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Hampshire Bird Club Library List
Compiled by Henry Lappen Feb. 2010
   
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North American Bird Field Guides (includes Canada) Other Field Guides
Bird Finding: Eastern United States and Canada Other Bird ID Books
Bird Finding: Western U.S. including Texas Bird Finding Canada
Foreign Bird Books and Guides and Lists Life & Natural Histories
Miscellaneous Bird and Birding Books Periodicals
Videos and DVDs Audio Tapes
Hampshire Bird Club Program Tapes Records
Miscellaneous  

 

NORTH AMERICAN FIELD GUIDES includes Canada


The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Eastern Region
, 1978

Kaufman, Ken, A Field Guide to Advanced Birding, 1990

Kaufman, Ken, Birds of North America, 2000

National Geographic, Field Guide to the Birds of North America, 2nd ed.,1987

Peterson, Roger Tory, Eastern Birds, 4th ed., 1980

Peterson, Roger Tory, Field Guide to Western Birds, 1990

Robbins,  Bruun & Zim, A Guide to Field Identification, Birds of North America, Golden, 1983

Sibley, David, Guide to Birds, Nat. Audubon Society, 2001

Stokes, Donald & Lillian, Stokes Field Guide to Birds, Western Region, Little Brown, 1996

Udvardy, Miklos, Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds, Knopf, 1977

NESTS                   Hamilton & Colin, Field Guide to the Nests, Eggs & Nestlings of N. Amer. Birds

                                Headstrom, Richard, Whose Nest is This?, Mass. Audubon

MAMMALS           Stall, Animal Tracks of New England, the Mountaineers, 1989             

BUTTERFLIES     Brock & Kaufman, Butterflies of New England, Houghton Mifflin, 2003     

DRAGONFLIES    Nikula, Loose & Burns, Dragonflies & Damselflies of Mass.  2003

 

OTHER ID BOOKS

Baker, Kevin,                        Warblers of Europe, Asia & N. Africa, 1997

Burton, John,                         Owls of the World, 1973

Byers, Curson & Olsson,   Sparrows & Buntings, 1995

Chandler, Richard,             Shorebirds of N. America, Europe & Asia, 2009     ****

Cleers & Nurney,                  Nightjars, 1998

Curson, Quinn & Beadle,   Warblers of the Americas, Houghton Mifflin, 1994

Dunn, Jon & Kimball Garrett, Warblers of North America, 1997

Harrison, Peter,                 Seabirds, An Identification Guide, 1983

Hayman, Marchant & Prater, Shorebirds: An Identification Guide, 1986. (copy 1)

Hayman, Marchant & Prater, Shorebirds: An Identification Guide, 1986,, (copy 2)

Johnsgard, Paul,               Ducks, Geese & Swans of the World, U. of Nebraska, 1978                   

Madge & Burn,                  Waterfowl, An ID Guide to the Ducks, Geese and Swans of the World,1988

Miller and Nelson,                Hummers of North America, 1987

Richards, Alan,                     Seabirds of the Northern Hemisphere, Dragon's World, London, 1990     

Ruthven & Zimmerman,     Duck Hunters' Top Flight Field Guide, Moebius, 1968             

 

LIFE AND NATURAL HISTORIES

    Bent, Life Histories of N.  Amer. Nuthatches, Wrens, Thrashers, and Their Allies, 1964

    Bent, Life Histories of North American Marsh Birds, Dover, 1964

    Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, (Part l oft 2 parts), Dover, 1962

Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, (Part 2 of 2 parts), Dover, 1962

Bent, Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers, (Part 2 of 2 parts) Dover,1963

Bent, Life Histories of North American Wild Fowl, (Part 2 of 2 parts), Dover, 1962

Chapman, Frank, Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America, Dover, New York, 1966

Ehrlich, Dobkin & Wheye, The Birdwatcher's Handbook, 1988

Everett, Michael, A Natural History of Owls, Hamlyn, London, 1977

Feduccia, Alan, The Origin and Evolution of Birds, 1999       ****

Forbush & May, Natural History of the Birds of Eastern and Central North America, 1939

