What is a good website to go on to find out what kind of animals and creatures live in my backyard?

Question

I would like to be able to just type in where I live.

Answer 1

I use enature.com. It's a fun site and you can keep track of what you see. Be sure to register so you can participate fully in the site. You can use your area of the country or if I remember right, your zip code.
Enjoy

Answer 2

Part of the beauty of the wildlife is the discovery of it. Just watch out your windows.
My 11 year old granddaughter watches out her bedroom window and watched 4 baby wrens grow up and leave the nest and just below the wren house she watched the baby bunnies romp and kick up their heels and play and stop by for a few of the snacks she puts out everyday. They live under the storage shed. Then we watch the baby squirrels knock the lid off of the trash can that is used for storing birdseed and help themselves then go over and have some bunny snacks, in fact they sometimes all sit together and eat. My pets are 14/28 mourning doves that have taken up residence by my koi pond in the tall grasses. The only wildlife I really don't want are the snakes, but they are non poisonous so no problem they like taking a dip in the pond my fish are too big to eat.
Live a little and start watching you will start loving it.
If you really want to know check out the conservation department in your state. I'm certain you must have a free monthly book. In my state it is called Missouri Conservationist and it's free.

Answer 3

There are lots of sites enabling people to understand their garden biome. I hope these will help you get started.
http://www.southplainfield.lib.nj.us/homeworklinks/Ecology.htm
http://www.gardenwildlife.co.uk/
http://www.wildlife-gardening.org.uk/
http://www.overthegardengate.net/wildlife/default.asp


Bird ID
http://childrens.wcroc.cfans.umn.edu/pages/educators/birds1.php
http://www.chartingnature.com/bird-posters.cfm
This is a local site that is a two minute daily radio spot
http://www.birdnote.org/
http://www.birdweb.org/birdweb/index.aspx

Wildlife habitat
http://www.nwf.org/backyard/
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/FEATURE/backyard/wildhab.html
http://www.wildlifegardens.net/
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/wildlife/

Plants For A Future Database, Edible, Medicinal, & Useful
http://www.pfaf.org/index.html
Botanical Pronounciations, References, and Images
http://roundrobin2001.0catch.com/audio.html

Lists The Good, the Ugly (occasionally bad), & the Really Bad Insect
http://gardening.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=gardening&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk%2Finsects.htm
Bug ID
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/index.html
http://www.odonalsnurseries.com/education/pests_diseases
http://bugguide.net/node/view/15740

Berkley has a list of plant evaluated for their relative attraction for honeybees.

http://nature.berkeley.edu/urbanbeegardens/
http://gears.tucson.ars.ag.gov/na/bgardn.html
http://nature.berkeley.edu/urbanbeegardens/list.html
http://nature.berkeley.edu/urbanbeegardens/docs/FullPlantList.pdf
http://nature.berkeley.edu/urbanbeegardens/gbt.html

Plant Flowering Seasons Vs. Bee Seasons
http://nature.berkeley.edu/urbanbeegardens/general_seasons.html


What You’ll Need to Provide To Attract Beneficial Insects:
Low growing plants as cover for ground beetles (thyme, rosemary, or mint)
Shady, protected areas for laying eggs
Tiny flowers for tiny wasps, like plants from the Umbelliferae family: fennel, angelica, coriander, dill, Queen Anne’s Lace, clovers, yarrow, and rue
Composite flowers (daisy and chamomile) and mints (spearmint, peppermint, or catnip) to attract predatory wasps, hover flies, and robber flies

Create a Terrarium for temporary observation-catch & release
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/trythis/trythis_terrarium.html
http://www.kidspoint.org/columns2.asp?column_id=1532&column_type=kpfun
http://www.artmakers.com/terrcare.html

Name That Plant! Post a picture and get help here
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/namegal/

Tree ID
What tree is that?
http://www.arborday.org/trees/treeID.cfm
http://www.oplin.org/tree/
http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/silvics_manual/table_of_contents.htm
http://oregonstate.edu/trees/
Tree facts http://oregonstate.edu/trees/
http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/factsheets.cfm
PNW native plant pictures
http://www.wnps.org/photogallery1.html
Wildflower ID
http://www.realtimerendering.com/flowers/flowers.html
West Coast flowers
http://www.renyswildflowers.com/color.html
Texas Photo gallery
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/wildseed/gallery/index.htm
Easyliving
Native Perennial Wildflowers
http://www.easywildflowers.com/
Weed ID
http://weedid.aces.uiuc.edu/
CA wildflower gallery
http://www.coepark.org/wildflowers/flower-album.html
Cactus ID
http://cactiguide.com/

Answer 4

You could just go into your backyard ;)