Subject: bird checklists
Date: Feb 5 17:23:42 2003
From: Mike Patterson - celata at pacifier.com


Checklists for any areas throughout the Pacific Northwest
can be generated using http://birdnotes.net

"david b. williams" wrote:
>
> Greetings. I work in the education division at the Burke Museum, We are in
> the process of creating a traveling study kit about Local Birds. This kit
> will include curriculum, background information, specimens, and bird books,
> etc. and will be available to school groups. It will be oriented toward
> middle schoolers and will focus on birds in the Seattle area. In order to
> help students get better acquainted with their local birds, we thought it
> would be good to include checklists from local parks and natural areas. We
> are contacting the parks, but we also wanted to know if there were people on
> this list who might be interested in sharing their local checklists with us.
> In that way, we could get a wider spectrum of the habitats in the city,
> especially considering that many parks do not have any official lists.
>
> Any help would be appreciated, including suggestions of activities.
>
> Thanks kindly,
> David Williams
> Education Assistant
> Burke Museum

--
Mike Patterson
Astoria, OR
celata at pacifier.com

A child who becomes acquainted with the birds about him
hears every sound and puzzles out its meaning with a cleverness
that amazes those with ears who hear not.

-Neltje Blanchan

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