Gooders & Boyer, Ducks of North America, 1986             

Griffin, Donald, Bird Migration, 1969

Harrington, Brian, The Flight of the Red Knot, Norton, 1996

Haver, Nancy, She's Back! One Hummingbird's Story, Amherst, 1999

Heinrich, Bernd, Mind of the Raven

Heinrich, Bernd, The Snoring Bird, 2007                                ****

House, Phillip, The Race to Save the Lord God Bird, 2004   ****

Hume, Rob & Boyer, Owls of the World, 1997                     

Kroodsma, Don, The Singing Life of Birds, 2005

Leahy, The Birdwatcher's Companion, Encyclopedic Handbook of N. Am. Birdlife, 1982

Matthiessen, Peter, The Wind Birds, 1994

Orins, Gordon, Blackbirds of the Americas, U. Washington, 1985

Sheldon, William G. The Book of the American Woodcock, UMass. Amherst, 1967

Sibley, David, Guide To Bird Life and Behavior, Nat. Audubon, 2001

Thurston, Harry, The World of the Shorebirds, Sierra Club, 1996                                

Tinbergen, Niko, The Herring Gull's World, Harper Torch Books, Rev. ed., 1960

Torres, John, Audubon Society Encyclopedia of N. American Birds, Wings, 1991       

 

NATURAL HISTORY ESSAYS

Dunne, Pete,                   The Wind Masters, 1995

Hay, John,                     The Bird of Light, Norton, N.Y., 1991

Kilham, Lawrence,         On Watching Birds, 1988

Ogburn, Charlton,          The Adventure of Birds, 1980

Page, Jake,                    Songs to Birds, Boston, 1993

Rand, Austin L.              Stray Feathers From A Bird Man's Desk, 1955

Soper, Tony,                  Oceans of Birds, 1989                

 

 

BIRD FINDING: EASTERN UNITED STATES

 

MASS.        

Magee, Andrew, Bird Finding Guide to Western Massachusetts, Umass, 2003     

Tougias, Robert, Birding Western Mass., NE Cartographics, 2003

Bird Observer, A Birder’s Guide to Eastern Massachusetts, ABA, 1994

Cape Cod Bird Club & Mass. Audubon Society, Birding Cape Cod, 1990

Cape Cod Bird Club & Mass. Audubon Society, Birding Cape Cod, 2005

Hendricks, Birds of Berkshire County,, The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, 1994

Hitchcock Center, Birds and Their Habitats in Amherst, MA, 1977

MAINE        

Pierson & Pierson, A Birder’s Guide to the Coast of Maine, 1981

Pierson, Pierson & Vickery, A Birder’s Guide to Maine, Camden, 1996

NH

Delorey, Alan, A Birders Guide to New Hampshire, ABA, 1996

Mirick, Stephen, Birding the New Hampshire Seacoast, NH Audubon, 2002

VT

Murin & Pfeiffer, Birdwatching in Vermont, Univ. Press, 2002

CT

Rosgen & Billings, Finding Birds in Connecticut, 1996

Proctor, Noble S., 25 Birding Areas in Connecticut, 1978

NY

Fowle & Kerlinger, The New York City Audubon Society Guide, Cornell, 2001 

Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club, Birding NY's Hudson – Mohawk  Region, 1996

Wolfe, Birding in Central & Western New York, Footprint, 2001

NJ

Boyle, William J., A Guide to Bird Finding in New Jersey, 1986

NJ Audubon, NJ Birdwatching and Wildlife Trails, 2005

PA & DE     Harding & Harding, Birding the Delaware Valley Region, Temple U, 1980

DC

Wilds, Claudia, Finding Birds in the National Capital Area, Smithsonian, 1992

VA

Johnston, David W., A Birder’s Guide to Virginia, ABA, 1997

NC

Fussell III, John O., A Birder's Guide to Coastal North Carolina, U of N. Carolina, 1994

GA

Hans, Daniel W. ed., A Birder’s Guide to Georgia

FL

Pranty, Bill. A Birder’s Guide to Florida, ABA, 1996

Pranty, Bill. A Birder’s Guide to Florida, ABA, 2005

misc.

