Got wood-warbler questions? If so, I have answers for you. I'm Daniel Edelstein — biologist, birding guide, birding instructor (www.warblerwatch.com and danieledelstein@att.net) — who ponders: Are there any wonders in our world more fascinating than the elegant beauty of wood-warblers? (All photos © Martin Meyers unless otherwise noted.) By the way, my upcoming new adult college birding class is featured at: http://danielsmerrittclasses.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Which are the best wood-warbler field guides/books?
. . . and thanks to Joseph C. of Lake Forest, IL for the question.
My favorite wood-warbler field guides/resources follow: (Note the final resource is the only non-book, yet an amazing treasure: an award-winning video that highlights the lives of wood-warblers in North America.)
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WOOD-WARBLER RESOURCES:
# = First wood-warbler field guide I would buy
* = Best photos I’ve seen in wood-warbler guide
& = Best field guide for ecological information
# A Field Guide to Warblers of North America
Jon Dunn, Kimball Garrett, Sue A. Tackett, Larry O. Rosche, Cynthia House, Thomas R. Schultz, Roger Tory Peterson
Warblers of the Americas: An Identification Guide,
Jon Curson, David Quinn, David Beadle
& American Warblers: An Ecological and Behavioral Perspective, Douglass H. Morse
Life Histories of the North American Wood Warblers: Part 1, Arthur Cleveland Bent
New World Warblers, Jon Curson
* Warblers of the Great Lakes Region and Eastern North America
Chris Earley
Vanishing Songbirds: The Sixth Order, Wood Warblers and Other Passerine Birds, Elliot Porter and Kenn Kaufman
Stokes Field Guide to Warblers, Lillian and Donald Stokes
The Warblers of North America, Alexander Jr. Griscom and John Henry Dick
Wood Warblers' World, Hal H. Harrison
Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 11: Old World Flycatcher's to the Old World Warblers (Handbook of the Birds of the World), Joseph Del Hoyo, Andy Elliott, and David Christie
DVD/VHS wood-warbler resource:
Watching Warblers, Michael Male and Judy Fieth
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3 comments:
Where's a good place to get these guides?
Warblers of Ontario is also good.
James T.
Thanks for this blog and note. Excellent.
Sheryl C.
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