Ornithology Activities and Links
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If you come across an excellent resource, let us know at hello@harborandsprout.com so we can add it to the list!Avibase World Bird Database: https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/avibase.jsp?lang=EN
NASA World Bird Database: https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1214173182-SCIOPS
Cornell Bird Lab: https://ebird.org/home
Birds of the World: https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/home
National Audubon Society: https://www.audubon.org/
Basics of Ornithology (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXpCjgKu16c&list=PLyqSpQzTE6M8lFKVOHlcNlPPfCUatop-4
Bird Taxonomy Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdgtr5RlBDc
MinuteEarth Explains: Birds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nss9MYvuIAo
Map of a Bird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjWZUUDcgnc
Aristotle’s History of Animals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQBg56lPO9k
Ancient Artisans: Falconry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41KExZ060Fc
Falconry Through the Ages: https://youtu.be/NI3Fbm20Bkg?si=6b3Oj4cMNjsvB8Wh
The Philosophy of Sir Francis Bacon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj4N0O7QnPY
Francis Willughby: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhBrAyiCttw
John Ray, Unsung Heroes of Science: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Nft8pTEW2M
Carl Linnaeus, Father of Taxonomy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcA7wuOkBvc
Biology Before Darwin (CrashCourse): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4CKmYSMT_0
The Discovery of Extinction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwNwuRhM0os
William Paley’s Natural Theology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_MszeM-AK0
TH Huxley - The Evolution of Evolution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVm1cho3bf4
The American Ornithologist’s Union: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX2YfbJ2yW8
The History of Ornithology in Australia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6I2RxxngOk
A Short History of the National Audubon Society: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HSbMX6XTAo
All 13 Birds of Prey and What Makes Them Incredible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZndJV6Sqy4
What Makes a Raptor A Raptor?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSxUXd1M8D0
Identifying Raptors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usx6_88R8uk
Order Falconiformes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO5V6O0wi6E
Order Strigiformes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSTWDtujgzE
Sea Birds Battle in the Air for Fish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKzeMovBwL0
Puffin Hunts Fish for Puffling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIUJfXk3_3w
Bird Migration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-mMMpl_T80
Puffin Island: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qegfHmWJsY
The Brown Pelican, Everything You Need to Know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoBPtGHAQDY
The Double-Crested Cormorant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kUAi8Tjhkg
Magnificent Frigatebirds Mating: https://youtu.be/wvR2ys6F5lU
The Arctic Tern: Longest Migration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxgjrWgH81U
Habitat is Home: https://thecenterforbirdsofprey.org/
Birdlife 100th Anniversary: https://vimeo.com/669469926/8e1db27668
Conserving the Marbled Murrelet: https://youtu.be/gkVo2Lp3voM
Celebrating Warblers: https://youtu.be/RXv1jv0Ocss
Ornithology/Specimens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqRL86Baq64
The Birds of Folklore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96571LJSFdE
The Folklore of Birds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4M03qI0hX8
The Tragic Life of Edgar Allan Poe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5two65m1QE
EAP; The Raven: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAdQ3CcPHQU
Why Should You Read EAP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lgg-pVjOok
The Surprising Reason Birds Sing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5_ZSnFDPRg
Where Birdsong Began: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMB1qaw7yt0
Bird Song Hero: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xH2GjHKYj0
A Composer Translates Birdsong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOqnNWWgbmg
Respighi’s “The Birds”: https://youtu.be/vZ1qOBf_JQg
Bird Songs, 8 Hours of Relaxation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmmsl2X_--U
Intro to Printmaking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNoRrp17SJ4
History of Printmaking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omJ96tJN3UE
History Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlW-lQCBouqhXvjoxjZPGxOFqYJSyL6n7
Woodblock Printmaking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8ma5q9-lA0
Rembrandt’s process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sua-17acX6g
Hand Engraving: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GWyPEBzwXk
How to Make an Etching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jzVjjRudfo
Printmaking - Lithography: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S67Qqov0CdU
How to Make a Screenprint: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwkSYrKIEiI
Janet Turner, A Lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v67XRp31N9k
Art Bytes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_c_vzwnQDw
Hatzegopteryx: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvk3RBGXxic
The Origin of Flight in Birds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D05XO8A0Gs
Archeopteryx, the very first bird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOwk2pVViWw
The Genius of Birds, Flight Muscles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFdvkopOmw0
LDA Clearly Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azXCzI57Yfc
Da Vinci’s Codex on the Flight of the Birds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPCZ6HU9XLQ
How Bird Wings Work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jKokxPRtck
How Birds Can Teach Us to Build Better Airplanes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iazEZZ63Yik
Bird Wing Shapes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDN9qqoQZr8
How Birds Fly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOxwGKEytSw
Understanding Aerodynamic Drag: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMmNKUlXXDs
Lift Equation Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40uhfWbZH6g
Understanding Bernoulli’s Equation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW4rItB20h4
Newton’s Laws of Motion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w6oW1ut4Dw
Turbulent Flow is More Awesome than Laminar Flow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zI9sG3pjVU
How Do Birds Deal with Turbulence? https://youtu.be/VEk72U4RfZ8
Birds Gliding Through Bubbles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sh8_3-R90I
Literary devices, definitions, and examples: https://writers.com/common-literary-devices
The Birds of America by John James Audubon
A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds by Scott Weidensaul
The Life of Birds by David Attenborough
The Seabird’s Cry: The Lives and Loves of Puffins, Gannets and Other Ocean Voyagers by Adam Nicolson
Secret Life of the Owl by John Lewis-Stempel
The Soaring Life of the Lark by John Lewis-Stempel
Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design & Evolution by Richard Dawkins
The Complete Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe
Printmaking: How to Print Anything on Everything by Christine Medley
Birds of South America: Passerines by Ber Van Perlo
Birds of North America by Norman Arlott
Collins Bird Guide by Lars Svensson, Killian Mullarney, Dan Zetterström