Every once in a while, I like to pass along a few bird-related gleanings from the unbelievable richness of the WWW, sources of information many readers may not know about. Here are some: --a site for kids enabling virtual dissection of owl pellets: http://www.kidwings.com/owlpellets/index.htm No need to wash up afterwards! --~275 ornithological classics in searchable online form: http://www.takern.se/ornlit.html Swedish site, in English. --how to pronounce bird names: (English) http://www.birds.cornell.edu/crows/birdname.htm (and scientific) http://www.saltspring.com/capewest/pron.htm --up-to-the-minute weather reports along Lake Erie, via buoys: Toledo: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=thro1 Huron: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=hhlo1 Geneva: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=gelo1 --excellent info on Ohio cicada emergences: http://inside.msj.edu/academics/faculty/kritskg/cicada/Site/Cicada_home.html Enjoy, Bill Whan Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]