Teachers in any of the 6 counties served by CAS may  arrange for a member of Columbia Audubon to visit your classroom and/or participate in Operation Feeder Watch.  Contact Lisa Schenker, Columbia Audubon Society, P.O. Box 1331, Columbia, MO 65205. 

Books

Partners in Flight Migratory Birds Curriculum Assessment Project. 1997. A Guide to Bird Education Resources. Migratory Birds of the Americas: An Annotated Bibliography.

Partners in Flight. Resource Directory 2000. [includes over 70 new listings of bird related resources]

Partners in Flight. International Migratory Bird Day Organizer's Packet.

Alden, Peter and John Sill. 1982. Peterson Field Guide Coloring Books: Birds. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.

Carlson, Susan, Alison Dalsimer, Dan Petit, Peter Stangel, and Julie St. Louis. 1996. International Migratory Bird Day Educator's Packet. Partners in Flight. [activities range from grades 3-8]

_____. 1997, 1998, 1999. Educator's Supplement. Partners in Flight. [activities range from grades 2-12]

Doris, Ellen. 1994. Real Kids, Real Science: Ornithology. New York: Thames and Hudson Inc. Produced in Association with The Children's School of Science, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. [ages 9-12]

Echols, Jean C. 1996. Penguins and Their Young: Teacher's Guide. (LHS GEMS) Berkeley: University of California. [Preschool-1]

EPA. 1990. Let's Reduce and Recycle: Curriculum for Solid Waste Awareness. [grades K-6]

Focus on a Falcon. International Migratory Bird Day For Kids newsletter. 28 copies.

Green Point Environmental Learning Center. Bird Migration Trekking Pack. Sagninaw Michigan, Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge.

Grubb, Thomas C., Jr. 1986. Beyond Birding: Field Projects for Inquisitive Birders. Pacific Grove, California: The Boxwood Press.

Kochan, Jack B. 1994. Birds: Feet and Legs. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books.

_____. 1995. Birds: Bills and Mouths. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books.

_____. 1995. Birds: Heads and Eyes. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books.

_____. 1996. Birds: Wings and Tails. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books.

Manomet Observatory. c. 1996. Save Our Migratory Birds: Bringing awareness of birds shared throughout the Americas, A Resource Guide for Middle School Teachers.

Midwest Science Center, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Audible Light Group, Ltd; University of Missouri Extension, and Household Hazardous Waste Project. 1995. Streets to Streams: Youth Investigations Into Water Quality. Springfield, Missouri: Household Hazardous Waste Program. [grades 5-9]

National Audubon Society. 1996. Audubon Adventures: Teacher's Resource Manual. [grades 4-6]

Partners in Flight. 1997. Resource Directory.

Partners in Flight. 2000. Resource Directory.

Partners in Flight. 1997. A Guide to Bird Education Resources; Migratory Birds of the Americas: An Annotated Bibliography

Peterson Field Guide Series. 1983. A Field Guide to Bird Songs of Eastern and Central North America. 2^nd edition. Cornell, New York: Laboratory of Ornithology.

Peterson, Roger Tory. 1980. A Field Guide to the Birds: A Completely New Guide to All the Birds of Eastern and Central North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.

Videos

Audubon's Animal Adventures. Puffin Adventures.

Eyewitness: Bird. 1994. BBC Wildvision, BBC Lionheart Television, and DK Vision in association with Oregon Public Broadcasting.

Birding for Beginners. 1993. Missouri Department of Conservation.

Audubon Society's VideoGuide to the Birds of North America. Volume I. Loons through Grouse, 94 minutes.

Audubon Society's VideoGuide to the Birds of North America. Volume II. Water Birds, 78 minutes.

Audubon Society's VideoGuide to the Birds of North America. Volume III. Doves through Woodpeckers, 61 minutes.

Audubon Society's VideoGuide to the Birds of North America. Volume IV. Songbirds, part 1, 75 minutes.

Audubon Society's VideoGuide to the Birds of North America. Volume V. Songbirds, part 2, 80 minutes.

Slide Show:

Common Feeder Birds (script and 30 slides)

Activities and Games

Walk-through Woodpecker Identification Key

Shorebird Migration (board game from Manomet Observatory)

Shorebird Banding Activity (Manomet Observatory)

The Birding Game with Roger Tory Peterson (2 copies available winter 1998)

The Hummingbird Game (ages 8-adult)

Fowl Ball (birds' field of view)

Fill the Bill [grades 3-8]

Animal Clue Game (whale, spider, hummingbird, frog) [ages 6 and up]

Miscellaneous

7 vinyl bird feet replicas (Great Horned Owl, Bald Eagle, Turkey Vulture, American Coot, Mallard, Blue Jay, woodpecker)

5 bird identification overhead transparencies (behavior, body shape and field marks)

9 pairs of 7x35 binoculars