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| Attracting Birds to Southern Gardens | |
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Thomas Pope, et al / Hardcover / Published 1993 Note: Includes information on birds and plants, including the birds they attract, but the information is not specific to Florida. |
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| The Bird Garden (National Audubon Society) |
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Stephen W. Kress / Hardcover / Published 1995 Highly Recommended While it divides the U.S. up into five regions, the section on the south does include information about many Florida native plants. Good information on setting up a habitat as well as how to build a small pond and full instructions for building several kinds of nest boxes and feeders. |
| For the Birds! A Handy Guide to Attracting Birds to Your Backyard |
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Anne Moyer Halpin, Lauren Jarrett (Illustrator) / Paperback / Published 1996 Recommended While not specific to Florida, this little book contains lots of good basic information. |
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| Landscaping for Florida's Wildlife: Recreating Native Ecosystems in Your Own Backyard |
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Joseph M. Schaefer, George Walden Tanner / Paperback / Published 1998 Highly Recommended Excellent guide to creating the appropriate multi-species ecosystem in your backyard, complete with detailed lists of native plants and the wildlife found in each habitat. |
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| The Wildlife Garden: Planning Backyard Habitats |
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Charlotte Seidenberg / Hardcover / Published 1995 Paperback / Published 1995 Highly Recommended An excellent book on developing a wildlife or bird garden. Includes information for various habitats in the southeast, plants (many of them Florida natives), bird feeding and housing. |
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| A Field Guide to Backyard Bird Song: Eastern and Central North America | |
| Richard K. Walton, Robert W. Lawson / Audio CD (or cassette) / Published 1999 | |
| Eastern Backyard Birds: An Introduction to Familiar Urban Species |
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James Kavanagh, Raymond Leung / Paperback / Published 2001 Recommended This is a laminated (waterproof) folding card that fits in a pocket or slips into a fannypack and provides a quick reference to common backyard birds. |
| Eastern Coastal Birds: An Introduction to Familiar Species |
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Paperback / Published 1999 Recommended This is a laminated (waterproof) folding card that fits in a pocket or slips into a fannypack and provides a quick reference to common coastal birds including migrants. |
| A Field Guide to the Birds: Of Eastern and Central North America |
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Roger Tory Peterson / Paperback / Published 2002 Highly Recommended The arrows pointing out the distinguishing fieldmarks make this guide invaluable and this version has the range maps on the pages with the birds. |
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| Florida's Birds: A Handbook and Reference |
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Herbert W. Kale, et al / Hardcover / Published 1990 Paperback / Published 1990 Highly Recommended A comprehensive guide to over 350 species. Illustrations often include plumage variations. |
| National Geographic Field Guide To The Birds Of North America, Fourth Edition |
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National Geographic Society / Paperback / Published November, 2002 Highly Recommended The ultimate field guide. It includes all the birds that breed in North America plus accidentals, vagrants, and exotics. |
| Songbirds and Familiar Backyard Birds/Eastern Region (National Audubon Society Pocket Guides) |
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Wayne R. Petersen / Paperback / Published 1994 |
| Stokes Beginner's Guide to Birds: Eastern Region (Stokes Field Guide Series) |
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Donald Stokes, Lillian Stokes / Paperback / Published 1996 |
| Stokes Field Guide to Bird Songs: Eastern Region |
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Lang Elliott, et al / Audio CD (or cassette) / Published 1997 |
| Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Eastern Region (Stokes Field Guides) |
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Donald Stokes, Lillian Stokes / Paperback / Published 1996 Recommended Identification, nesting, feeding, habitat, range, and population trends of some 400 birds, one account per page with photo. |
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| The Birdlife of Florida | |
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Henry M. Stevenson, Bruce H. Anderson / Hardcover / Published 1994 Highly Recommended The ultimate scientific guide to Florida birds. |
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| Florida's Fabulous Birds |
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Winston Williams / Paperback / Published 1994 Recommended Great photos supplemented with species info, appealing to adults and kids. |
| Florida's Fabulous Waterbirds: Their Stories |
