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)