Bird Families & In-Depth Guides

• Hawks from Every Angle: How to Identify Raptors In Flight /  by Jerry Liguori. - (Paperback- October 1, 2005).
  ISBN 1128273224 (paperback) [about $14]  ISBN 1128272782 (Hardcover)  [about $55]
    
• Seabirds : An Identification Guide /  by Peter Harrison, Tory Harrison. -- Reprint ed. -- Houghton Mifflin, September 1991.
  ISBN 0395602912 (paperback) [about $26]
    
• Shorebirds : An Identification Guide to the Waders of the World / by Peter Hayman, John Marchant, Tony Prater.
  -- Reprint ed. -- Houghton Mifflin, August 1991.
  ISBN 0395602378 (paperback) [about $28]
    
• The Shorebird Guide (Turtleback) by Richard Crossley (Author), Kevin Karlson (Author), Michael O'Brien (Author)
  Houghton Mifflin (April 24, 2006)  496 pages
  ISBN: 0618432949 [about $17]
        
• Stokes Beginner's Guide to Shorebirds  by Donald Stokes, Lillian Q. Stokes
  Little Brown & Company, July 2001, 144 pages
  ISBN 0316816965  (paperback) [about $8]
   
• Waterfowl : An Identification Guide to the Ducks, Geese and Swans of the World / by Steve Madge, Hilary Burn (Illustrator). -- Reprint ed. -- Houghton Mifflin, September 1992.
  ISBN 0395467268 (paperback) [about $26]
   
• A Guide to the Identification and Natural History of the Sparrows of the United States and Canada / by James D. Rising (Editor), David Beadle (Illustrator). -- Academic Press, October 1996.
  ISBN 0125889712 (paperback) [about $20]
   
• Warblers of the Americas : an Identification Guide / by Jon Curson, David Quinn, David Beadle. -- Houghton Mifflin, September 1994.
  ISBN 0395709989 (hardcover) [about $42]
   
• A Field Guide to Warblers of North America / by Kimball L. Garrett, et al. -- Houghton Mifflin, 1997. -- (The Peterson Field Guide Series, 49)
  ISBN: 0395783216 (paperback). [about $16]
  ISBN 0395389712 (hardcover) [about $21]
  Read Robin Tuck's review in the November UCB Newsletter.
   
• Hawks in Flight : The Flight Identification of North American Migrant Raptors / by Peter Dunne, David Sibley, Clay Sutton, David Sutton, Pete Dunne, Roger Tory Peterson. -- Reprint ed. -- Houghton Mifflin, April 1989.
  ISBN 0395510228 (paperback) [about $11]
   
• Field Guide to Hawks: North America (Peterson Field Guides / by William S. Clark and Brian K Wheeler -- September 1998; 198 pages -- Discusses 39 species recorded north of Mexico.
  ISBN 0395936152 (paperback) [about $15]
    
• A Photographic Guide to North American Raptors / by Brian K. Wheeler, William S. Clark. -- Academic Press, May 1995.
  ISBN 0127455302 (hardcover) [about $35]
    
• North American Owls: Biology and Natural History / Paul A. Johnsgard -- August 1997; 295 pages --with 10 watercolors and 22 photo plates of all the owls.
  ISBN1560987243  (paperback) [about $28]
    
• Owls: A Guide to the Owls of the World / Claus König, Friedhelm Weick & Jan-Hendrik Becking -- December 1999, 320 pages -- Deal a lot with voice identification so you should also get the separate CD available through ABA Sales [about $38]
  ISBN 0300079206 (paperback) [about $50]
  

In-Depth Guides

• Identification Guide to North American Passerines:  A Compendium of Information on Identifying, Aging, and Sexing Passerines in the Hand
  by Peter Pyle, Steve Howell, and Robert Yunick -- Slate Creek Press, (paperback - 1987), 278 pages
  ISBN-10: 0961894008 and  ISBN-13: 978-0961894009  [about $34]
   
• Identification Guide to North American Birds. Part I: Columbidae to Ploceidae
  by Peter Pyle and N.G. Howell  -- Slate Creek Press, (paperback - 1997), 732 pages
  ISBN-10: 0961894024 and  ISBN-13: 978-0961894023  [about $58]
     
• Identification Guide to North American Birds. Part II: Anatidae to Alcidae  
  by Peter Pyle, Steve N.G. Howell, Siobhan Ruck, and David F. DeSante -- Slate Creek Press (paperback - 2008), 836 pages
  ISBN-10: 0961894040 and  ISBN-13: 978-0961894047 (paperback)  [about $58 through Amazon and $50 through Buteo Books]
        
• Peregrine Quest: From a Naturalist's Field Notebook,  by Clayton White (Hardcover - July 2006)
  Hard Bound, Color Dust Wrapper, Color Throughout, 416 Pages
   ISBN 978188357097  [about $33]  Also available through Western Sporting
     
• The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior,  by David Allen Sibley; (Hardcover - October 2001)
  ISBN 0679451234  [about $27] 
     
• A Guide to Bird Behavior, Volumn I, by Donald W. Stokes, Lillian Q. Stokes (Contributor) (Paperback - March 1989)
   (paperback) [about $12]
    
• A Guide to Bird Behavior, Volumn II, by Donald W. Stokes, Lillian Q. Stokes (Contributor) (Paperback - March 1989)
  ISBN 0316817295 (paperback) [about $12]
    
• A Guide to Bird Behavior, Volumn III, by Donald W. Stokes, James Fenwick Lansdowne (Illustrator) (Paperback - April 1983)
  ISBN 0316817171 (paperback) [about $12]
  
• Focus Guide to the Birds of North America by Kenn Kaufmann, Kenn Kaufman (Paperback ) August 2000.
  ISBN 0395964644 (paperback) [about $20]
  ISBN 0618073248 (hardcover) [about $21]
    
• A Field Guide to Advanced Birding : Birding Challenges and How to Approach Them (Peterson Field Guides) by Kenn Kaufman (Paperback - March 1999)
  ISBN 039597500X (paperback) [about $15]
   
• Lives of North American Birds (Peterson Natural History Companions)
  by Kenn Kaufman --  Hardcover (November 1996)
  ISBN (hardcover) [about $25]
   
• National Audubon Society Master Guide to Birding : Warblers to Sparrows by John Farrand(Editor). Hardcover (November 1983)
  ISBN 0394533836 (hardcover) [about $14]
   
• The Audubon Society Master Guide to Birding : Gulls to Dippers
  by John Farrand(Editor).  Out of Print, but Amazon.com may be about to get it.
  ISBN 0394533844 (hardcover) [out of print]
   
• The Audubon Society Master Guide to Birding : Loons to Sandpipers
  by John, Jr. Farrand(Editor).  Out of Print, but Amazon.com may be about to get it.
  ISBN 0394533828 (hardcover) [out of print]