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OK -- so you're into birding, but still feel frustrated when you can't ID a bird in flight or a song you know you've heard before.
Maybe it's time to get serious.
Here you'll find all the resources that will help you take it to the next level.
Question: In this photo, where is the bird's malar stripe? (Answer at bottom.)
The Curious Wren - Your Birding Guide
Let the Curious Wren be your guide to birding.She has a whole series of lenses about birding, bird feeders, field guides, bird books, gifts and equipment.
Some lenses are "How To" lenses.
One part of her series is Birding USA -- state-by-state guides to birding -- Florida, California and more!
Go to the Curious Wren hub for links to all her lenses.
Quick Quiz
What's the bird in this photo?Answer found in module at bottom of this page.
Essentials: A Good Field Guide
National Geographic Field Guide To The Birds Of North America, 4th Edition
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The Coolest New Thing!
Bird Songs: 250 North American Birds in Song
$27. Book has built-in audio player - hear the song as you study the bird! 250 species and corresponding songs. Also has "lavish full-color illustrations."
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Amazon Price: $31.50 (as of 01/01/2010)
Bird Song CDs - Get Memorizing!
More Birding by Ear Eastern and Central North America: A Guide to Bird-song Identification (Peterson Field Guides)
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The Singing Life of Birds: The Art and Science of Listening to Birdsong
Comes with a CD.
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Stokes Field Guide to Bird Songs: Western Region
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Stokes Field Guide to Bird Songs: Eastern Region
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Videos/DVDs
The Life of Birds
The amazing 10-part series about birds worldwide.
Amazon Price: $45.49 (as of 01/01/2010)
Winged Migration
Documentary featuring unbelievable close-ups of birds in flight.
Amazon Price: $11.99 (as of 01/01/2010)
Sharpen Your Knowledge of Families
Sparrows of the United States and Canada: The Photographic Guide
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Raptors of Western North America: The Wheeler Guides
Wheeler also has guidebook for Eastern raptors. Rave reviews for both guides. "Tour de force and a labor of love, and the immediate new standard for diurnal raptors in western North America. "
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Amazon Price: $40.15 (as of 01/01/2010)
Hummingbirds of North America: The Photographic Guide
This book gets rave reviews from guides in Southeast, AZ - a true hummer mecca. The great photos make this a great field guide.
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Get Into Ornithology
Cornell Lab of Ornithology Handbook of Bird Biology
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Manual of Ornithology: Avian Structure and Function
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Birding Journals - Keep Track of Your Sightings
National Geographic Birders Journal
A fully illustrated life list, the journal offers generous space for recording dates and locations of bird sightings.
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The Birder's Journal
Has black and white sketches of over 500 American species. Use colored pencils to record exactly what you saw. Each bird gets half a page.
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Pocket Life List: A Birdwatcher's Life List and Diary of North American Birds
6.6 x 4 inches. 850 species. Each North American species is listed by common and scientific name. Space is provided to record when and where a specimen was sighted, along with other essential notes. Silhouettes in the margin key the sections containing each bird Order. Each species is also indexed by common and scientific name.
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Bird Watcher's Journal
$24.99. Refills available too (at Amazon). Spiral-bound pages encased in a durable water-resistant cover that zips closed. Holds pen too.
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Books By Expert Birders
The Feather Quest: A North American Birder's Year
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Tales of a Low-Rent Birder
Dunne's collection of 19 essays and sketches.
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Wild America: The Record of a 30,000 Mile Journey Around the Continent by a Distinguished Naturalist and His British Colleague
Amazon Price: $14.53 (as of 01/01/2010)
Kingbird Highway: The Story of a Natural Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand
Ornithologist Kenn Kaufman's humorous account of the year he spent birding (and hitch-hiking) across America at age 19.
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Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere With Migratory Birds
The fascinating story of long-distance migration.
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Go Birding on Your Vacation
Florida's Birds: A Field Guide And Reference
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Hawaii Birds: An Introduction to Over 140 Species of the Most Common and Distinctive Hawaiian Birds
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A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America
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Birds of the West Indies (Princeton Field Guides)
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More Foreign Field Guides
A Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica (Comstock Book)
A guide to the birding mecca of the world.
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A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago (Comstock books)
426 pages.
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Amazon Price: $30.46 (as of 01/01/2010)
A Guide to the Birds of Panama
412 pages.
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Answer to Quizzes
2) The bird in the photo is a male Western tanager.
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