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Birds in Winter by Call Number: QL673 .P37 2019ISBN: 9780691178554How birds have evolved and adapted to survive winter Birds in Winter is the first book devoted to the ecology and behavior of birds during this most challenging season.
Specialized Resources on Birds
- AvibaseAvibase is an extensive database information system about all birds of the world, containing over 12 million records about 10,000 species and 22,000 subspecies of birds, including distribution information, taxonomy, synonyms in several languages and more.
- Birds of the World This link opens in a new window
Birds of the World is a powerful research database that brings together deep, scholarly content from four celebrated works of ornithology with millions of bird observations from eBird and multimedia from the Macaulay Library into a single platform.
- eBirdeBird provides rich data sources for basic information on bird abundance and distribution at a variety of spatial and temporal scales.
- Macaulay LibraryThe world's largest archive of wildlife sounds and videos
- Searchable Ornithological Research ArchiveSORA is the world's first and largest open access ornithological publications archive. SORA provides access to an extensive library of ornithological literature of international scope, and detailed material documenting the history of ornithology in North America over the last 120 years
Topic example - nuthatch
The nuthatch's behavior helps it create a niche for itself alongside birds after the same food supply in the same place. It forages upside down on trees - allowing it to spot insects and plant matter other birds might miss. A matter of perspective.
Possible Keywords:
nuthatch
white-breasted nuthtach
Sitta carolinensis
foraging behavior
(What other keywords might you use? Pay attention as you search for other useful terms)
Research questions? Has there been research on --
Do the legs play any role in maneuvering upside down?
Food analysis - Do nuthatches find a proportional amount of the same food (insect species/plant matter) as other tree-feeding birds in the area. Are they finding anything different?
Are nuthatches more or less susceptible to predation (hawks) than other tree-feeding birds?