DuPage Birding Club Lending Library

The following titles are available to club members at the regular meetings. Please contact the audiovisual coordinator for more details.

Audio Tapes and CDs

• Bird Songs of Southeastern Arizona and Southern Texas
• Songs of the Warblers of North America (2 tapes)
• Birding by Ear – Eastern Region
• Bird Song Ear Training Guide
• Backyard Bird Song
• Bird Songs of Florida (CD)

Books – Regional Bird Finding Guides

• ALABAMA:
  • A Birder's Guide to Alabama (Porter, 2001)
  • Alabama Coastal Birding Trail (pamphlet)
  • Birds of the Upper Cahaba, Hoover/Birmingham Birding Trail
  • North Alabama Birding Trail
• ALASKA:
  • Birder's Guide to Alaska (ABA Guide, 2002)
• ARIZONA:
  • Birder's Guide to Southeastern Arizona (ABA Guide, 2005)
  • Southeastern Arizona Birding Trail (map)
  • Location Checklist to the Birds of the Chiricahua Mountains
• CALIFORNIA:
  • Birder's Guide to Southern California (ABA Guide, 2007)
  • Birding Northern California (Falcon Guide, 2001)
• CANADA:
  • Birder's Guide to Point Pelee
  • Birding Nova Scotia
  • Birding Halifax
  • A Birder's Guide to Canada (Finlay, 2000)
• CARIBBEAN:
  • Where to Watch Birds in Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean (Wheatley & Brewer 2001)
• CENTRAL AMERICA:
  • Where to Watch Birds in Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean (Wheatley & Brewer 2001)
• COLORADO:
  • Birder's Guide to Colorado (ABA Guide, 1997)
• FLORIDA:
  • Birder's Guide to Florida (ABA Guide, 2005 edition)
  • Great Florida Birding Trail – West Section
  • Great Florida Birding Trail – East Section
  • Great Florida Birding Trail – Panhandle Section
  • Great Florida Birding Trail – South Section
• IDAHO:
  • Idaho Birding Trail (2006)
• ILLINOIS:
  • Birder's Guide to the Chicago Region (Carpenter & Greenberg, 1999)
• LOUISIANA:
  • America's Wetland Birding Trail (pamphlet)
• MEXICO:
  • A Bird Finding Guide to Mexico (Howell, 1999)
  • Where to Watch Birds in Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean (Wheatley & Brewer, 2001)
• MICHIGAN:
  • A Birder's Guide to Whitefish Point (Lovitch, 2002)
  • A Birder's Guide to Michigan (ABA Guide, 2004)
• MINNESOTA:
  • A Birder's Guide to Minnesota (Eckert, 2002)
  • Audubon Great River Birding Trail, maps 1-6
  • Bogs to Rocks, Birding in Far Northern Minnesota
• NEVADA:
  • Nevada Birding Map
  • NEW JERSEY:
    • Bird Finding in New Jersey (Boyle)
    • Birds and Birding at Cape May – What to See, When and Where to Go (Sutton, 2006)
  • NEW MEXICO:
    • New Mexico Bird Finding Guide (Pameter, Neville & Emkalns, 2002)
    • Southwestern New Mexico Birding Trail (map)
  • NORTH CAROLINA:
    • A Birder's Guide to Coastal North Carolina (Fussell, 1994)
    • Great Dismal Swamp (brochure)
    • Alligator River N.W.R. (brochure)
    • Pea Island N.W.R. (brochure)
    • Seabirding Pelagic Trips (brochure)
  • NORTH DAKOTA:
    • Birding North Dakota
  • OREGON:
    • Birding Oregon (Falcon Guide, 2007)
    • Oregon Cascades Birding Trail
    • Klamath Basin Birding Trail
  • SOUTH CAROLINA:
    • Birder's Guide to Hilton Head Island, SC, and the Low Country (2002)
  • SOUTH DAKOTA:
    • Southeast Birding Trail
    • Glacial Lakes and Prairies Birding Trail
  • TEXAS:
    • Birder's Guide to the Rio Grande Valley of Texas (ABA Guide, 2003)
    • Birder's Guide to the Texas Coast (ABA Guide, 1993)
    • Lower Texas Coast Birding Trail (map)
    • Upper Texas Coast Birding Trail (map)
    • Heart of Texas Wildlife Trail – West (map)
    • Heart of Texas Wildlife Trail – East (map)
    • Panhandle Wildlife Trail
    • Birding and Butterfly Map of the Rio Grande Valley
  • VIRGINIA:
    • A Birder's Guide to Virginia (ABA Birdfinding Guide, 1999)
  • WISCONSIN:
    • Wisconsin's Favorite Bird Haunts (Tessen, 2000)
  • A Birder's Guide to Metropolitan Areas of North America (ABA Guide, 2002)

