Birds

Great Blue Heron

Birds of Canada

http://www.hww.ca/hww.asp?id=7&pid=1

Provincial Birds

http://birding.about.com/library/blprovprov.htm

Birds of Quebec

(click on camera icon view a photograph of each)

http://www.redpath-museum.mcgill.ca/Qbp/birds/Birds.htm#species

Photo from http://www.sicamous.com/bluheron/

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Butterflies and Other Insects

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail 

Monarch Butterfly

http://www.zoomwhales.com/subjects/butterfly/species/Monarch.shtml

http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/monarch_butterfly.htm

Butterflies North and South

http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Butterflies/english/index.html

Photo from http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Butterflies/english/gallery/index.html

Insect Websites

http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b382/favorites/insects/Insect%20Websites.htm

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Mammals

Grizzly Bear

"The Hinterland Who’s Who" has an excellent listing and video clips of Canadian birds and mammals.  Print-outs (facts sheets) are included:

http://www.hww.ca/index_e.asp

Canadian Animals

http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/animals/

Canadian Museum of Nature - contains illustrations:

http://nature.ca/notebooks/english/mon2.htm

Animals of the Arctic

http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/html/wildlife.html

Photo from http://www.speciesatrisk.gc.ca/Species/English/SearchDetail.cfm?SpeciesID=133

Fact Guru: Knowledge Base of Canadian Animals

http://www.site.uottawa.ca:4321/animals/index.html

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Ocean and Marine Life

Killer Whale

Ocean Link: This Canadian marine science site from British Columbia is full of aqua facts, animal info, ocean news, “ask a scientist”, and more.

http://oceanlink.island.net/index.html

Canada's Aquatic Environments

http://www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca/

Photo from http://www.speciesatrisk.gc.ca/Species/English/SearchDetail.cfm?SpeciesID=598

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Endangered Species

http://www.speciesatrisk.gc.ca/default_e.cfm

This Environment Canada website provides information about Canadian species at risk:

http://www.speciesatrisk.gc.ca/Species/English/Default.cfm

Canadian Wildlife Federation:  

http://www.cwf-fcf.org/   

World Wildlife for Kids, Canada:

http://www.wwfcanada.org/satellite/wwfkids/index.html

Parks Canada

http://www2.parkscanada.gc.ca/nature/eep-sar/index_E.asp