Following are books and other products that will entertain and educate you about birding.  All links will take you to external Web sites, including Amazon, where you may purchase the books and a small percentage will go back to ASNV.

Birdwatching Books

• Peter Cashwell, the author of The Verb To Bird, a light-hearted and fun book about birding from a local author/teacher who has spoken at an ASNV Nature Night.
• The Audubon Backyard Birdwatcher: Birdfeeders and Bird Gardens

Field Guides    

• Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America      
• A Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America
• The Sibley Guide to Birds
• The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America
• Sibley's Birding Basics
• Stokes Beginner's Guide to Birds: Eastern Region (Stokes Field Guide Series)
• National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Fifth Edition

Bird Song Resources

• birdJam - birdJam organizes and formats multiple bird songs and definitive photography for the Apple iPod®. In a few seconds, you can find and listen to any of 650 species of North American birds--plus more for Costa Rica and Sonora, Mexico.
• Birding by Ear: Eastern and Central North America (Peterson Field Guides(R))
• More Birding by Ear Eastern and Central North America: A Guide to Bird-song Identification (Peterson Field Guides (R) Audios)
• More Birding By Ear Eastern and Central North America: A Guide to Bird-song Identification (Peterson Field Guides(R))
• Stokes Field Guide to Bird Songs: Eastern Region (Stokes Field Guide to Bird Songs)
• Are you a beginning birder?  The Cornell Lab of Ornithology's site called Birding 1,2,3 has some great information on identifying birds and more.

Binoculars

• Looking for binoculars?  Check out Eagle Optics here.
• Also check out the Birdwatcher's Digest's site information on Mid-priced Binocular Review.

Other Environmental Resources & Organizations