  Books – Field Guides, Bird Families

  • Photo Guide to North American Raptors
  • Guide to the Birds of Alaska
  • A Pocket Guide to Hawaii's Birds (Pratt, 1996)
  • Birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (Raffaele)

  Books – Miscellaneous

  • Bird Traditions of the Lime Village Area (Priscilla Russell)

  For Beginning or Young Birders

  • Techniques of Birding with Arnold Small – video/VHS
  • How to Begin Birdwatching (Donald & Lillian Stokes) – video/VHS
  • How to Start Watching Birds (Porter) – video/VHS
  • Sibley's Birding Basics (David Allen Sibley) – book
  • Everybody Loves Birds – DVD (for kids)
    Includes a digital activity book for coloring, counting, projects & puzzles

  DVD/Video – General

  • Birds, Birds, Birds! An Indoor Birdwatching Field Trip (Feith) – DVD
  • Birds of the Backyard (Harrison) – VHS
  • A Celebration of Birds (Male & Fieth) – VHS
  • Life of Birds with David Attenborough – 5 tape series – VHS
  • Winged Migration (Perrin) – DVD
  • Quiz Birds, Birding the Hot Spots (Walton & Dodge, 2006) – DVD

  DVD/Video – Regional

  • AFRICA:
    • A Nature Safari to Kenya and Northern Tanzania (Knott) – VHS
  • ALASKA:
    • Birds of Alaska (Herriott)
  • ANTARCTICA:
    • A Spring Expedition to the Falkland Islands and Antarctica (Knott) – VHS
    • Life in the Freezer (Attenborough) – DVD
    • March of the Penguins – DVD
  • ARIZONA:
    • Chiricahuas, Mountain Island in the Desert (New Mexico State Univ.) – VHS
    • Birding Southeastern Arizona (Herriott) – VHS
  • AUSTRALIA:
    • Land of the Birds – VHS
  • CANADA:
    • Churchill and Southern Manitoba (Herriott) – VHS
  • CENTRAL AMERICA:
    • Alexander Skutch: Naturalist in the Rainforest (Bullfrog Films) – VHS
    • At a Bend in a Mexican River (Bax) – VHS
    • Birds of Costa Rica (Kuehn & Schuler) – VHS
  • FLORIDA:
    • Birds of Sanibel (Herriott) – VHS
    • Rare Birds of Sanibel (Herriott) – VHS
    • Identifying Florida Birds (Hobe Sound Productions) – VHS
  • SOUTH AMERICA:
    • Hooked on Galapagos Birds (Kaminski) – DVD
  • TEXAS:
    • Birding Hotspots in Texas (Herriott) – VHS

  DVD/Video – Bird Families

  • PENGUINS:
    • March of the Penguins – DVD
  • CRANES:
    • Creatures of the Earth or Tillers of the Soil? (International Crane Foundation) – DVD
  • GULLS:
    • The Large Gulls: Adv. Birding Video Series Vol. 1 (Dunn) – VHS and DVD
    • The Small Gulls: Adv. Birding Video Series Vol. 2 (Dunn) – VHS and DVD
  • HUMMINGBIRDS:
    • Hummingbirds of North America (Dunn & Williamson) – VHS
    • Hooked on Hummingbirds (Kaminski) – see also videos – DVD
    • Hummingbirds Up Close (Nature Science Network) – VHS
  • OWLS:
    • Owls Up Close (National Audubon Society & Nature Science Network) – VHS
  • RAPTORS (DIURNAL):
    • Hawks up Close (Nature Science Network) – VHS
    • Hawk Watch, A Video Guide to Eastern Raptors – DVD
  • SHOREBIRDS:
    • Shorebirds of North America (Avian Spectrum) – VHS
    • An Identification Guide to the World's Calidris Sandpipers (Butler) – VHS
    • An Identification Guide to the World's Tringa Sandpipers (Butler) – VHS
    • Shorebirds, A Guide to Shorebirds of Eastern North America – DVD
  • SPARROWS:
    • Sparrows & Other Finches (Avian Spectrum) – VHS
    • Watching Sparrows (Male & Fieth) – see also videos – DVD
  • WADERS:
    • Watching Waders (Male & Fieth) – VHS
  • WARBLERS:
    • Watching Warblers (Male & Fieth) – VHS

  DVD/Video – Miscellaneous

  • Cameramen Who Dared (National Geographic) – VHS
  • Common Butterflies and Skippers of Eastern North America (Walton & Dodge) – DVD
  • Eastern Butterflies (Nature Science Network) – VHS
  • Common Dragonflies and Damselflies of Eastern North America (Walton & Dodge) – DVD
  • Edens Lost & Found (Chicago Wilderness) – DVD
  • Landscaping Naturally (Chicago Academy of Sciences for Chicago Wilderness) – VHS
  • Robert Bateman, Artist and Naturalist – VHS

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  Urs Geiser, August 3, 2009