Bird Education Website Wins Webby Award

An online guide to birds and birdwatching has won a Webby Award. It was made and is maintained by Cornell University’s Ornithology Lab. The site educates visitors about 585 bird species and bird behavior. It features Nest Cams, and offers a volunteer project where you can sign up and participate in their research simply by counting and tagging online bird images.

A Sound of the Week feature highlights the song of a specific bird, which you can play on your computer. There are also sound and video clips for 51 common bird species.

A section on teaching others about birds could be useful for educators or those who just want to share their enthusiasm for birds with friends or family members. Especially useful is the bird identification skills section. It lists four keys for identifying birds:

Size & Shape
Color Pattern
Behavior
Habitat

If you like birds, try out the site and forward to your fellow bird enthusiasts.

The Webby Awards are June 14 in New York City. This year the best of the Web competition received nearly 10,000 entries. The annual competition began in 1996.

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Melissah C.

4:07AM PDT on Mar 28, 2011

thanks

send a green star

Robert O.

3:27PM PDT on Mar 27, 2011

Thanks.

Mrs M.

5:51PM PDT on Sep 17, 2010

Grosbeak! We have mom and dad visit every summer. They don't stay terribly long, but that's their nature. This guy (male) is outstanding...takes my breath away!!

Marian D.

5:31PM PDT on Jul 13, 2010

I am a bird watcher, so I love this idea. Thanks

Paige G.

9:42AM PDT on Jul 12, 2010

Very cool. We'll have to check that out, we love birds.

Lynn D.

12:55PM PDT on Jul 9, 2010

FANTASTIC!!!!! .....I've used this site on many occasions and it deserves the win!!!!!! Bird's are one of our gifts from God and a delight to watch and the heart! Thanks for posting!

Shekhinah D.

5:13AM PDT on Jul 9, 2010

this was very nice.

Lu Ann P.

11:12AM PDT on Jul 6, 2010

The website has been most wonderful and enlightening, thanks! The bird count, tho, is not year-round.

Angelo F.

7:55AM PDT on Jul 6, 2010

Elisabeth T.

5:19AM PDT on Jul 6, 2010

Great article, thanks so much....