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• ▼ 2010
  • ► March
    • Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 14: Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows
    • Reviews Coming Up
  • ► February
    • Upcoming Events in March, 2010
    • Watching Warblers / Watching Warblers WEST
    • New Sibley iPhone app
    • Review Roundup: February 11, 2010
    • Birding Lite: A Humorous How-to Guide for All Who Enjoy Watching Birds
  • ► January
    • The Birder's Library is on Facebook
    • Win copies of Falcons of North America and Prairie Spring
    • Review Roundup: January, 2010
    • Birding from the Hip
    • Someday...
    • Social Media for Birders
    • Happy New Year
• ► 2009
  • ► December
    • Birds of Peru
    • iBird Explorer
    • iPhone Bird Guide Comparison
    • Win a Free Birding Trip to Peru
    • Review Roundup: December 8, 2009
    • The Boreal Owl Murder: A Bob White Birder Murder Mystery
    • Do Something for the Birds
  • ► November
    • Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 13: Penduline-tits to Shrikes
    • Confusing Post
    • Books for Beginning Birders
    • In Hovering Flight
    • The Grand Circle: The National Parks of Utah, Grand Canyon, and Mesa Verde - May, 2008
    • Lift
  • ► October
    • Disclosure
    • Rating Changes
    • Birds of Eastern North America / Birds of Western North America: A Photographic Guide
    • Review Roundup: October 11, 2009
    • Shorebirds of North America, Europe, and Asia: A Photographic Guide
  • ► September
    • Review Roundup: September 23, 2009
    • Flyaway: How A Wild Bird Rehabber Sought Adventure and Found Her Wings
    • The Sibley Guide to...Trees?
    • Birdsong by the Seasons: A Year of Listening to Birds
  • ► August
    • Review Roundup: August, 2009
    • The Prairie Keepers: Secrets Of The Grasslands
    • First Look: Trogons: A Natural History of the Trogonidae
    • New Trogon Book
    • Grass, Sky, Song: Promise and Peril in the World of Grassland Birds
  • ► July
    • What a Deal!
    • Shorebird Guide Comparison
    • Reading Now, July '09
    • Review Roundup: July 1, 2009
  • ► June
    • Birdscapes: Birds in Our Imagination and Experience
    • Vivonne Bay Blue: Superb Blue Wrens of Kangaroo Island
    • Life List: A Woman's Quest for the World's Most Amazing Birds
    • The Next Standard in Field Guides?
  • ► May
    • Review Roundup: May 26, 2009
    • New Bird Books, Spring 2009
    • The Armchair Birder: Discovering the Secret Lives of Familiar Birds
  • ► April
    • Spirits of the Air: Birds and American Indians in the South
    • Corvus: A Life with Birds Giveaway at 10,000 Birds
    • Review Roundup: April 21, 2009
    • The Sibley Guide - ONLINE
    • Book Review Blog Carnival #15
    • Lars Jonsson's Birds: Paintings from a Near Horizon
    • Review Roundup: April 6, 2009
    • Falcons of North America
  • ► March
    • A Guide to the Birds of East Africa
    • Creator's Glory: Photographs of the Wildlife of Grand Cayman Island
    • Owls of North America
    • Free Book - Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent
    • The LBJ: Avian Life, Literary Arts
    • For anyone in the Atlanta area - Author Presentation and Nature Walk, March 28
    • FYI on the new Princeton Encyclopedia of Birds
    • The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology
  • ► February
    • Prairie Spring: A Journey Into the Heart of a Season
    • Bird Book Bargains - February 18, 2009
    • Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl
    • More Reviews and Resources
    • Albatross: Their World, Their Ways
  • ► January
    • Birds in Flight: The Art and Science of How Birds Fly
    • Review Roundup: January 17, 2009
    • Birding For Everyone: Encouraging People of Color to Become Birdwatchers
    • Review Roundup: January 6, 2009
• ► 2008
  • ► December
    • Bird Songs of Southeastern Arizona and Sonora, Mexico
    • Birder's Conservation Handbook: 100 North American Birds at Risk
    • Review Roundup: December 13, 2008
    • Books for Christmas
    • Children's Bird Books
    • Review Roundup: December 1, 2008
  • ► November
    • Truly Essential
    • Seabirds: A Natural History
    • Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival in Harlingen, Texas
  • ► October
    • The Owl and the Woodpecker: Encounters With North America's Most Iconic Birds
    • Review Roundup: October 28, 2008
    • Remarkable Birds - The Top 100
    • Remarkable Birds: 100 of the World's Most Notable Birds
    • Interview with Pete Dunne
    • WildBird Magazine's Birder of the Year Contest
    • Birding Festivals
    • Review Roundup: October 5, 2008
    • A Supremely Bad Idea: Three Mad Birders and Their Quest to See It All
  • ► September
    • Review Roundup: In Print, September '08
    • To See Every Bird on Earth: A Father, a Son, and a Lifelong Obsession
    • Review Roundup: In Print, July and August '08
    • "Connecting People with Nature" Video Series - further details
    • Hummingbirds: Marvels of Mother Nature
  • ► August
    • Review Roundup: Roger Tory Peterson Edition
    • Peterson's Legacy