Cooper, Birdfinder: An Identification Guide to Planning N. American Trips, ABA,, 1995

Geffen, Alice, A Birdwatcher’s Guide to the Eastern United States, 1978

Pettingill, A Guide to Bird Finding East of the Mississippi, 2nd ed., Oxford 1977

Van Hulsteyn, Peggy, The Birder's Guide to Bed & Breakfasts: US and Canada, 1993

 

BIRD FINDING: WESTERN U.S. INCLUDING TEXAS

LA

Thompson, Bill, Louisiana Bird Watching, 2004


WI

Tessin, Wisconsin's Favorite Bird Haunts, Rev. Ed., Wisconsin Soc. For Ornith.1976

 

MN

Eckert, Kim R.  A Birder’s Guide to Minnesota,  Rev. 2nd ed., 1983

 

TX

Cooksey & Weeks, A Birder’s Guide to the Texas Coast, 2006****

Lockwood, et al., A Birder’s Guide to the Rio Grande Valley, 2008 ****

Holt, Harold  (Lane Guide), A Birder’s Guide to the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, 1992

Holt, Harold (Lane Guide)  A Birder’s Guide to the Texas Coast, 1992

Peterson, Roger Tory. Birds of Texas, Peterson Field Guide, Houghton Mifflin, 1963

 

WY

Follett, Dick, Birds of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, Natl. Park Service.

McEnerny, Terry, Birds of Yellowstone, 1988

Raynes, Bert, Birds of Grand Teton Nat. Park, and Surrounding Area, 1984

Wauer, Roland, "Birds of Zion N.P. & Vicinity", 1997

 

CO

Holt, Harold, A Birder’s Guide to Colorado, 1997

Johnsgard, Paul A., Birds of the Rocky Mountains,  Colorado Univ. Press, 1980

 

NM

Zimmerman & Durrie, New Mexico Bird Finding Guide,  NM Ornithological Soc., 1992

 

AZ

Holt, Harold (Lane Guide) A Birder’s Guide to Southeastern Arizona,  1989

Taylor,  A Birder’s Guide to Southeastern Arizona,  ABA Guide, Rev. 1995

Witzeman, Demaree & Radke, Birds of Phoenix & Maricopa Cty., AZ 1997

 

MT

McEneaney, Terry, Birder's Guide to Montana, 1993


CA

Schram, Brad, A Birder’s Guide to Southern California, 2007 ****

Holt, Harold (Lane Guide)  A Birder’s Guide to Southern California, 1991

Westrich, Birder’s Guide to Northern California, Gulf Pub. Houston, TX 1991

Sequoia Audubon Society, San Francisco Peninsula Birdwatching, San Mateo, 1996

 

CA,OR,WA

Robertson, Don,  Rare Birds of the West Coast,  1980

 

OR

Evanich, Joseph E., Jr., The Birder’s Guide to Oregon, Portland Audubon Soc., 1990

 

OR & WA

Gabrielson & Jewett, Birds of the Pacific Northwest w/ Special Ref. to Oregon,  1970

 

WA

Wehn & Paulson, A Guide to Bird Finding in Washington (state), 1981

Hunn, Eugene, Birding in Seattle and Kings Co., 1982

 

AK

West, George, A Birder's Guide to Alaska, 2008 ****

Scher, R.L., Field Guide to Birding in Anchorage, Anchorage Audubon, 1989

Johnson, Susan, The Pribilof Islands, Alaska, 1978 

Armstrong, Robert H., A Guide to the Birds of Alaska, Alaska Northwest Pub. 1981

 

HI

Hawaii’s Birds, Hawaii Audubon Society, 1967

Hawaii Audubon Society, Hawaii’s Birds, 1971

Shallenberger, Robert, ed. Hawaii’s Birds, Hawaii Audubon Society, Honolulu, 1984

 

Misc.

