Bruce,
And for bird longevity records, check out Bird Banding Lab here:
http://www.pwrc.nbs.gov/bbl/homepage/longvlst.htm

David Allinson

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bruce Clifton" <bhc at eskimo.com>
> To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 7:53 AM
> Subject: Guinness (type) book of birds?
>
>
> > Hi Tweeters,
> >
> > Does anyone know of books or websites that would have statistics and
> > details about bird records such as largest species, longest migration,
> > longest lived, etc.? I am going to be introducing some elementary kids
to
> > birding, and need some good "WOW" facts. Amazing things about Northwest
> > birds would be good as well.
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> >
> > Bruce Clifton
> > Seattle, WA.
> > bhc at eskimo.com
> >
> >
> >
>