List No. 2

19 books to fatten your birding library

September 23, 2014 at 2:54PM

Rare Birds of North America, Steve N. G. Howell, Ian Lewington, Will Russell
Eggs and Nests, Rosamond Purcell, Linnea S. Hall, Rene´Corado
The Warbler Guide, Tom Stephenson and Scott Whittle
Birds in Flight, the Art and Science of How Birds Fly, Carrol L. Henderson
Avian Architecture, Peter Goodfellow
The Unfeathered Bird, Katrina van Grouw
A Birder's Guide to Minnesota, Kim R. Eckert (out of print)
A Guide to Birdwatching, Joseph Hickey (out of print)
Alex and Me, Irene M. Pepperberg
Birdwatcher's Companion to North American Birdlife, Christopher W. Leahy
The Shorebird Guide, Michael O'Brien, Richard Crossley, Kevin Karlson
Crows and Ravens, John M. Marzluff and Tony Angell
Anything written by Alexander Skutch
Birds and People, Mark Cocker (buy this one first; an amazing book)
Feathers, the Evolution of a Natural Miracle, Thor Hanson
The Bird Watching Answer Book, Everything You Need to Know ….. Laura Erickson
Handbook of Bird Biology, Cornell Lab of Ornithology (an education)
Woodpeckers of North America, David Benson, Paul Bannick
Owls of the North, David Benson (both books by Benson are extremely well done)

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