Pettingill, A Guide to Bird Finding West of the Mississippi, 2n ed., Oxford 1981

                    

FOREIGN BIRD BOOKS AND GUIDES AND LISTS

 

Misc,            Alden & Gooders, Finding Birds Aound the World, 1981

 

CANADA    Burrows, Roger, Birding in Atlantic Canada:  Acadia, 1992

                     Chartier, Bonnie (Lane Guide), A Birder’s Guide to Churchill, 1993

                     Goodwin, Clive E., A Bird-Finding Guide to Ontario, Univ. Toronto Press, 1992

                     Lane, James A. & Bonnie Chartier. A Birder’s Guide to Churchill, Denver 1983

                     Sherrington, Calgary’s Natural Areas; A Popular Guide, Calgary Field Naturalists, 1975

 

CARIBBEAN & CENTRAL AMERICA


                     Amos, Eric, A Guide to the Birds of Bermuda, 1991                                                          

                     White, Anthony, A Birders' Guide to the Bahama Islands, 1998

                     Raffaele, Birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, Princeton, 1989

                     Peterson, & Chalif, Mexican Birds, Peterson Field Guide, Houghton Mif. 1989

                     Birding Veracruz Mexico, (notebook) Assorted Articles, 2000

                     Howell & Webb, A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and N. Central_America,1995

                     Stiles & Skutch, Birds of Costa Rica, 1989

                     Lawson, A Bird Finding Guide to Costa Rica, 2009         ****

                     Ridgely, Birds of Panama, 1976

 

S. AMER.    Butler, The Birds of Ecuador and the Galapagos Archipelago,  (Checklist), 1979

                     Delapena & Rumboll, Birds of Southern S. America & Antarctica, 1998

                     De Schauensec & Phelps, Birds of Venezuela,  1978

                     French, Richard, A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad & Tobago,  rev.ed., 1976

                     Hilty & Brown, Birds of Colombia, 1986

                     Schulenberg, et al., Birds of Peru, 2007      ****

                     Van Perlo, Ber, Birds of Brazil, 2008?         ****

 

AFRICA       Bruun, Bertel. Common Birds of Egypt, The American Univ. in Cairo Press, 1985

                     Redman, et al., Birds of the Horn of Africa, 2009       ****

                     Sinclair, et al., Sasol's Birds of Southern Africa, 1997     ****

                     Williams, J.G. & N. Arlott. A Field Guide to the Birds fo East Africa, Collins, 1985

                     Zimmerman, Turner & Pearson, Birds of Kenya, 1999                                                                                                           

 

EUROPE    Peterson, Birds of Britain and Europe, Peterson Field Guide, 1989

                   Ehrlich, Birdwatchers' Handbook: Natural History of Birds of Britain & Europe, 1994

                     Guide Du Visiteur, Parc Ornithologique Du Teich, Parc Naturel Regional, 1995

                     Hearl, Graham, A Birdwatcher’s Guide to Mallorca, 2002

                     Tronso Museum, Bird Life (Norway), 1994

 

ASIA            King, Woodcock & Dickinson. A Field Guide to the Birds of South-East Asia, 1975

                     Robinson,  A Birder's Guide to Japan, Ibis Publishing, Santa Monica, CA, 1987

                     Takano, Shinjo, Field Guide to the Birds of Japan, Wild Bird Soc. Of Japan, 1982

                     Woodcock, Martin, Birds of the Indian Subcontinent, 1989

 

AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND


.                    Chambers, Stuart, New Zealand Birds ID Guide, 2007       ****