    • Birdwatch Radio Podcasts
    • Review Roundup: August 21, 2008
    • Peterson Giveaway Results
    • Birding on Borrowed Time
    • Peterson Guide Giveaway
  • ► July
    • Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America
    • The New Peterson Guide: A Plate-by-Plate Comparison
    • Review Roundup: July 18, 2008
    • First Look: Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America
    • The New Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America
    • Site Redesign
    • The Wind Masters: The Lives of North American Birds of Prey
  • ► June
    • Review Roundup: In Print, June '08
    • A Fantastic Article about Photographic Field Guides
    • Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America
    • Review Roundup: The Smithsonian Guide Edition
    • A Field Guide to the Photographic Field Guides of North America
    • First Look: Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America
  • ► May
    • Birdwatcher: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson
    • Review Roundup: In Print, May '08
    • Review Roundup: May 22, 2008
    • Review Roundup: New Field Guides - May, 2008
    • On Feathered Wings: Birds in Flight
    • Amazon.com Bargains - May 13, 2008
    • Review Roundup: In Print, April '08
    • More Tales of a Low-Rent Birder
  • ► April
    • Shelfari: A Community for Bibliophiles
    • Between the Wingtips: The Secret Life of Birds
    • New Bird Books to be Published in April and May, 2008
    • Review Roundup: April 17, 2008
    • Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land
    • A Tribute to Pete Dunne
    • Review Roundup: In Print, March '08
    • The Life of the Skies Giveaway
    • Flights Against the Sunset: Stories that Reunited a Mother and Son
  • ► March
    • A Complete Guide to Arctic Wildlife
    • Review Roundup: March 24, 2008
    • I and the Bird #71 - A Bird Blog Carnival
    • Amazon.com Bargains - March 18, 2008
    • The Life of the Skies: Birding at the End of Nature
    • How The Sibley Guide Made me a Birder: A Birding Testimony
    • Good Birders Don't Wear White: 50 Tips From North America's Top Birders
    • Review Roundup: March 7, 2008
    • More Field Guides to North American Birds on the Way
    • A Guide to the Identification and Natural History of the Sparrows of the United States and Canada
  • ► February
    • Review Roundup: In Print, February '08
    • Some Good Bargains at Amazon.com
    • Wings for My Flight: The Peregrine Falcons of Chimney Rock
    • Bird Book Reviews in the Blogosphere
    • Scarlet Macaws and a new Kenn Kaufman book!
    • Good deal on To See Every Bird on Earth
    • Welcome to the NEW Birder's Library
    • Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
    • Eye of the Albatross: Visions of Hope and Survival
  • ► January
    • Fifty Places to Go Birding Before You Die
    • Fifty Places to Go Birding Before You Die - The List
• ► 2007
  • ► December
    • Penguins of the World
    • Colorado: April 14-25, 2007
    • Gatherings of Angels: Migrating Birds and Their Ecology
  • ► November
    • Birds of Europe
    • Long-Legged Wading Birds of the North American Wetlands
    • Living Bird
    • Chasing Birds Across Texas: A Birding Big Year
  • ► October
    • Flying over the Pyrenees, Standing on the Plains
  • ► September
    • Raptors of North America: Natural History and Conservation
  • ► August
    • The Sound Approach to Birding
  • ► July
    • White-tailed Ptarmigan: Ghosts of the Alpine Tundra
    • Galapagos Diary: A Complete Guide to the Archipelago's Birdlife
  • ► June
    • The Great Auk, or Garefowl
  • ► May
    • Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters of the World
  • ► April
    • The Sibley Guide to Birds
  • ► March
    • Birding in the American West: A Handbook
    • Life List
    • 101 Ways to Help Birds
    • Audubon VideoGuide to 505 Birds of North America
  • ► February
    • Migrating Raptors of the World: Their Ecology and Conservation
    • Arena Birds: Sexual Selection and Behavior
    • Hummingbirds of Costa Rica
    • National Geographic Field Guide - Comparison of the 4th and 5th editions
    • National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Fifth Edition
  • ► January
    • John James Audubon and The Birds of America: A Visionary Achievement in Ornithology Illustration
    • How to be a Better Birder: Travel Stories
    • A Guide to Bird Watching
• ► 2006
  • ► December
    • The Big Twitch
    • A Guide to the Birds of the Southeastern States: Florida, Georgia, Alabama, And Mississippi
    • The Verb 'To Bird'
    • Pete Dunne's Essential Field Guide Companion
    • Gulls of North America, Europe, and Asia
    • A Field Guide to Warblers of North America (Peterson Guide)
    • Shorebirds of North America: The Photographic Guide
    • The Shorebird Guide
    • Sparrows of the United States and Canada: The Photographic Guide
    • Hawks from Every Angle: How to Identify Raptors In Flight
    • Tanagers, Cardinals, and Finches of the United States and Canada: The Photographic Guide
    • Raptors of North America: The Wheeler Guides