These files have been placed here as samples for the producers and media aquisition people at Microsoft Encarta™ . This site provides examples of media for topics and articles covered in Encarta 2004 "Reference Library Pus DVD" that do not currently have image and or sound files available. So--if you do a search on a subject such as "Antbird" you will find a nice article already existing in the latest Encarta edition, but you will see no photo, and hear no sound. My goal is to provide ready made files to license to MS. This site has not been registered with any search engines to date.

All materials--sounds, images and text, are the copyrighted property of David L. Ross. This page is being updated reguarly as I locate more media for possible inclusion the next edition. Space is currently limited to150mb of space, and for now I'm providing mostly images. There are however, sounds for many of the species shown below, especially in instances where the animal is from Costa Rica or North America. For further information about materials or permission for use please contact me at <rossdl@earthlink.net> (919) 477-1041, cell (919) 491-7969

This is the Vertebrate Page containing files for birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians.

This link will take you to the Plant Page which may have a few fungi as well.

Birds:

Antbirds

Bicolored Antbird (Gymnopithys leucaspis) Costa Rica, sound available

Black-faced Antthrush (Formicarius analis) Costa Rica, sound available

Streak-breasted Antpitta,Costa Rica, sound available

Double-toothed Barbet, Zoological Park/ Aviary example

Red and Yellow Barbet ,Kenya

DeArnaud's Barbet, Kenya

Woodcreeper , Buff-throated Costa Rica, sound available

Woodcreeper, Tawny-winged Costa Rica, sound available

Manakin, Red-capped (headshot macro) sound available

Manakin, Red-capped (perched)

Manakin, Orange-collared Costa Rica, (displaying) sound available

Manakin, Blue-crowned, Costa Rica, (headshot) sound available

Manakin, Blue-crowned, Costa Rica (perched) sound available

Manakin, White-ruffed ,Costa Rica (headshot) sound available

Manakin, White-collared, Costa Rica, (displaying) sound available

Mankins (painting of 4 species' heads by David Ross)

Yellow-necked Spurfowl Kenya

Francolin (Jackson's Francolin) Kenya

Northern Jacana Costa Rica, sound available

Red-crested Turaco (perched) Zoological Park/ Aviary example

Red-crested Turaco (Head) Zoological Park/ Aviary example

Stone Chat Kenya

Broad-billed Motmot Costa Rica, sound available

Merlin New Jersey

Merlin 2 New Jersey

Drongo Zoological Park/ Aviary example

Jabiru Stork--flight Costa Rica,

Cacique (Scarlet-rumped Cacique) Costa Rica, sound available

Cacique and nest (Scarlet-rumped Cacique) Costa Rica, sound available

Ani (Smooth-billed Ani) Costa Rica, sound available

Sunbittern side Zoological Park/ Aviary example

Sunbittern over the back Zoological Park/ Aviary example

Sungrebe Costa Rica, sound available

Noddy (Common Noddy) Australia

African Ground Hornbill Kenya

Oxpecker (Red-billed Oxpeckers) Kenya

Pewee, Western Wood Pewee Costa Rica

Greater Yellowlegs New York

Lesser Yellowlegs New York

Double-striped Thick-knee Costa Rica, sound available

Beach Thick-knee (Beach Stone Curlew) Australia

Bush Thick-knee Australia

Blue-naped Mousebird Kenya

Speckled Mousebird Kenya

Dik Dik Kenya

Squirrel Monkey Costa Rica, sound available

Poison Dart Frogs

Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates granulifer) Costa Rica, sound available

Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates pumilio) Costa Rica, sound available

Colostethus (frog) Costa Rica, sound available

Smokey Jungle Frog (Leptodactylus pentadactylus) Costa Rica, sound available

Cricket Frog North Carolina, sound available

Caiman Costa Rica, sound available