                     Pizzey, Graham, Field Guide to the Birds of Australia, Princeton, 1980

                     Marshall, Janet,Uncommon Birds in New Zealand, Reed, 1975

                     Marshall, Janet, Common Birds in New Zealand: Town, Pasture and Freshwater,1975

                     Marshall, Janet, Common Birds in New Zealand: Mountain, Bush & Shore Birds, 1975

                     Riley, Murdoch, Know Your New Zealand Birds, Viking Sevenseas, Wellington, 1987

                     Westerkov, K.E., Know your New Zealand Birds, Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd., 1967

 

 

BIRDING ADVENTURES

Dempsey, Luke A Supremely Bad Idea, 2008

Dunne, Pete, Tales of a Low Rent Birder, Simon & Schuster, 1986

Job, Herbert K., Wild Wings: Adventures of a Camera Hunter among the Larger Wild

       Birds of North America on Sea and Land, 1905

Koeppel, Dan, To See Every Bird on Earth, 2003                                                    

Mountfort, Guy, Wild Paradise - The Story of the Coto Donana Expeditions, 1958

Obmascik, Mark, The Big Year, 2004                                                                       

Peterson, Roger Tory, Wild America, 1955                 ****

Simpson, George, Attending Marvels, A Patagonian Journal, MacMillan, New York, 1934

Snetsinger, Phoebe, Birding on Borrowed Time, 2003    ****

Steinberg, Michael, Stalking the Ghost Bird, 2008      ****

Trouern-Trend, Jonathan, Birding Babylon, 2006       ****

Ure, Steffanie, Hawk Lady, 1980

Weidensaul, Scott, Return to Wild America, 2005      ****

Zahl, Paul A., Flamingo Hunt, First Edition, Bobs Merrill, New York, 1952

 

                    

HOW TO BOOKS (inc. feeding, bird houses & plantings)

 

    Alderfer & Dunn, Birding Essentials, 2007          ****

    Connor, Jack, The Complete Birder, 1988

DeGraaf & Witman, Trees, Shrubs and Vines for Attracting Birds, A Manual for the Northeast, Amherst, 1979

Dunne, Pete, The Art of Pishing, 2006

Gooders & Weidensaul, The Practical Ornithologist, 1990

Heintzelman, Donald, A Manual for Bird Watching in the Americas, 1979

Heintzelman, Donald, A Guide to Eastern Hawkwatching, 1976    ****

Morris, Arthur, Bird Photography Basics, 1992

Pasquier, Watching Birds, An Introduction to Ornithology, 1977

Seriven, Dorene, Bluebird Trails, 1999           ****

Sibley, David, Sibley's Birding Basics,  2002

Slater, Peter, The Birdwatcher's Notebook, Weldon, NSW, 1988

Stokes, Donald & Lillian, The Bird Feeder Book, 1987

Sully, Ruth, Bird-by-Bird Gardening, 2006

Vriends, Matthew, Feeding and Sheltering Backyard Birds, Barrows, 1990

 

PICTURE BOOKS

Flowers, Fifty Audubon Prints, (oversize book)

Fisher & Peterson, World of Birds, Ill. by Roger Tory Peterson, Crescent Books, 1988

Page & Morton, Lords of the Air - The Smithsonian Book of Birds, 1989

Peterson, Roger Tory, Birds Over America, 1948

Peterson, Roger Tory, 101 Favorite Audubon Birds of America, Crown Pub.             

Pettingill, Olin Sewall, The Bird Watcher's America, 1974

Scott, Sir Peter, ed., The World Atlas of Birds, Random House, 1974

 

COMEDY

Collins, Henry Hill, What Bird is This: The Birdwatchers Quiz Book, 1961

Sill, A Field Guide to Little-known & Seldom Seen Birds of North America

Sill, Another Field Guide to Little-Known and Seldom-Seen Birds of North America, 1990

Sill, Ben, Beyond Birdwatching, Peachtree, 1993

 

MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS

 

    Askins, Robert, Restoring North American Birds, 2002                                               

    Burt, William, Shadow Birds, A Quest for Rails, Lyons & Burford, 1994

    Forbush, Edward Howe, Useful Birds and Their Protection, Mass.  Board of Agri.,1907

