birdcentral.net is a privately owned site dedicated to science education through the study of birds.
Purpose
To promote education and
enjoyment of birds. To be a source of information and a
platform for K-12 students to share their interest, work,
and questions concerning birds. To create science curriculum
that promotes experience-based learning.
Mission
To explore the many
possibilities of learning and teaching about birds through
the Internet.
Jim Rosso has studied birds
since he was seven years and lived in Syracuse, New York. He
became involved with the Onondaga Audubon Society and has
been birding ever since. He started photographing birds in
1967 and has been fortunate to have photographed birds from
Washington to Florida and Maine to San Diego. He recently
defended his dissertation in Education Technology. You may
contact him at jlrosso@aol.com.
. The Life Histories of North
American Birds is a 26 volume work that was commissioned by
the U.S. Government in the 1930s for the purpose of
determining the status of birds in the US and determining
their economic contributions and costs. The first editor of
this work was A.C. Bent who started the project during
the1930s and died before its completion. Species profiles
were constructed utilizing the experiences and observations
of current and historical ornithologists. The material
contributes in many ways to our knowledge of birds. The
variety of accounts is surprising and the attention to
detail remarkable. The accounts are scientific, artistic,
and concerned about the human impact on natural
resources.