Links

Bird Book Reviews

  • Yahoo birdbooklist group - A fantastic resource to get news and reviews, as well as to ask questions.
  • BirdForum - The Books discussion forum here is another great place for news, reviews, etc. Also check out all the other subforums for more great info on optics, etc.
  • Bird Insight Forum - Another birding forum.
  • FatBirder - The bottom-right of the main page has the most recent reviews. Also check out the review archives for many more. And finally check out the rest of the site for great world birding information.
  • Surfbirds - The review archives contains book and equipment reviews. The site also contains news, trip reports, and other great stuff.
  • SORA - The Searchable Ornithological Research Archive allows you to search or browse online copies of several journals. Most of these (especially The Auk, Condor, and Wilson Bulletin) usually have a book review section. Many of the books reviewed are pretty technical but plenty of more accessible ones are included also.
  • Birder’s World - Some of this magazine’s reviews are available online here.
  • Buteo Books - This bookseller has also posted a good many reviews.

Bird Blogs with Reviews

News

Publishers

  • Princeton University Press - Publishes of a ton of books on birds and natural history. Their site has reviews and excerpts for most of their books.
  • Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) - Lynx Edicions publishes this series as well as other books. If you’re not familiar with the HBW, go to this site and take a look at them. They are not cheap, but they are perhaps the best bird books ever.

Where to Buy

  • Amazon.com (Birdwatching section) - Has pretty much everything, and if you sort by Publication Date this is a good way to discover upcoming books.
  • ABA Sales - They have many books for sale, including some you can’t easily find anywhere else such as the ABA/Lane Birdfinding Guides.
  • Buteo Books - Specializes in bird books. They have current and out-of-print/rare books.
  • Birdways Books - Offers fine books and art related to birds.

Organizations