Migration
Webliography
Nature Works - Animals migrate for a variety of reasons.
Salmon Migration Patterns - Ocean tagging has shown that most Pacific salmon spend their sea-lives within these boundaries.
Nature: Flight School - Eight whoopers follow the leader aircraft
on a 1,200 mile migratory journey from Wisconsin to Florida.
Operation Migration -
Ultra-light aircraft leading bird migration
Whooping Cranes - Tour the migration
patterns of cranes in North America
Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership
- Working to bring back the cranes! Track the cranes' migration from Wisconsin
to Florida.
Konrad Lorenz
- A brief biography of the scientist who first formally
described "imprinting" and gave it its name.
Journey North - Journey North engages
students in a global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change. K-12
students share their own field observations with classmates across North America.
Monarch Watch - Extensive
information from this butterfly-watching project sponsored by the Universities
of Kansas and Minnesota.
Monarch Migration
- Monarch butterflies have one of the world's most fascinating
migration paths.
Spring
Migration Guide - For five weeks each spring, visitors to the Platte River
valley in south-central Nebraska can enjoy the symphony of sounds and dancing
rituals of 90 percent of the world's sandhill cranes.
Migration
Mystery - Each Spring and Fall, billions of
songbirds travel thousands of miles between their breeding habitats and the
places they spend the winter.
Bird Migration
and Navigation -Facts about several types of birds and how they migrate
Migration
Game - Can you help Wanda the Wood Thrush travel from her winter home
in Costa Rica to her summer home in Maryland?
Migratory
Bird Center: Teachers and Students Page
Bird Migraton - Four groups
of migratory birds
North American Flyways - The routes followed by
migratory birds are numerous, and while some of them are simple and easily
traced, others are extremely complicated.