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Hampshire Bird Club Library List
Compiled by Henry Lappen Feb. 2007
   
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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 Video Games 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, 2nd ed., 1961

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, Eastern Region, Little Brown, 1996

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

Byers, Curson & Olsson,   Sparrows & Buntings, 1995

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 Identification 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 Birder's Handbook, 1988

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

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

Gooders & Boyer, Ducks of North America , 1986             

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

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

Kortright, The Ducks, Geese, and Swans of North America , Telegraph Press, 1967

Kroodsma, Don, The Singing Life of Birds, 2005

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

Lorenz, Here Am I - Where are You? The Behavior of the Greylag Goose, 1988

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, Doubleday,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

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

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

                     Buelow,  Lower Moose Brook Valley (Quabbin) Ecosystems & Associated Avian Use

                     Trustees of Reservations Property Guide, 1996

MAINE          Maine Audubon Society, Enjoying Maine Birds, 1972

                     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                Ellison,  A Guide to Bird Finding in Vermont , VINS, Woodstock , Vt. 1983

                     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

                     Leck, Charles, The Birds of New Jersey ,, 1975

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                Lane , Rev. James A. A Birder’s Guide to Florida, 1989

                     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

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                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 Rio Grande Valley of Texas,  1978

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

                     Lane, James A. & John L. Tveten,  A Birder’s Guide to the Texas Coast,  1984

                     Lane, James A. & John L. Tveten,  A Birder’s Guide to the Texas Coast,  1980

                     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 (Lane Guide),  A Birder’s Guide to Colorado,  1988

                     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

 

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

                     Small, Arnold ,  The Birds of California , Winchester Press, New York , 1974

                     Small, Arnold ,  The Birds of California ,  Collier, 1974                 

                     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               Ramsey, Fred L,  Birding Oregon ,  1978

                     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                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

                     Jehl, & Smith. Birds of the Churchill Region, Manitoba , Museum of Man & Nature, 1970

                     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

                     Peck & James, Breeding Birds of Ontario , Nidiology and Distribution,1983

                     James,  McLaren & Barlow, Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Ontario , 1976             

 

CARIBBEAN & CENT. AMER.

                      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

                      Ridgely,  Birds of Panama , 1976

 

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

                     De Schauensec & Phelps,  Birds of Venezuela ,  1978

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

                     Fodor's Guide to S. America - Best of the Andes, Amazon Cities , Towns & Beaches,

           1996

                     Rachowjecki , Ecuador & the Galapagos, a Travel Survival Kit, Lonely Planet, 1992

 

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

                     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: Guide to the Nat. History of Birds of Britain & 

            Europe, Oxford , 1994                                  

                     Hearl, Graham, A Birdwatching Guide to Mallorca , 2002

                     Guide Du Visiteur, Parc Ornithologique Du Teich,  Parc Naturel Regional, Des Landes

            de Gascogne, 1995

                     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

 

AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND

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

                     Chisholm, A.H., Bird Wonders of Australia ,,  1958

                     Frith, Australian Tropical Birds, Tropical Australia Graphics, 1986

                     Hindwood, Keith, Australian Birds in Color, 1966

                     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

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                                                                       

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

Ure, Steffanie, Hawk Lady, 1980

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

 

                    

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

 

    Connor, Jack, The Complete Birder, 1988

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

      Northeast, Amherst , 1979

Gooders & Weidensaul, The Practical Ornithologist, 1990

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

Morris, Arthur, Bird Photography Basics, 1992

Pasquier, Watching Birds, An Introduction to Ornithology, 1977

Scofield, Michael, The Complete Outfitting & Source Book for Bird Watching, 1978

Sibley, David, Sibley's Birding Basics,  2002

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

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

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

 

PICTURE BOOKS

Flowers, Fifty Audubon Prints, (oversize book)

Fisher & Peterson, World of Birds, Illu. 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

Beltzel, Barbara, Songs with Wings, (booklet) 1992

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

    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 Agassia Fuertes to George Miksch

        Sutton, 1979

American Ornithologists' Union , Check list of North American Birds, 3rd Ed., 1910

American Ornithologists' Union , Check list of North American Birds, 6th Ed., 1983

 

 

PERIODICALS

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

Birder's Catalog, ABA .

A Bird's Eye View, Quarterly Newsletter by the ABA Student Members

Birding, (magazine of the ABA ) 1993 - present

Volunteer Opportunities (Supplement to Birding)

Big Day Report  (Supplement to Birding)    

Birds, The Magazine of the RSPB

The Bird Observer, Published by the Bird Observers Club of Australia , 1992

WINGS, IWC, Newsletter of the Irish Wildbird Conservancy

Winging It, Newsletter of the American Birding Association Inc. 2005 – present

 

VIDEOS

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

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)

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

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

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

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

Walton & Lawson, Peterson Field Guides, Eastern/Central Bird Song Identification,

       Houghton Mifflin, 1990. (3 cassettes & booklet)

Walton, Birding by Ear, (cassette)

Walton, More Birding by Ear, (cassette)

 

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

 

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)

 

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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