Author April Pulley Sayre: Links

Bioacoustics Research Program
Find out more about the research at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.

Night-Migrating Bird Calls
Find out about Bill Evans's research.

Cloud Forest Alive
Excellent info for kids, adults, teachers. Information about the cloud forests of Central America. Has sounds of cloud forest at night, and cloud forest animal calls Also has a cloud forest quiz, curricula. Plus you can connect to colibricam, which has live webcast of hummingbirds, and batcam, which has bats, of course!

Naturesongs, Inc.
Information about recording animal sounds, recordings to buy, and links to animal sound sites.

Wild Sanctuary
A website with a map you click on to take you to samples of animal calls from places around the world. Be sure to click on "Sound Safari" to hear the free wav files.

Tower Kill
For recent articles about the effect of radio and cell phone towers on migrating birds.

African Animal Conservation
Check the African Wildlife Foundation's website for conservation updates.

AntColony
Lots of information and links on ants in general.

Rain Forest Lesson Plans
Proteacher has links to lots of sites that have rain forest lesson plans for elementary grades.

ItalianMade
Click on "pasta" to find out about the history of pasta and how it is made and used. This website is sponsored by an association that promotes Italian foods.

I Love Pasta
This website, sponsored by the National Pasta Association, features photos and descriptions of some pasta shapes.

The ABC of Shapes
Photos and names of 58 types of pasta. With most browsers, this site translates into English.

Crocodilian.com
The best source for crocodile information is Crocodilian.com, which is sponsored by the Crocodile Specialist Group of the World Conservation Union. This site has fantastic crocodile calls, fact sheets, and links.

Animal Planet
Sounds of alligators and crocodiles can be found at the Animal Planet website.

Nature North
Frog and Toad Calls (Does not include Couch's Spadefoot). This site has a quick download and you can hear different kinds of frogs and toads.

Nature Sound
A Place to Order Frog Sounds

Animal Diversity Web
A more extensive profile of Couch's spadefoot toad's range, behavior. Includes photo.

Journey North: A Global Study of Wildlife Migration
This excellent program lets kids all over the world track the migration of whales, sea turtles, birds, and other creatures. It documents the unfolding of spring and fall. Classrooms can sign up to participate. You can report your own wildlife sightings. But it's fun for individuals to log on and see what kids are seeing happen in their area, as the year progresses.

Caribbean Conservation Corporation
This nonprofit has information and educational materials.

Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
This fact sheet about Neotropical migratory birds is put out by the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center.

American Bird Conservancy
This organization works to protect neotropical songbirds throughout North America and South America.

America Writes for Kids!
America Writes for Kids features links to author sites, by state.

A Writing Site for Kids
This site lists contests for young writers up to age 19.

April Halprin Wayland's website
This author lists some publishers that publish kids' work

Bookhooks
This is a site where kids can review books.

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