Birder's Guide
Club Library

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Below is a list of the many books in our library available to RTWBC members.  The Waterman Bird Club Library is maintained through the graciousness of club member Millie Sturcken.  Should you wish to use any of these reading materials, please give Millie a call (her phone number can be found in Wings Over Dutchess). 

We thank the many generous people who have contributed to this Library over the years:  Thank you!

Quick Index:

BirdsBird_Behavior Bird_WatchingBirds_in_the_GardenField_Guides_to_BirdsField_Guides,_otherHumorNature_Books Photography Reference (large)Very_Old_BooksWhere_to_Find_Birds,_misc.

Bird Behavior

Title: Behavioral Patterns of the Eastern Bluebird
Author: David C. Krieg

Title: Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior
Author: National Aububon Society/David Allen Sibley

Title: Stokes Nature Guides: Bird Behavior Vol I
Author: Donald Stokes

Title: Stokes Nature Guides: Bird Behavior Vol II
Author: Donald and Lillian Stokes

Title: Stokes Nature Guides: Bird Behavior Vol III
Author: Donald and Lillian Stokes

Field Guides to Birds

Title: A Birdwatcher's Guide to Eastern United States
Author: Alice Geffen

Title: A Field Guide to Warblers
Author: Peterson Fields Guides.Jon Dunn Kimball Garrett

Title: A Guide to Bird Finding East of the Mississippi
Author: Olin Pettingill, Jr.

Title: A Guide to Birds of Trinidad & Tobago
Author: Richard ffrench

Title: Beautiful Birds of Kenya
Author: John Kannali

Title: Beginners Guide to Our Birds (Youth)
Author: Jo Oliver

Title: Birds in Southeast Arizona
Author: Davis and Russell

Title: Birds of Big Bend and Vicinity
Author: Roland H. Waur

Title: Birds of East Africa
Author: J.G. Williams and N. Arlott

Title: Birds of Europe
Author: Bertel Bruun

Title: Birds of Glacier National Park
Author: Lloyd P. Parratt

Title: Birds of Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific
Author: Pratt, Bruner & Pratt

Title: Birds of Martha's Vineyard
Author: Ludlow Griscom & Guy Emerson

Title: Birds of Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks
Author: Maurice J. Zardus

Title: Birds of the New York Area
Author: John Bull

Title: Birds of the West Indies
Author: James Bond

Title: Bush and High Country Birds New Zealand
Author: Elaine Power

Title: Common Birds in New Zealand 1
Author: Marshall Kinsky Robertson

Title: Common Birds in New Zealand 2
Author: J. Marshall F. Kinsky C

Title: Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Author: National Audubon

Title: Enjoying Birds Around New York City
Author: Cornell Laboratory

Title: Field Guide to Bird's Nests
Author: Hal H. Harrison

Title: Field Guide to Little-known & Seldom­-seen Birds
Author: Ben, Cathryn & John Still

Title: Hawaii's Birds 1967
Author: Hawaii Audubon Society

Title: Hawaii's Birds 1975
Author: Hawaii Audubon Society

Title: Iceland Nature Birds: Bird Watching
Author: Helgi Gudmundsson and Jon Baldur Hlidberg

Title: North Atlantic Shorebirds
Author: Richard J. Chandler

Title: Peterson Field Guides Western Birds
Author: Roger Tory Peterson

Title: Roger Tory Peterson's Dozen Birding Hot Spots
Author: George H. Harrison

Title: Sibley Guide to Birds
Author: National Audubon Society/David Allan Sibley

Title: Slater Field Guide Australian Birds
Author: Peter, Pat, Raoul Slate

Title: Southern African Birds - A Photographic Guide
Author: Ian Sinclair Struik Publishes

Title: Uncommon Birds in New Zealand
Author: J. Marshall F. Kinsky C

Title: Where to Find Birds in New York State
Author: Susan Roney Drennen

Title: Woodpeckers: Guide to Woodpeckers of the World
Author: Hans Winkler, David A. Christie, David Nurney

Field Guides (non-Bird)

Title: A Field Guide to the Ferns and related families
Author: Boughton Cobb

Title: Cacti
Publisher: Golden Book

Title: Complete Field Guide to North American Wildlife
Author: Harper & Row

Title: Connecticut Walk Book
Author: Connecticut Forest & Park Association

Title: Exploring our National Wildlife Refuges 2nd Edition
Author: Devereux Butcher

Title: Field Guide to Animal Tracks
Author: Olaus Murie

Title: Field Guide to Mammals
Author: Burt & Grossenheider

Title: Field Guide to Trees & Shrubs
Author: George A Perides

Title: Field Guide to Wildflowers
Author: Peterson/McKenny

Title: Guide to the National Wildlife Refuges
Author: Laura & Wm. Riley

Title: Important Trees of Eastern Forests
US Department of Agriculture

Title: New York Walk Book
Publisher: NY&NJ Trail Conference

Title: Sea Shells of the World
Publisher: Golden Book

Title: Southwest
Publisher: Golden Book

Title: The Book of Wildflowers
Author: National Geographic Soc.

