Birds of SUNY Adirondack

This site focuses on the Southern Adirondack region of New York State, and SUNY Adirondack in Queensbury and Saratoga, NY.

Birding Books To Borrow

You can borrow books from the SUNY Adirondack Library. If you're an area resident, you may obtain a community borrower card at the library's circulation desk. Just bring a photo ID with your address.

Handbook of Bird Biology

Students, faculty and staff of SUNY Adirondack can access the 2016 e-book edition of this important textbook, linked below.

The print version of the 2004 edition is available to borrow: 

More Bird Books

Bird Field Guides

These are a few of the many books on birds at the SUNY Adirondack Library. If you live in the Warren, Washington or Saratoga County area, you may visit the library to obtain a community borrower card. Circulating books may be borrowed for four weeks. Stop by the library to use the reference books.

Guides to Local Birds:

These field guides could be handy to identify birds in your backyard:

Birds of New York State (by Bob Budlinger)
Circulating QL 684.N7 B82 2005

The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America  (by David Sibley)
Circulating QL 681 .S564 2003

A Field Guide to the Birds: Eastern and Central North America
Circulating QL674 .P48 1980

These books above are also available at local bookstores.  You may also want to consider Eastern Birds: A Guide to Field Identification by James Coe (2001), part of the Golden Guides series from St. Martin's Press, which is not available at the SUNY Adirondack Library.
 

New York Breeding Birds:

New York State Breeding Bird Atlas
From NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. Offers species lists and distribution maps from the first atlas (1980-1985) and second atlas projects (2000-2005).)

The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State
Ref. QL 684.N7 A84 2008

The Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State 
Reference  QL684.N7 A84 1988

Bull's Birds of New York State
Reference QL 684.N7 B833 1998

More Books:

A Guide to Bird Behavior  (Stokes Guide)
Circulating QL 698.3 .S75 1985

Birds: A Visual Guide    
Circulating QL 674 .B84 2006

A Guide to the Nests, Eggs, and Nestlings of North American Birds
Circulating QL675 .B16 1997

Adirondack Birding: 60 Great Places to Find Birds by John M. C. Peterson 
Circulating Collection QL 684.N7 P47 2008

More Books About Birds

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