Animals of Washington State - (and here is the 4th grade bibliography format)

Search for your animal:

• Books: St. Joseph's Library - look by KEYWORD and SUBJECT
  • Seattle Public Library Catalog OR King County Library Catalog
• Encyclopedias
  • Grolier's online - (general, OK for well known animals) - (need to register by email from home)
  • Grzimeks Animal Life -- password seat_log (at home seat_rpa)
  • International Wildlife Encyclopedia set here in the library - GREAT - we will photocopy articles here
• Internet: - (caution on using Wikipedia because can be edited online)
  • Google (and GoogleImages) - KidsClick -Yahooligans
    • if more than 1 word, put the name of your animal in quotation marks
    • add the word animal to your search
    • use the Latin name in quotation marks
    • use Advanced Google and under occurances, click on as title of the page
• Magazine articles, pictures: ELibrary - and some brief information
  • Username: wapsesdprvt Password: private -- for at school
  • email Mrs. Cutler for password for at home

Links - best sites in BOLD
Animals at the Woodland Park Zoo - Animal fact sheets (alphabetical list)

• Animal Diversity Web - U Michigan Museum of Zoology - great long articles
• Animal Information - by country, including USA
  • or just AnimalInfo.org- by species- with profiles and tidbits
• Animal Planet: Wild Animals A-Z [with advertising]
• BirdWeb - Seattle Audubon Society - Bird list
• Burke Museum - Field Guides
  • Amphibians of WA - salamanders, frogs, newts
  • Birds of WA
  • Mammals in WA (Opossums) (Hares, rabbits, and pikas) (Carnivores) (Shrews and moles) (Split-hooved mammals) (Rodents) (Bats) (Porpoises, dolphins, and whales)
  • Reptiles of WA - turtles, lizards and snakes
• Defenders of Wildlife - factsheets on various animals
• E Nature.com -- field guides on many animals
• Eastern Washington wildlife - mostly pictures
• Nature Works - long list of various animals
• North American mammals - Smithsonian - with picture and map- Enter, then search by species name
• Northwest Trek - good information
  • Bears - brown* black
  • Birds- * Bald Eagle * Golden Eagle * Northern Spotted Owl * Snowy Owl * Barn Owl * Great Horned Owl * Trumpeter Swan * Screech Owl * Red-tailed Hawk
  • Canines - * Coyotes * Gray Wolf * Red Fox
  • Cats - * Bobcat * Cougar * Lynx
  • Forest animals - * Badger * Fisher * Porcupine * Skunk * Opossum * Wolverine
  • Herd animals - * Bighorn Sheep * Bison * Mountain Goat * Blacktail Deer * Moose * Roosevelt Elk * Whitetail Deer * Woodland Caribou
  • Pygmy rabbits
  • Reptiles and amphibians - # Gopher Snake # Pacific Giant Salamanders # Rubber Boa # Western Pond Toad # Western Pond Turtle
  • Wetland animals - * Beaver * Raccoon * Otter
• Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife - info/pictures on at Living with wildlife
  • Birds - Canada Geese Northern Flickers (Woodpeckers) Crows Owls Domestic Pigeons Robins Great Blue Herons Starlings Hawks Swallows House Sparrows Woodpeckers Magpies
  • Frogs (tree frogs and bull frogs) and Snakes
  • Mammals - Bats Muskrats Beavers Old World Rats Black Bears Opossums Cougars Pocket Gophers Coyotes Rabbits Deer Raccoons Elk River Otters Moles Skunks Moose Tree Squirrels Mountain Beavers Voles
• Wildlife list from Alaska Wildlife Notebook series - excellent info if animal listed