Links

Some of our Favorite Websites and Apps

(Copy and Paste into your browser to open each or search for the app in your favorite app site )

 https://www.kremp.com/pages/all-about-milkweed-wildflowers-and-monarch-butterfly    This article explains why milkweed is vital to monarchs, shares tips for growing, and even has a section on wildlife gardening. (Thanks to Janice from GenEarth for suggesting this link. You have to scroll through the Kremp site to find this article but you will also see many other interesting related articles listed.  And the GenEarth site itself has much ecology-based information.)

https://wizardpins.com/blogs/education/all-about-bald-eagles (Thanks to Roger Jarvis and the STEMettes group for suggesting this cool link).

www.ellicotttrail.com

 merlin.allaboutbirds.org – From Cornell – this app for your phone will help you identify that rare bird you just saw while hiking through the park.

https://www.monarch-butterfly.com/ – All about monarchs

iNaturalist – this app will help you identify that unusual wildflower or bird


www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/ – Department of Agriculture/ Forest Service – check out the Monarch Conservation Webinar Series.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/h/honeybee/ – the buzz on bees and honey

www.nwf.org – National Wildlife Foundation. Even if you only go to this site to see the award-winning nature photos, you will be well rewarded.

https://www.audubon.org/ – this website is truly for the birds! (and all about birds). Check out the Photography Awards page for some outstanding photos.

www.blackcreekwatershed.org – Learn more about the Black Creek Watershed Coalition

www. http://co.genesee.ny.us/departments/soilandwater/conservation.php –  

www.nysbs.org – NYS Bluebird Society – all about bluebirds; great photos and even plans for building your own bluebird houses

www.nabluebirdsociety.org  – North American Bluebird Society – more like the above

http://www.dec.ny.gov/ – NYS Department of Conservation website

www.dec.ny.gov/education/40248.html – DEC’s Conservationist for Kids; a great resource
for kids learning about nature

www.ptny.org – New York Parks and Trails

https://www.niagarafallsstatepark.com/ Plenty of information about the state park in Niagara Falls, plus great photos!

https/friendsofmontezuma.org/ – all about the Montezuma Wetlands Complex – just down the

Thruway!

www.feederwatch.org – Learn all about Cornell’s Feeder Watch Program, plus additional information on birds in general

www.birds.cornell.edu – more information for the birdwatchers among us

https://www.facebook.com/nysoea/ – NYS Outdoor Education Association

www.northernwoodlands.org/ Everything outdoors in New Hampshire

https://www.sciencebuff.org/ All about the Buffalo Museum and Science Center and the Tifft Nature Preserve

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/03/bird-migration-interactive-maps/
Where do the birds go when they migrate? You’ll be amazed at the maps that track them.

https://www.discovertheforest.org

https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5201734.pdf – Teacher’s guide to discovering nature.

https://www.fs.fed.us  – US Forest Service website (a ton of information)