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This webpage contains links to various natural history webpages which I have found of interest. They span a wide range of interests from flora and fauna to geology and astronomy. More links will be added from time to time.
- General Information on Nature -- organizations
and databases, etc...
- Canadian Wildlife
Service - Ontario Region
- Species Info and Database - Natural Heritage Information Centre searchable database by species and geographic area.
- Canadian Museum of Nature
- "Build Your Own" Virtual Field Guide ROM's region-specific field guide to birds, fish and amphibians.
- Bird Studies Canada
- FROGWATCH Ontario section
- Ottawa Field Naturalists'
Club
- Bishops Mills Natural History Centre in Bishops Mills.
- Rideau River Biodiversity Project - info, photos, etc.. on the CMN website.
- Fletcher Wildlife Garden located at the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa.
- Hinterland Who's Who
Bird and Mammal identification and information on Canadian Wildlife Service
website.
- Bird Links to the World - North American Section on the Bird Studies Canada website.
- The Owl Pages -- excellent starting point for owl information
- Bird Studies Canada
- FROGWATCH
Ontario Species Identification key -- with photos, descriptions and
sound files.
- Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Network (CARCNET) website - lots of info.
- Amphibian Checklist and Identification Guide -- North America
- Tadpoles of the United States and Canada: A Tutorial and Key - photos and identification key info.
- Selected Fishes of
New York State coloured illustrations of a wide variety of species.
Click on a variety and go to longer description and larger illustration.
- Brian Coad's "Fishes of Canada's National Capital Region" contains species accounts, names lists and identification information.
- Crayfish Homepage at Crandall Lab of Brigham Young University.
- Bivalve
Website of Ohio State University.
- The Quick and The Dead article on challenges of survival for freshwater mussels in North America, by G. Thomas Watters.
- Identification, Collection, and the Art of Zen Malacology -- article on collection and identification of specimens, by G. Thomas Watters.
- Electric Elliptio Land -- G. Thomas Watters' online guide for identification of freshwater mussels.
- Martin Kohl's Freshwater Molluscan Shells -- well-organized galleries of photos of freshwater snails.
- Martin Kohl's Links to Freshwater Molluscan Shells -- Martin Kohl's super collection of links to a wide range of molluscan websites.
- The Quick and The Dead article on challenges of survival for freshwater mussels in North America, by G. Thomas Watters.
- Nearctic Spider Database image search. Photos to help identify spiders.
- Odonatology (Damselfly and Dragonfly) Home Page - many photos, data, links.
- Digital Dragonflies - photos, data, links.
- NJOdes -- New Jersey Dragonfly website - excellent resources and photo galleries to aide in identification of dragon and damselflies.
- Bumblebee Identifier online program from University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
- Guide to Identifying Bumblebees - printable fieldguide from University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
- Caterpillars of Eastern Forests -- organized collection of photos of caterpillars.
- Butterfly Photo Gallery -- thumbnails of photographs by Jay Cossey.
- Moths of Canada -- Species Lists & Image Library -- online resource from the Government of Canada's 'Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility'. Excellent photos of hundreds of moths organized by species lists.
- Lynn Scott's "Moths of the Ottawa Area" -- Lynn Scott's wonderful image library and notes for an ongoing project of recording species data for moths of the Ottawa are.
- Cindy Mead's gallery of moths photographed in Michigan -- the moth section of Cindy Mead's superb collection of her nature photography.
- National or Provincial Organizations, Databases,
Guides, etc...
- Eastern Ontario Organizations, Databases, Guides...
Animal Species Websites -- Aids to Identification, etc...
- Bird Pages:
Amphibian & Reptile Pages:
Fish Pages:
Crayfish:
Molluscs -- various
Insects & Spiders -- Dragonflies, Bees, Caterpillars, Butterflies, etc...:
Botany Links:
- Fungi and Mushroom Links -- aids to identification,
etc...
- George Barron's Website
on Fungi -- website of George Barron, author of "Mushrooms of Ontario
and Eastern Canada".
- Tom Volk's Fungi Website -- lots of interesting stuff on here. Check our the Fungus of the Month section.
- MushroomExpert.com Website -- contains a well-organized library of excellent photos and notes on many fungi.
- Lichens of North America website - photos and info.
Lichen Links -- aids to identification, etc...
Astronomy Links:
- Moon Phase Calendar
- Skywatcher's Diary -- monthly astronomy events calendar from Univ. of Michegan's Abrams Planetarium.
- 2002 Meteor Shower Calendar - on website of the International Meteor Organization.
- Aurora Predictions - online custom aurora activity forecasts from the University of Alaska's Geophysical Institute.
Last updated: 01/22/2009