At age sixteen, Kenn Kaufman left home to travel the world in search of birds. Now a grown man and a renowned ornithologist, he has come back to visit his ailing mother and explain to her what drove his obsession…
Category: birding field guide
A bird field guide will help you identify the birds you see.
Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds of Western North America (Peterson Field Guides)
A comprehensive field guide that uses an innovative Sound Index to allow readers to quickly identify unfamiliar songs and calls of birds in western North America. Bird songs and calls are at least as important as visual field marks in…
National Geographic Field Guide to the Water’s Edge: Beaches, Shorelines, and Riverbanks (National Geographic Field Guides)
The book guides the exploring naturalist to water’s edge destinations throughout North America including Canada and Alaska. Main sections of the book cover three ocean coastlines–Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Pacific; estuaries and wetlands; lakes, including the Great Lakes; and…
American Museum of Natural History Birds of North America
Updated to reflect all the latest taxonomic data, American Museum of Natural History Birds of North America is the complete photographic guide to the 657 species of birds found in the United States and Canada. Ideal for the armchair bird…
The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior
From the New York Times best selling author of the peerless bird identification guide The Sibley Guide to Birds, a landmark exploration of how birds live and what they do. Designed to enhance the birding experience and to enrich the popular study of North American birds,…
Birds of the Photo Ark
For avian enthusiasts, from armchair observers to dedicated life-listers, this brilliant book from acclaimed National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore celebrates the beauty of all birds, great and small. This elegantly packaged celebration of birds from around the world unites incredible…
ALL THINGS RECONSIDERED: My Birding Adventures
Roger Tory Peterson’s unique perspective on birding comes to life in these highly personal narratives. Here he relates his adventures during a lifetime of birding and traveling the world to observe and record nature. Though Peterson was widely known for…
The Audubon Society Field Guide To North American Birds: Eastern Region
Bull, John And John Farrand, Audubon Society Guide To North American Birds, The: Eastern Regio
Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Eastern Region
The most comprehensive field guide available to the trees of North America’s eastern region–a must-have for any enthusiast’s day pack or home library–from the go-to reference source for over 18 million nature lovers. Nearly 700 species of trees are detailed…