San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Kids: Peafowl
Colorful resource for learning fun facts about peafowl with photographs as well as information regarding their physical characteristics and unique features.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Kids: Bee Eaters
Provides basic fun facts about Bee-eaters, with photographs as well as information regarding their physical characteristics and unique features.
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Monterey Bay Aquarium: African Penguin
This resource provides information about the African penguin. The content includes lots of quick facts, plus a video of penguins at the aquarium.
Children's Discovery Museum
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose: Build a Nest
Imagine you are a bird and use materials you find in your neighborhood to design and build a nest.
Biology Pages
Kimball's Biology Pages: Vertebrate Kidneys
Everything you've ever wanted to know about vertebrate kidneys. Modules include Freshwater Vertebrates, Amphibians, Lizards and Snakes, Birds, Mammals, Marine Fishes. Resources can be used as classroom notes or supplemental materials.
Other
The Pet Bird Page: Parrots
This site from The Pet Bird Page is a site developed to help find, compare, and select breeds of pet parrots as well as inform parrot owners on care, raising, and training of their pet birds.
University of California
Ucmp: Birds Decendents of Dinosaurs
This site from the University of California, Berkeley contains general information and links to information about the fossil record of birds, the life history of birds, the systematics of birds, and the morphology of birds.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Sage Grouse
Learn more about the Sage Grouse through this clear and concise resource. Students will find information on the characteristics, life cycle, diet, habitat, behavior and range of this type of running bird.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Birds in Flight, What a Sight!
This lesson plan has been designed to show students the unique structure that birds possess--feathers--and how they maneuver them in flight.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Animal Kingdom
Background information about all of the classes of the animal kingdom, followed by four short lesson plan outlines.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: What Is a Bird?
For this activity, students compare pictures of birds and other animals to see what characteristics are unique to birds.
Cynthia J. O'Hora
Mrs. O's House: What Actions Should Be Taken for Wade Island Birds?
Examine efforts of national, state, and local governments to protect birds in their natural habitats.
Cynthia J. O'Hora
Mrs. O's House: American Bald Eagle Status in Your State
What is the status of the bald eagle in your state? Investigate the population of the once endangered national bird in the states. Understand why birds of prey are protected in the United States.
Text Project
Text project.org: Fyi for Kids: Bird Nests [Pdf]
Download this PDF for an informtional text about the nests built by different types of birds.
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Usfws: Schoolyard Habitat
This informative site from the U.S Fish & Wildlife Service instructs teachers and students on how to create a wildlife habitat on school grounds.
PBS
Pbs teachers:n.a.m.i.b. (Namib Animal Mobile of Interesting Birds)
Identify the birds of the Namib desert, describe the different environments in which birds live in the Namib Desert and build a bird mobile.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Feed the Birds
Instructions for building a bird feeder and for keeping a journal of observations about the birds that come to feed.
PBS
Pbs Teachers:flying Casanovas: Bowerbird Basics
Examine characteristics of bowerbirds and their bowers. Compare and contrast various styles of bowers created by bowerbirds
Other
Birdworld: Britain's Largest Birdpark and Gardens
Want to learn more about England's Birds and Gardens? Visit Britain's largest birdpark and gardens in Surrey, England. Find out about the penguin feeding times and the safari rides.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Australian Magpie
Here's a webpage from Unique Australian Animals offering a nice description of the Australian Magpie. This easy to read overview also includes several images of various magpies.
Other
Companion Parrot Quarterly: Homepage
The Companion Parrot Quarterly is a magazine dedicated to providing bird owners with the information they need to have and/or raise the best companion parrots possible. Their web site contains online articles from their magazine that...
Other
Hot Spot for Birds
A site that provides products as well as reference material for pet bird owners.
Other
Aves De La Patagonia: Argentina
"Aves de la Patagonia" is a Spanish website that provides a list of birds found in the Patagonia. It provides the scientific name for each bird, a short description and pictures.