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Winston Williams / Paperback / Published 1983 Recommended Great photos supplemented with species info, appealing to adults and kids. |
| Lives of North American Birds (Peterson Natural History Companions) |
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Kenn Kaufman / Hardcover / Published 1996 Highly Recommended Habitat, range, diet, foraging, courtship, nesting, and conservation information of 680 North American species plus shorter accounts of another 230. |
| Rare and Endangered Biota of Florida: Birds (Rare and Endangered Biota of Florida Series, Vol 5) Vol 5 |
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James A., Jr Rodgers (Editor), et al / Hardcover / Published 1996 Paperback / Published 1997 Highly Recommended Very detailed referenced accounts of endangered and threatened Florida birds. Also includes those recently extinct and extirpated. |
| Ivory-billed Woodpeckers |
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| The Grail Bird: Hot on the Trail of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker | |
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Tim Gallagher / Hardcover / Published May, 2005 Highly Recommended In February 2004, Tim Gallagher and Bobby Harrison rushed to interview interview amateur birder Gene Sparling who believed he had seen an Ivory-billed Woodpecker. On February 27, they followed him into the bayou and spotted the bird. This event triggered the research effort in the Big Woods of Arkansas, resulting in at least fifteen confirmed sightings which were announced on April 28, 2005. Gallagher is an award-winning writer and photographer and editor of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Living Bird magazine. He's been tracking down clues to the Ivory-billed Woodpecker's existence for years. Now he shares the journey. An excellent read. 288 pages. |
| The Race to Save the Lord God Bird |
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Phillip Hoose / Hardcover / Published 2004 Recommended Award-winning book which covers the last two-hundred years of the bird's history. While written for a young adult audience, it's a good read for all. 208 pages. |
| In Search of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker |
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Jerome A. Jackson / Hardcover / Published 2004 Recommended Jerome A. Jackson has been obsessed with the Ivory-billed Woodpecker and has personally searched for the bird in the southeastern U.S. and Cuba. Despite it all, he never gave up hope. 256 pages. |
| Ivory Hunters: A Novel of Extinction |
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| Greg Lewbart / Hardcover / Published 1996 A scientific mystery novel that revolves around the discovery of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. This fictional account takes place during a time when many did believe the bird to be extinct -- and takes place in Florida. |
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| Bird Brains: The Intelligence of Crows, Ravens, Magpies, and Jays | |
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Candace Savage / Paperback / Published 1997 Highly Recommended A fascinating read accompanied by stunning photography. |
| A Birder's Guide to Florida (Lane - ABA Birdfinding Guides Series) |
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Bill Pranty / Paperback / Published 1996 Highly Recommended The latest edition of Jim Lane's (RIP) infamous birder's guide. If you want to know where to find birds in Florida, this one's for you. Spiral bound, with maps and directions to specific spots. (Bill Pranty ran the Monk Parakeet project.) |
| Birdman of St. Petersburg |
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Tom Shachtman / Hardcover / Published 1982 Recommended The story of Ralph Heath and the Gulf Coast Seabird Sanctuary which provides refuge and recovery to injured birds. Also includes information on caring for orphaned birds and birds injured by fishhooks. |
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| Down & Dirty Birding: From the Sublime to the Ridiculous--Here's All the Outrageous but True Stuff You Ever Wanted to Know About North American Birds |
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Joey Slinger / Paperback / Published 1996 Highly Recommended Stuffily serious birdwatchers should avoid this delightful book at all costs! |
| Florida Atlas and Gazetteer |
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| Highly Recommended If you follow the Rare Bird Alerts, this is the "Delorme" referenced in the directions given to locations. At 15.5" by 11", you won't be carrying it in your back pocket, but you will find more than 100 extremely detailed maps, each covering an area of approximately 25 by 30 miles. |
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| National Geographic Guide to Birdwatching Sites: Eastern U.S. |
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Mel White / Paperback / Published 1999 Recommended A regional guide to birding spots that includes locale info, directions on how to get there, nearby facilities, seasonal info, and species lists. |
| National Geographic Guide to Birdwatching Sites: Western U.S. |
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Mel White / Paperback / Published 1999 Recommended See Eastern Guide above. |
