Life Science

Chapter 15: Birds and Mammals

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Topic: Homing Pigeons

Visit these sites for more information about homing pigeons. Use the information to complete the activity in your book.



About Pigeons

( http://home.bresnan.net/~to9y/pigeons/pigeons.html )
Wikipedia Entry – Homing Pigeon

( http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homing_pigeon )
Magnetic Navigation by Birds

( http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF3/345.html )

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Topic: Manatee Habits


Sea World - Manatees

( http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/Manatee/home.html )
Manatees and Dugongs

( http://www.cep.unep.org/kids/kids.html )
USGS - Manatees

( http://cars.er.usgs.gov/Education/Manatees/manatees.html )
Manatees: Supremely Adapted, Seriously Endangered

( http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Publications/ZooGoer/1998/1/manateesadapedendagered.cfm )

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Visit these sites for information on the sizes of robin, house sparrow, bald eagle, and Canada goose eggs.



Robin

( http://www.pma.edmonton.ab.ca/vexhibit/eggs/vexeggs/passer/amrob.htm )
House Sparrow

( http://www.pma.edmonton.ab.ca/vexhibit/eggs/vexeggs/passer/hsparr.htm )
Bald Eagle

( http://www.pma.edmonton.ab.ca/vexhibit/eggs/vexeggs/falconi/bald.htm )
Canada goose

( http://www.pma.edmonton.ab.ca/vexhibit/eggs/vexeggs/anser/cangs.htm )
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