Database Highlight #50: We've got the Winged Creature for That
Remember flipping through the colorful issues of National Geographic Kids? Did you save some copies thinking you might hand them down to a child only to find them molded in the attic? No worries – we have it covered with National Geographic Kids online. In addition to full-text magazines, special issues, and books going back to 2009, the database has images and videos. It’s sure to engage your elementary aged customers in leisure reading and in early research projects. Especially great for animal lovers!
Engage young students and broaden their horizons with reputable, authoritative, age-appropriate digital content that brings them the world in a way they’ve never seen before. National Geographic Kids will take them on amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space. – from the vendor
National Geographic Kids has a lot of nice bird pictures, but it can’t touch this week’s open site, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology/Macaulay Library. Here you’ll find images, recordings, and videos of over 9,900 birds. It’s a great place to go if you are curious about bird songs. Browse the collection or search by species.
Action Steps
- Using National Geographic Kids, complete the “Use a database” box in Beanstack (hint: you’ll find it under the 2018 Library Scavenger Hunt Learning track) – post in the comments once you’ve completed the task.
- Have a favorite bird? Look it up in the Macaulay Library and tell us what you found (images, video, audio – all three).
Bracelets for the first 6 commenters!
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Comments
I completed the 'Use a Database' box in Beanstack.
The regular pigeon is my favorite bird (after reading, Pigeons: The Fascinating Saga of the World's Most Revered and Reviled Bird). I looked up rock pigeons because apparently it wants specific species. I mostly found pictures of them hanging out, sitting on electrical wires, stoplight poles, etc... I watched a video of them hanging out on a steel structure, maybe a bridge.
Got the badge.
I looked up Albert's Lyrebird because I've seen documentaries on how great a mimic it is. The database has mostly pictures of it but does have some sound files on some of its mimicry as well.
Ok, I am definitely looking this bird up!
Completed tasks to receive the badge.
Black-billed Magpie is among my favorite birds. It's a North American native and Magpies are very intelligent birds. Macaulay Library had just over 4,000 images, 110 audio and 35 videos. There are videos on YouTube of these birds playing with dogs and figuring out puzzles and many other things. I think they're amazing animals.
Got the badge.
I looked up the red-headed lovebird. There were 5 audio clips of bird chirps. There were only 15 bird images. The red-headed lovebird is shown perching near cacti in 3 pictures and in dense brush in the other pictures. Apparently, it can adapt to a variety of habitats. Looks like it makes its nest in a hole in the side of a tree. Beautiful bird - solid green body with an orange/red face. This particular bird is one of the most popular lovebirds for bird keepers.
I completed the "use a database box" in Beanstack.
I looked up the scissor-tailed flycatcher. Viewed some of the many pictures, listened to the bird calls, and watched a video where I saw the bird sitting in various places and flying.
In the National Geographic I read the Animal rescue site - about wolves.
I completed the Use a Database.
I looked up the Green Shrike-Babbler. I found lots of images. They're tiny green and gray birds. I even found a couple of images where it's preparing the thorn. They impale their prey before eating them. There's also some bird calls.
I love shrikes!