Habitats

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All Habitats

Habitats Near Water

Wilderness Habitats on Land

Human Habitations

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All Habitats

Learn the distinctions between the 17 habitats described in this CD-ROM.

This product identifies six habitats near water, nine wilderness habitats on land, and two urban and residential habitat types. Learn how they differ in character, and in the bird species, Songs and Choruses you might encounter.

In Challenge Mode, identify a Habitat in which you might hear a given bird Song or Chorus. Now turn on Multiple Answers and see if you know all the Habitats in which you can hear a specific Song.


Habitats Near Water

There are six major habitat types in which water is the dominant component.

Do you know what they are? In which ones you can hear specific birds? How a typical bird chorus on a lake differs from one on an estuary, or along a river?

This topic will help you learn how these Habitats differ. Using Challenge mode and Multiple Answers, see if you know all the habitats near water of the Pied-billed Grebe and Great Blue Heron.


Wilderness Habitats on Land

There are nine of these habitats described, and they cover a lot of territory.

Can you tell them apart from one another? Can you identify the habitats in which a certain bird might be found? What Habitat a given Chorus of bird song can be heard?

Increase your knowledge of the environment through learning to distinguish these Habitats. Use Explore Mode to compare two or more Habitats, and Challenge Mode to attain skill in discriminating between them.


Human Habitations

These comprise two important habitats, each with many species of birds.

Agricultural Lands differs from Urban and Residential regions in a number of ways, including the birds that are commonly found in them.

Multiple Answers in Explore Mode will tell you which birds are found in one or both habitats. Use Challenge Mode without Multiple Answers to see if you really know these birds. Hint: if a bird is in both Habitats, both selections will produce a Yes response.