BIRDS/BIRDING

All About Birds

From the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

AvianWeb

Information on many speciies of companion birds and articles on issues including behavior, health, care, breeding, and transportation.

The Aviary

Birds

Birds and Buildings Forum

Creating a safer environment for birds

National Audobon Society

"Audubon's mission is to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats for the benefit of humanity and the earth's biological diversity."

Owling.com

The largest US Web site dedicated to owls

Pacific Northwest Raptors

PNR specializes in training and working with captive-bred birds of prey, training their handlers and in access to university level research and educational tools on the Internet

Second Chance Birds

Health and behavior of cockatoos and parrots

MAPS

Google Earth

Latitude Longitude Locator

MapQuest

Driving directions, maps and live traffic reports

TerraServer

Aerial and Topographical maps

Topozone.com

Topographical maps

United States Postal Service -- Zip Code Lookup

USGS Topographic Map Symbols

SCIENCE

American Chemical Society:

The worlds' largest scientific society. This site serves as a starting point for a wide range of chemistry related information

Climation.com

The Constellations and their Stars

A resource on stars, constellations, and the night sky

Dayton Weather

Environmental Resources

Environmental Services Directory for Washington State

eXtension.org

Provided in cooperation with 74 Universities to provide answers and knowledge base learning for a variety of agricultural and scientific topics.

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) -- The World Factbook

Fujita Tornado Damage Scale

Developed by the University of Chicago

Infomine

The Known Universe

A YouTube video put out by the American Museum of Natural History illustrating the sizes and distances between planetary bodies in relation to the Himalayas in Tibet.

National Lead Information Center

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's
National Weather Service

National Weather Service

The Nine Planets: a multimedia tour of the solar system

This site gives an overview of the history, mythology and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system.

NOAA Department of Commerce

NOAA's National Weather Service

NOAA Education: Advancing Environmental Literacy,
Cool sites for everyone

NOAA Education: Advancing Environmental Literacy
Primarily for Teachers

Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics

PhysLink.com

The ultimate Physics resource.

Real-time earthquakes

Science.gov

The reliable information about science tehcnology from across federal government organizations.

U. S. Environmental Protection Agency

United States Geological Survey

Weather Underground

The Weather Channel

National and local weather forecast, radar, map and report

WebElements

the Periodic Table of the Elements

World Wildlife (WWF)

Endangered species

The Why files: the science behind the news

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