford)
- Figure That One Out (Scientific American Frontiers, PBS.org)
- Animal Minds, by Virginia Morrell (National Geographic Magazine, March 2008)
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Additional background information for teachers about observations and inferences (coming soon)
Investigation 3
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Look at BirdSleuth's Online Guide to Corvids. -
Submit your data to Crows Count, and your students become citizen scientists!
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Learn more about corvids by looking up specific species on the All About Birds website.
Investigation 4
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Visit the CamClickr site to learn more about the project and submit your data.
Investigation 5
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Learn about and order your copies of Classroom BirdScope student research magazine!
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Download the BirdSleuth Reports online magazine.
Investigation 6
- Use the FREE BirdSleuth: Investigating Evidence module, to help your kids do scientific inquiry!
- Links to Meet the Scientists' websites:
If you have other resources you'd like to recommend, please email BirdSleuth (birdsleuth@cornell.edu) and let us know about them!
