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 King County Library Catalog
Encyclopedias
	Grolier's online - (general, OK for well known animals) - @ school - USERNAME sjoseph PASSWORD jaguars (need to register by email from home)
	Grzimeks Animal Life password seat_log @home seat_rpa see also Animal Diversity Web - U Michigan Museum of Zoology - great long articles Exploring Nature.org - Exploring Nature Educational Resource - with pictures to color Username sjseattle Password jaguars
	International Wildlife Encyclopedia -- book set in the library -- I will photocopy for you
Internet	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 (caution on using Wikipedia because can be edited online)
Magazines	ELibrary - and some brief information and maybe pictures @ school - Username: ar121sjseat Password: welcome @ home Remote Username: 00723DVXXF Remote Password: welcome

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

• 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