Holloway, Joel, Dictionary of Birds of the U.S., 2003               ****

    Lotz, Birding Around the World, A Guide to Observing Birds Everywhere You Travel, 1987

Lyme Disease, Assorted articles and resources, 1998

Martin, Laura C., The Folklore of Birds, Globe Pequot Press, 1993

Sutton, To a Young Bird Artist - Letters from Louis A. Fuertes to George M. Sutton, 1979

 

PERIODICALS

American Birds, Christmas Bird Count, National Audubon Society, 1999 – present

Birder's Catalog, ABA.

Birding, (magazine of the ABA) 1993 - present

Bird Observer of W. MA, 2008 – present

Winging It, Newsletter of the American Birding Association Inc. 2007 – present

 

VIDEOS & DVDS

Attenborough, David, Life of Birds, 5 tapes, 500 minutes
Birder's Exchange, Manomet Center for Conservation Studies &  ABA, 1999
Birds of North America II, AudubonSociety's Video Guide, 1988
Birds of North America IV, Audubon Society's Video Guide, 75 minutes, 1988
Birds of North America V, Audubon Society's Video Guide, 80 minutes, 1988
Opposable chums, Jason Kessler, 2008
Owls Up Close, National Audubon Soc., (55 min. UHS) 1991
Watching Warblers, Michael Male & Judy Fieth, 60 minutes, 1996

 

AUDIO TAPES

Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Bird Songs, Central/Eastern, 1990 (CD)

Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Bird Songs, Central/Eastern, 1990 (cassette)

Lang Elliott, Know Your Bird Sounds - V. 1: Yard, Garden and City Birds, NatureSound

            Studio, Eastern and Central North America. 65 min. cassette & 32 page booklet

Lang Elliott, Know Your Bird Sounds - V. 2: Birds of the Countryside, NatureSound Studio,

            Eastern and Central North America. 65 min. cassette tape & 32 page booklet

Walton & Lawson, Birding by Ear, Houghton Mifflin, (3 cassettes & booklet) 1989

Walton & Lawton, More Birding by Ear, (3 cassette & booklet) 1994

 

RECORD ALBUMS

 

    Borrer, Donald, Common Bird Songs, album & manual, (1-33 rpm)
    Borrer & Gunn, Warblers, 1985, (3-33 rpm)
    Borrer, Donald, Songs of Eastern Birds, (1-33rpm), 1970
    Borrer, Donald, Songs of Western Birds, (1-33rpm), 1971
    Haven, Big Jake Calls the Waders, Great Britain, (1 -3 rpm)
    Kellogg & Allen, An Evening in Sapsucker Woods, Cornell,1958, (2- 33 rpm)
    Peterson Series, A Field Guide to Bird Songs of E. & Cent. N. America, 1983 (2- 33 rpm)

 

HAMPSHIRE BIRD CLUB PROGRAM TAPES

Sparrow Identification, John Dunn, (Lecture Notes only), 10/98
Trinidad & Tobago, Wayne Peterson, 2/99
Owls, Julio de la Torre 3/8/99
Arctic Summer, Mark Wilson 5/10/99
Birds &Dragonflies, Jackie Somes 6/14/99
Nest Building in House Wrens, Tom Alworth 9/13/99
Birds & Art, Barry Van Dusen 10/18/99
How to Spot Eagles & Hawks, Pat & Clay Sutton, 2/2000
Travel and Birding - Papua New Guinea, Susan Smith, 3/2000
Birding the Adirondacks: A Boreal Bonanza, Bill Barber, 4/2000
River of Raptors, Jan Ortiz 9/11/2000
The Flight of the Red Knot, Brian Harrington 10/16/2000

MISCELLANEOUS

    CD Rom: North American Birds, Roger Tory Peterson

Oddie & Alden, Gone Birding, Full color video adventure in bird identification,

       Rupicola Productions, Walpole, MA

various maps and guides

 

 

     
     
     
 
 

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