Below is a message from Rachel Martin at the Seattle Public Library. Access to
the Birds of North America Online series is now available FREE through the
Seattle Public Library! There are a few restrictions: you need to be a resident
of Seattle or selected parts of King County. Non-residents can get a library
card for a fee. For more information about getting an account, the areas of King County eligible, and access to the BNA go to: www.spl.org

Mike Donahue
Seattle


Hello,

I am happy to let you all know that we have just added a new database called
Birds of North America Online.
This database is a collaboration between the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the
American Ornithologists' Union, and the Academy of Natural Sciences and it
provides information for over 700 species of birds nesting in the USA and
Canada. It includes image and video galleries showing behaviors, habitat,
nests, eggs, and nestlings, as well as recordings of bird songs and calls
selected from the collection in Cornell's Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds.

Birds of North America Online can be accessed from the Library's website by
clicking on Databases & Websites and then Science &
Technology...Science(General) and also View Databases A-Z.

Read the Library Journal review of Birds of North America Online:
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=897379931&sid=1&Fmt=4&clientId=11206&RQT=309&VName=PQD

Free software is required for the video and audio clips. Remote users will need
QuickTime installed for video and RealPlayer installed for the audio. For
public computers in the Library, the audio will work now and the video will
work once XP is rolled out for the public computers.

Thanks,
Rachel
Selection Services