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Photographs Fyle's Favorites Mrs. Waud's class Students Making Their Own Feeders Ms. McDonnell's class Projects "Fyle's Favorite Feathered Friend" Make a Difference Project by Julianna and Zach Artwork Northern Mockingbird by Sara Articles My Grandpa and Me by Lauren Birding on the Internet by Yaz
Mrs. Waud's class Fyle Elementary School Rochester, NY Grade 5
by Julianna and Zach On Tuesday, May 18th, Mrs. Waud's 5th grade class sponsored a Make-A-Difference project. We called the project "Fyle's Favorite Feathered Friend" and we asked people to vote for their favorite feeder bird. Lots of people voted because they were at school to vote for our school budget. We put 10 painted coffee cans out on a table with pictures of ten different birds on them. We also gave people copies of our just-finished "Birdscope." Each vote was one cent and at the end of the evening, we collected $51.24. The bird with the most money in its can was a cardinal, so that is "Fyle's Favorite Feathered Friend. " Our complete results are listed below. The money that we collected will be donated to Braddock Bay Raptor Research Center. We all feel proud of what we did!
Artwork Northern Mockingbird by Sara
Item4 By Lauren Since I was two years old, I have been birdwatching with my grandpa. He goes all over North America to see all different types of birds. Now I am in fifth grade, and my class is participating in Classroom FeederWatch, a Cornell Lab of Ornithology project. Our class has been birdwatching since November. We will watch until April. I think this project is fun! When it was time to write an article for our Classroom Birdscope newsletter, I decided to interview my grandfather. I thought it would be hard at first because he lives in Canada. So I decided to e-mail him. I sent him some questions. I told him to answer as soon as possible. I had a deadline! My grandpa told me he had been birdwatching for 14 years. This sport interests him because he enjoys the challenge of identifying birds by their songs or field marks. He likes birdwatching because it can be done at his own pace and with others who enjoy the sport. It also can be done all over the world, or even in his own backyard! My grandpa would recommend birdwatching as a leisure sport because friends are made, and all ages, young and old, can birdwatch. Also, once you know how to identify birds, you will know how to identify other natural wonders. The rarest bird he has ever seen is the Variegated Flycatcher. He saw this bird in Toronto. It is normally found in South America. His favorite bird, if he "was forced to make a choice," is the Prothonotary Warbler. Often birdwatchers have a favorite type of bird from each category, such as ducks, shorebirds, owls, etc. There are 476 birds on my grandpa's life list. Once, he traveled 360 miles to see a bird - a Vermilion Flycatcher! I can't wait to see all these different types of birds when I grow up!  GO BACK
Item5 Ms. McDonnell's class
Item6 By Yaz These sites allow a person to easily "surf the Net" by linking directly to sites of interest. I searched for and found a number of such sites. I find these sites to be by far among the most useful web sites dealing with birding. They organize on one site the web addresses of a very large number of birding sites, and they make it possible for the bird enthusiast to find these sites very rapidly without losing weeks of time in search of the same sites. http://www.audubon.org/ -- Web site of the National Audubon Society focuses on birds and other wildlife for the benefit of humanity and the earth's biological diversity. They have 508 chapters, 100 Audubon refuges and nature centers nationwide, and Audubon's high priority campaigns and legislative programs. http://www.ntic.qc.ca/~nellus/links.html#top -- Bird Links to the World. Specific bird species, bird conservation, images and sounds, museum, scientific links, newsgroups, bird magazines, optics, software, books, travel and tours. http://www.audubon.org/bird/link/#bb -- National Audubon Society site with Ornithological Information Sources, Ornithological and Other Scientific Organizations, Government & Associated Sites, Bird Monitoring, Bird Collisions, Backyard Birding, and Other Topics and Projects. http://americanbirding.org/ -- American Birding Association. Subject areas: conventions and conferences, birders' resources, conservation, young birders, rare bird alert, International Migratory Bird Day, publications, events calendar, education, ABA news, and links to other birding sites. http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/bird.html -- Electronic Resources on Ornithology. Ornithological institutions, clubs and societies around the world, scientific subjects such as bird species and types, bird sounds, bird tours, as well as software and other information resources are included. http://home.sol.no/~tibjonn/index.htm -- Fugleskue/Birdwatch. A global and long list of birding magazines, newsletters, and journals on the web, as well as important birding resources. Newcomers to birds on the web may save weeks of searching by first investigating the link at this site. http://birds.cornell.edu/ -- Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. Citizen Science, Bioacoustics, Birdscope, Living Bird, Systematics and Collections, Library of Natural Sounds, Project FeederWatch, Slide Collection, Classroom BirdWatch, Cornell Nest Box Network, Project PigeonWatch, and many other projects. http://www.gorp.com/gorp/activity/birding.htm -- Great Outdoor Recreation Pages: Birding. Commercial site provides a discussion platform called the conservation forum, a birding guide by species, list of birding books, birding trips, and refuge reports, even a "Bird Kids" section. http://mgfx.com/bird/resource/index.htm -- Ornithological Resources. Covers birding checklists, organizations, sanctuaries, observatories, rehabilitation centers, educational resources, image galleries, live cameras, bird songs, house/feeder plans, and products. http://netvet.wustl.edu/birds.htm -- NetVet Birds. Very extensive web site packed with information. http://www.ornith.cornell.edu/OSNA/ornNewsl.htm -- The Ornithological Newsletter Online. Professional publication providing ornithological articles and research as well as news about the member societies of OSNA. http://www.bcpl.lib.md.us/%7Etross/by/backyard.html
-- Backyard Birding Page, a service of the Baltimore Bird Club. A practical web site
for backyard birding. http://www.camacdonald.com/birding/birding.htm -- Birding Hotspots Around the World. Photos of bird specialties from each specific location. Quite an extensive and valuable collection of links to birding around the world. http://www.fws.gov/r9mbmo/othlinks.html -- Office of Migratory Birds, US Fish and Wildlife Service. A super link page. A useful tool enabling the bird enthusiast to surf the web guided by a single information packed page.
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