Title: Trees Shrubs & Vines
Author: State Univ. Coll. of Forestry

Title: Wildflowers of Eastern America
Author: John Klimas and James Cunningham

Miscellaneous Guides to Bird Locations in the USA

For further information, please contact our librarian.

Nature Books

Title: A Sand County Almanac
Author: Aldo Leopold

Title: Assateague
Author: William H. Wroten, Jr.

Title: Autumn Across America
Author: Edwin Way Teale

Title: Birds and Their World
Author: Carrol Fenton

Title: Discovering Nature
Author: Charlotte Gantz

Title: Enjoying Hummingbirds More
Author: Bird Watchers Digest

Title: Families of Birds
Author: Ouston 1971

Title: Feather Quest
Author: Peter Dinne (2 copies)

Title: Gifts of an Eagle
Author: Kent Durden

Title: Great American Nature Writing
Author: Joseph Krutch

Title: Hawks Aloft
Author: Maurice Brown

Title: Heart of the Wild
Author: Chet Schwarzkopf

Title: Innisfree: An American Garden
Author: Lester Collins

Title: John Burroughs
Author: Edward J. Renehan Jr.

Title: Journey into Summer
Author: Edwin Way Teale

Title: Listen, the Red-Eyed Vireo
Author: Milton White

Title: Man and the California Condor
Author: Ian McMillan

Title: Migration of Birds
Author: US Fish & Wildlife Service

Title: North with the Spring
Author: Edwin Way Teale

Title: On the Road with John James Audubon
Author: Mary Durant and Michael Harwood

Title: Our Bird Comrades
Author: Leander Keyser

Title: Our Native Birds
Author: D. Lang

Title: Save The Birds
Author: Diamond,Schreiber, Cronkite, Peterson

Title: Season at the Point (Cape May)
Author: Jack Conner

Title: Silent Spring
Author: Rachel Carson

Title: Speaking of Birds and the River
Author: Mary Chandler

Title: Springtime in Britian
Author: Edwin Way Teale

Title: Song-Bird Sanctuaries with tables of Trees, Shrubs and Vines
Author: Roger Tory Peterson/SUNY ESF

Title: Stories of Bird Life
Author: T. Gilbert Pearson

Title: The Audubon Book of True Nature Stories
Author: Fredrick Lincoln

Title: The Book of Terns
Author: Peter Delacorte and Michael Witte

Title: The Empty Ark
Author: Phillip Crowe

Title: The Great Migrations of Animals
Author: George Blond

Title: The Hill Country Harvest
Author: Hal Borland

Title: The Lost Woods
Author: Edwin W. Teale

Title: The Prairie Keepers
Author: Mary Houle

Title: The Scandaron
Author: Henry Williamson

Title: The Sea Has Wings
Author: Frank Russell

Title: The Stream
Author: Robert Murphy

Title: The World of Roger Tory Peterson
Author: John C. Devlin & Grace Naismith

Title: The View From Great Gull
Author: Michael Harwood

Title: Thoreau on Birds
Author: Henry David Thoreau

Title: Those Amazing Birds
Author: Robert Lemmon

Title: Wandering Through Winter
Author: Edwin Way Teale

Title: Wild America
Author: Roger T. Peterson & James Fisher

Title: Wild Heritage
Author: Sally Carrigher

Title: Wings at My Window
Author: Ada Clapham Govan

Photography

Title: Binoculars & Scopes & their Uses in Photography
Author: Robert & Elsa Reichert

Title: Bird Photography
Author: Birding

Title: Making Wildlife Movies
Author: Christopher Parson

Title: Stalking Birds with Color Camera
Author: Arthur A. Allen

Title: The Wildlife Photographer's Field Manual
Author: Joe McDonald

Birds in the Garden

Title: A Garden for your Birds
Author: Rupert Barrington

Title: Animal Gardens
Author: Emily Hahn

Title: Attracting Birds from Prairies to the Atlantic
Author: Verne Davison

Title: Birds in the Garden
Author: Margaret McKenny

Title: Bird Watching Feeding Housing
Author: NY State College

Title: Rescue and Home Care of Native Wildlife
Author: Rosemary Collett wi Charlie

