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Swan (bird)
Birding Guides | Birds
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Birding Guides
All the Birds of North America: American Bird Conservancy's Field Guide. HarperPerennial, 1997. Painted plates and arranged by bird characteristics.
Ehrlich, Paul R.; David S. Dobkin; and Darryl Wheye. The Birder's Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds. Fireside, 1988. Field guide companion.
Ehrlich, Paul R.; David S. Dobkin; and Darryl Wheye. The Birdwatcher's Handbook: A Guide to the Natural History of the Birds of Britain and Europe. Oxford University Press, 1994. Field guide companion.
Jones, John Oliver. Where the Birds Are: A Guide to All 50 States and Canada. Morrow, 1990. Guide to over 2,000 prime birding areas.
Kaufman, Kenn. Birds of North America. Houghton Mifflin, 2000. Identification through computer-enhanced photographs.
Kightley, Chris; Steve Madge; and Dave Nurney. Pocket Guide to the Birds of Britain and North-West Europe. Yale University Press, 1998. Identifies 385 species of birds.
Peterson, Roger Tory. A Field Guide to Eastern Birds. Houghton Mifflin, 1999. Standard birding guide
Peterson, Roger Tory. A Field Guide to Western Birds. Houghton Mifflin, 1990. 
Sibley, David A. The Sibley Guide to Birds. Knopf, 2000. Detailed National Audubon Society guide; more of a desk reference than a pocket guide.
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Del Hoyo, Joseph, and others, eds.  Handbook of the Birds of the World.  Lynx, 1992-1997.  Multi-volume work on bird families, with photographs of each species.
Attenborough, David. The Life of Birds. Princeton University Press, 1998. Richly illustrated accompaniment to a 10-part series on public television.
Bird, David Michael. The Bird Almanac: The Ultimate Guide to Essential Facts and Figures of the World's Birds. Firefly, 1999. Packed with information for those interested in birds or birdwatching.
Burton, Robert, and Stephen W. Kress. The Audubon Backyard Birdwatcher: Birdfeeders and Bird Gardens. Dorling Kindersley, 1999. An illustrated guide to attracting birds to your backyard.
Dunn, Jon L., and others. The National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America. National Geographic Society , 1999. With more than 800 North American birds, including 80 new species, this is an essential volume for any birder's library.
Forshaw, Joseph, and David Kirshner, eds. Encyclopedia of Birds. Academic Press, 1998. A beautifully illustrated textual exploration by some of the world's leading ornithologists.
Fuller, Errol. Extinct Birds. Cornell University Press, 2001. Rich historical research reveals 75 bird species that have become extinct since 1600.
Savage, Candace C. Bird Brains: The Intelligence of Crows, Ravens, Magpies, and Jays. Sierra Club, 1997. A naturalist's exploration of the behavior of the highly intelligent corvid family.
Weidensaul, Scott. Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere With Migratory Birds. North Point, 1999. A nature writer's highly readable, informed account of bird migration.
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