Other Useful Links

Gardening | Weather | Search Engines | Software | Books Online | Local Cities | Other Species | Astronomy

Gardening

The Huntsville/Madison County Botanical Garden
The Yahoo listing of gardening links
GardenNet
The Succulent Plant Page
Havahart - Caring Control for Pets and Wildlife
"Havahart.com takes a comprehensive look at the pet and wildlife problems we experience in our everyday life. Product solutions such as squirrel proof bird feeders, live animal cage traps, dog crates and training devices, rabbit and small animal homes, cover the wide spectrum that truly is Caring Control for Pets and Wildlife."
Gardening.com - plant encyclopedia, garden site directory, bookstore, and more, from SierraHome. Victor Poison-Free Pest Control "This site is a plethora of information on everything "pesty" in your home. It sells "poison free" pest control. There is a great search feature on pests, what they are, what diseases they carry, and how to prevent infestation. We can solve your pest problems without the hazards of poison. We care about your children, pets and the environment."
GardenWeb - Articles, reviews, forums, contests, a garden exchange, online catalogs, etc.
Here's where we got the bonsai icons to the right.
The Virtual Bromeliad Society
The Electronic Orchid Greenhouse
Patio & Water Gardens - catalog of water gardens and supplies.
BG-Map Botanical Garden Mapping. Here's information on computerized mapping of plant collections typically housed at facilities such as botanical gardens, arboreta, zoos, and large private estates.

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What's the weather?

This is the Intellicast radar for Huntsville. One of the best images for seeing what precipitation is headed our way.
Channel 31 (WAAY) and Channel 19 (WHNT) both have lots of good weather and radar/satellite links here.
Don't want to look out your window for the weather? Here's a local towercam from Channel 31.
Florida State University keeps details on the hurricane season here.
Then there's The Weather Channel, of course.

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Search Engines

Deja News This is great if you want to find a topic that has been discussed on any of the usenet newsgroups.
Alta Vista Very broad, exhaustive search engine!
Yahoo! This one is a bit more focused: you drill your way down to your given set of topics.

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Software

TUCOWS (Stands for "The Ultimate Collection Of Winsock Software") There are many TUCOWS mirror sites, and they are a great place to find internet software (shareware or freeware). They also have lots of software for Web site development, graphics, audio, etc, etc.
Free Graphics Wonderland A great place to look for interesting backgrounds, icons, buttons, bars, etc. for placing on a web page!
HTML Goodies Page Web development tips, FAQs, Tutorials, and how-tos abound here!

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If you're looking for books online, try these

Amazon.com Books The largest bookstore on earth!
Barnes & Noble.com Right up there, too.
If you're looking for technical books, especially computer books, ofttimes Bookpool.com will be even cheaper than the two above!
Natural History Book Service Great spot for naturalists.
The Internet Book Info Center "The granddaddy of book-related sites on the Internet"--Publishers Weekly.
The Book Garden Gallery specializes in used and rare titles, including bird books.
Bibliofind Home Page.
Here is the Birds section at Flora and Fauna Books; a full-service book dealer specializing in natural history and related scientific books.

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Some more about local cities

Huntsville OnLine The Huntsville Times on al.com.
The Huntsville Information Network
Decatur in the Yahoo! listing
Also from Yahoo; an interactive map. Zoom in (or out) to wherever!

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Other Species

Butterflies & Moths:
The Yahoo section on insects
Ode News. A site dealing with the Order Odanata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)

Herps:
Some more Yahoo herp lists:
Reptiles and Amphibians
Reptile and Amphibian Organizations

Cicadas:
Periodical Cicadas (The 13-Year Locusts) in Alabama
http://www.ent.iastate.edu/17yrcicada/sounds.html
http://www.eeb.uconn.edu/faculty/cicada.htm .

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Some astronomy resources

ASTROMART Home Page A great place to look for used telescopes, including a good smattering of spotting scopes suitable for birding! They also have a listserve you can subscribe to.
SKY Online From the publishers of Sky and Telescope.
Astronomy Magazine
Von Braun Astronomical Society Our own local astronomy club.

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