Online Databases in your school library and from home:

To find information and pictures for many of the New York State animals try using E-Library Elementary or The Encyclopedia of Animals in EBSCO Primary Search, two online databases accessible in your school library, computer labs and some classrooms. Both  databases are also accessible from home; please check with your school librarian for the passwords.

To search for images in E-Library Elementary, limit the search to pictures only.

Animal Sites   [top]

Mammals     [top]

• Allegeny Woodrat
• Beaver
• Big Brown Bat
• Black Bear
• Blue Whale , Blue Whale
• Bobcat
• Canada Lynx
• Coyotes , Coyotes
• Eastern Chipmunk
• Eastern Cottontail
• Eastern Cougar
• Eastern Mole
• Finback Whale
• Fisher , Fisher
• Grey Fox
• Grey Wolf
• Humpback Whale, H. Whale, H. Whale
• Indiana Bat
• Little Brown Bat
• Minks , Mink
• Moose
• Opossum
• Pine Marten
• Porcupine
• Raccoons
• Red Fox , Red Fox
• Red Squirrel
• Right Whale , Right Whale
• River Otter
• Sei Whale , Sei Whale
• Sperm Whale
• Star-nosed Mole
• Striped Skunk , Striped Skunk
• White-Tailed Deer

Birds     [top]

• American Goldfinch
• American Robin
• Bald Eagle, Bald Eagle
• Blue Jay
• Barn Swallow
• Brant
• Canada Goose
• Cedar Waxwing
• Common Loon, Common Loon
• Common Tern
• Double-crested Cormorant
• Downy Woodpecker
• Eastern Bluebird, Eastern Bluebird
• Eskimo Curlew
• Glossy Ibis
• Golden Eagle, Golden Eagle
• Great Blue Heron
• Great Horned Owl
• Green Heron
• Killdear
• Least Tern
• Magnificent Frigate
• Northern Harrier
• Northern Pintail Duck
• Osprey
• Peregrine Falcon
• Pileated Woodpecker
• Piping Plover
• Red-Bellied Woodpecker
• Red-Headed Woodpecker , Red-Headed Woodpecker
• Red-Shouldered Hawk
• Red-Tailed Hawk
• Ring-billed Gull
• Roseate Tern
• Snowy Egret
• Spruce Grouse , Spruce Grouse
• Tree Swallow
• Tricolored Heron
• Wild Turkey
• Woodpecker

Reptiles and Amphibians      [top]

• Atlantic Hawksbill Sea Turtle
• American Bullfrog
• Blanding's Turtle
• Black Rat Snake
• Blue Spotted Salamander
• Bog Turtle
• Eastern Box Turtle
• Eastern Gartersnake
• Eastern Hellbender Salamander
• Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake
• Eastern Milk Snake
• Eastern Mud Turtle
• Eastern Tiger Salamander
• Five-Lined Skink
• Green Turtle
• Leatherback Sea Turtle
• Loggerhead Sea Turtle
• Marbled Salamander, Marbled Salamander
• Northern Black Racer
• Northern Cricket Frog
• Northern Leopard Frog
• Painted Turtle
• Snapping Turtle , Snapping Turtle
• Spotted Turtle
• Spring Peeper (search for "Pseudacris crucifer")
• Tiger Salamander
• Timber Rattlesnake

Insects, Mollusks, and Other Invertebrates    [top]

• American Burying Beetle
• Bay Scallop
• Chittenango Ovate Amber Snail
• Common Tent Caterpillars
• Earthworm
• Firefly
• Honey Bee, Honey Bee
• Horseshoe Crab , Horseshoe Crab
• Hummingbird Moth
• Jumping Spider
• Karner Blue Butterfly
• Mosquito
• Northeastern Beach Tiger Beetle
• Periwinkle Snail
• Snow Flea, Snow Flea (good pictures)
• Zebra Mussel

Fish    [top]

• Atlantic Sturgeon
• American Eel
• Brown Trout
• Harbor Porpoise
• Lake Sturgeon
• Shortnose Sturgeon , Shortnose Sturgeon
• Sturgeon: Similarities and Differences Among NY's Sturgeon
• Mooneye , Mooneye
• Mud Sunfish
• Darter : Longhead Darter, Eastern Sand Darter,
   

Life Around Us
http://library.thinkquest.org/J001558F/
"This is a Thinkquest Jr. Project developed elementary students. The project is designed to increase the knowledge of wildlife in New York State.

More Animal Sites here is a list of more animal sites...  

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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation 

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation site has a wealth of information on NYS and its wildlife.  The site is searchable. Here is a sample of the information that one can find here:

• Ecological Communities of New York State- contains the definition and locations of different ecozones in New York State along with a map of the ecozones of NYS.
   
• Animals of New York State:

• Checklist of Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds and Mammals of New York State.  -very good resource for teachers.
   
• New York State rare animal list: Here is a printable list of all rare animals in NYS.
• NYSDEC Endangered Species List A website with links to information on some of the rare animals of New York State.
• Freshwater Fishes of New York NYSDEC's site on freshwater fishes of NYS.
• Toads and Frogs of New York
• Salamanders of New York
• Lizards & Snakes of New York
• Turtles of New York
• Black Bears for Neighbors?
• The Wild Turkey in New York (a pdf file)

Other Resources    [top]

Bird Songs
http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~tony/birds/
This site contains sound files on the songs and calls of some New York State birds.

Audubon New York-Suggested Reading and Internet Sites on Birds
http://ny.audubon.org/read.htm

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Education for Conservation
http://educators.fws.gov/
Here is a student's and a educator's page on wildlife including a picture and video gallery.

• USGS Ducks at a Distance
  http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/tools/duckdist/duckdist.htm
  This site is part of the Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service site with great picture guides on identifying ducks.

Five Rivers EEC's Teacher Resource Kits
http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/education/5rreskit.html
Five Rivers Environmental Education Center is offering educational items and biological specimens available to teachers by mail or pick up. Kits may be borrowed for two weeks.

New York State Parks     [top]

New York State Parks
http://nysparks.state.ny.us/

• New York State Parks-Regional Map
  http://nysparks.state.ny.us/maps/
  Click on a region for more detail information.
• Adirondack State Park
  http://www.apa.state.ny.us/

Contests and NYS Programs  [top]

Junior Duck Stamp Program in NYS
http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/education/jrduckstmp.html
"The Federal Junior Duck Stamp Program is an art and science curriculum designed to teach youngsters about environmental science and habitat conservation. Across the country, students from kindergarten through grade 12 pick a species of waterfowl, learn about its natural history and habitat needs and then paint it. For the contest, students compete in one of four grade categories: K-3, 4-6, 7-9, and 10-12. The national winner receives a $2500 prize."

Junior Naturalist Program at NYSDEC Campgrounds
http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/do/cpgdJNP.html
The Junior Naturalist Program gives children the opportunity to test their environmental knowledge while teaching them more about New York State's environment. Take a look at how it works.