Birding Resources
 

Daniel Edelstein * 415-382-1827 - edelstein(@earthlink.net

http://home.earthlink.net/~edelstein/

 

Books/Guides:

 

Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds, John K. Terres, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1980

 

The Birder's Handbook, Paul R. Ehrlich, David S. Dobbins, Darryl Wheye, Simon & Schuster, 1988

 

Birds of North America: A Guide to Field Identification, Chandler S. Robbins, Bertel Bruun, Herbert S. Zim, Golden Press, New York, 1966

(The only field guide I've seen that features "sonogram" charts that

show the frequency range and song progression for birds.)

 

Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Nat. Geographic Society, 3rd edition

 

Ornithology, 2nd edition, Frank B. Gill, WH Freeman and Co., 1995

 

Sibley Guide to Birds, David Allen Sibley, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2000

 

Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior, David Allen Sibley, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2001

 

Warblers, Jon Dunn and Kimball Garrett The Peterson Field Guide Series, Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, 1997.

 

Warblers of Ontario, Chris G. Earley, Point Pelee Nature Series, Lithosphere Press, 1999

 

 

Audio/Video/Slides:

 

Birding By Ear, Roger Richard Walton and Robert Lawson, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1990, cornellbirds@cornell.edu, http://birds.cornell.edu, 607-254-2404; 607-254-2473

(Note: Different published versions include "Eastern Central" and "Western")

 

Bird Songs, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 1990, cornellbirds@cornell.edu, http://birds.cornell.edu, 607-254-2404; 607-254-2473

(Note: Different published versions: "Eastern Central" and "Western")

 

Songs of the Warblers of North America, Donald Borror and William W. H. Gunn, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Library of Natural Sounds, 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd., Ithaca, NY cornellbirds@cornell.edu, 607-254-2404; 607-254-2473 (CD)

 

Recording equipment Full Compass Inc., Madison, WI

(speak to Sheldon Allen, Sheldon@fullcompass.com, 800/356-5844 x1132)

 

Slides of birds, VIREO, vireo@acnatsci.org (Slides cost $2.95 each)

 

Watching Warblers (video), M. Male and J. Fieth, Blue Earth Films, 1996

 

 

Note: Many of these resources are available through the American Birding Association's "Birder's Catalog,"

800/634-7736; americanbirding.org or Buteo Books, 800/722-2460. Cheapest prices are usually obtained through www.addall.com or www.abcbooks.com

 
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