If you want to know more about where you live, and thereby know more about who your are, you can start with the birds. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has the most amazing site, All About Birds – and like some of the best things in life, it’s free!
The site has everything from Birding Basics, answering such questions as what to do when you find a baby bird on the ground, to bird-related articles and multimedia and a terrific online bird guide complete with bird sounds.
The only thing missing is the binoculars.