Bid for birds' benefit

Get your credit card ready for a little exercise! An online auction, the 2006 Benefit for Birds, by Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Pennsylvania will support various conservation programs.

Items up for bird... I mean, "bid"... include an autographed two-volume collection of illustrations by Roger Tory Peterson, a hummingbird morning with Scott Weidensaul (I know someone who'll swoon over that possibility) and a Robert Bateman print of a Red-tailed Hawk.

The auction features more than 30 items, so you're likely to find something that appeals to you or would make a great gift for someone you know. The auction will end on March 7 at 6 p.m. EST.