Title: The New Handbook of Attracting Birds
Author: Tom McElroy

Bird Watching

Title: Birding for Beginners
Author: Sheila Buff

Title: Complete Outfit & Source Book for Bird Watching
Author: Michael Scofield - 2 copies

Title: Handtaming Wild Birds at the Feeder
Author: Alfred G. Martin

Title: How To Watch Birds
Author: Roger Barton

Title: Outdoor Optics
Author: Leif J. Robinson

Title: The Audubon Society Handbook for Birders
Author: Steven Kress

Title: The Birders Sourcebook
Author: Sheila Buff

Title: The Bird Watcher's Guide
Author: Henry H. Collins, Jr.

Title: The Complete Birder
Author: Jack Connor

Title: Walks & Rambles in Dutchess & Putnam Counties
Author: Peggy Turco

Birds

Title: Birds and Their World (Youth)
Author: Carroll Lane Fenton/Dorothy Constance Pallas

Title: Bird Neighbors
Author: Neltje Blancham

Title: Birds of North America
Author: John J. Audubon

Title: Birds Over America
Author: Roger Tory Peterson

Title: Finches
Author: Ian Herman

Title: Hawks Owls and Wildlife
Author: John Graighead & Frank

Title: Life History of American Birds of Prey
Author: Bent

Title: Little Birds in a Nest (Youth)
Author: Eileen Fenton

Title: Ocean Wanderers
Author: R.M. Lockley

Title: Song and Garden Birds of North America
Author: Nat'l Geographic Soc.

Title: The Amazing Book of Birds
Author: Hilda Simon

Title: The Bird Watchers Anthology
Author: Roger Tory Peterson

Title: The Passenger Pigeon
Author: W. B. Mershon

Title: The Warblers of North America
Author: Frank Chapman

Title: The Whooping Crane
Author: Faith McNulty

Title: The Wind Birds
Author: Peter Matthiessen

Title: Water Prey and Game Birds of North America
Author: Nat'l Geographic Soc.

Humor

Title: A Field Guide to Little-known & Seldom-seen Birds
Author: Bem, Cathryn, and John Sill

Title: Another Field Guide to Little-known & Seldom-seen Birds
Author: Bem, Cathryn, and John Sill

Large Reference

Title: A Birder's Resource Guide
Author: American Birders Association

Title: Audubon Series Encyl. of North American Birds
Author: Audubon Series

Title: Birds
Author: C. Perrins

Title: Birds In Our Lives
US Dept of Interior

Title: Birds of America
Author: John J. Audubon

Title: Birds of America
Author: T. Gilbert Pearson

Title: Birds of New York State
Author: J. Bull

Title: Birds of North America
Author: Jacob H. Studer

Title: Birds of the Caribbean
Author: Robert P. Allen

Title: Book of British Birds
Author: Readers Digest

Title: Early Birds of Dutchess County NY (1880-1924)
Author: Stan DeOrsey for RTWBC,Inc.

Title: Environmental Resource Directory
Author: Pace University

Title: Gardening with Wildlife
Author: Nat'l wildlife Federation

Title: Japanese Birds
(In Japanese w/English & Latin Names)

Title: Land Birds of America
Author: Murphy/Amadon

Title: Menaboni's Birds
Author: Athos & Sara Menaboni

Title: Migration of Non-Game Birds
Author: U.S. Department of Interior

Title: National History of American Birds (North American)
Author: Forbush & May

Title: Owls of North America
Author: EckertiKaralus

Title: Save the Birds
Author: Demond, Schreiber, Cronkite, Peterson

Title: The Adirondacks
Author: Clyde Smith

Title: The Birds
Author: Life Magazine

Title: The Gift of Birds
Author: Nat'l Wildlife Fed.

Title: The Ecology of Thompson Pond
Author: Phyllis S. Busch, Ed.

Very Old Books

Title: Berwick's Birds Vol 1(1921)
Author: Thomas Berwick

Title: Berwick's Birds Vol 2 (1921)
Author: Thomas Berwick

Title: Birds Every Child Should Know (Youth)
Author: Neltje Blanchan

Title: Des Oiseaux (1836)
Author: Par M H J Gourand

Title: Life of Wilson (1828)
Author: George Ord

Title: Nat'l History of Selborne Vol 1(1813)
Author: Rev. Gilbert White

Title: Nat'l History of Selborne Vol 2 (1813)
Author: Rev. Gilbert White

Title: The Birds of Dutchess County (1933)
Author: Ludlow Griscom - Linnaean Society

Title: Wild Flowers (1913)
Author: Fredereck W. Stack