I must say thank you to everyone who has responded so far…… several of you replied off-line, and I see many great ideas for further reading !!
The Berthold book on migration is not what I’d call an easy read, but fascinating to me because I’m grounded in the physical sciences (which means data, lots of data), and bird migration just plain rocks!
Best events I’ve attended include the TOS (Texas Ornithological Society) 50th Anniversary Conference on the coastal bend of Texas (loads of people) and a small workshop on bird migration (maybe 15 people) sponsored by the Gulf Coast Bird Observatory… Ken Able was there (Gatherings of Angels, Migrating Birds and their Ecology, 1999), and so was Chandler Robbins (Golden Guide, 1983) !!! Whoa Nellie!
Back to more reading…….. and more birding !! 😉
LA
From: “Cliff and Lisa Weisse”
To: “Larry Arnold”
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 11:58:20 AM
Subject: Re: [IBLE] Birding Books……
Don’t miss The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman.
Cliff
On 11/11/18 12:26 PM, LARRY ARNOLD [ mailto:larnold47@cableone.net | larnold47@cableone.net ] [ible] wrote:
Anyone else crazy like me and collect these things?
I’m talking about Lane Guides, field guides, atlases for western states and provinces, as well as binders of data collected and analyzed and reanalyzed AND graphed……… 2 yrs in the UK, 2 yrs in Germany, 2 yrs in New Mexico, several yrs in Nevada, several yrs in Utah, 1 yr in Alaska, 3 yrs in New Mexico, 15 yrs in Colorado, 6 yrs here in Boise ID, yada yada…….et yada!
Among my favorites are these:
Wild America (RTP and James Fisher, 1955)
Living on the Wind (Scott Weidensaul, 1999)
Bird Migration, A General Survey (Peter Berthold, 2001) * * *
Birding on Borrowed Time (Phoebe Snetsinger, 2003)
Kingbird Highway (Kenn Kaufman, 2006)
Travels in Alaska (John Muir, 1915)
For the fun of it……. Anyone else have their faves and don’t mind sharing? =)
Larry, W Boise
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Cliff and Lisa Weisse
Island Park, Idaho [ mailto:cliffandlisa@octobersetters.com | cliffandlisa@octobersetters.com ]