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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America edited by Jon L. Dunn and Jonathan Alderfer. Natural History of Birds: student notes from 2007 UCSC class taught by Prof. W. Breck Taylor: Day 1: Wings; flight; field observations in redwood glades. Day 2: Avian origins and systematics. Day 3: Field Trip to Davenport and Waddell Creek. Day 4: Feeding. Day 5: Field Trip to Elkhorn Slough by kayak. Day 6: Seabird and shorebird ecology. Day 7: Migration and molt. Day 8: Field Trip to Big Sur Ornithological Laboratory and Andrew Molera State Park. Day 9: Communication and nesting. Day 10: Mating systems and social behavior. Day 11: Bird conservation, part One. Day 12: Bird conservation, part Two. Books The Ecology Footprint quiz

Non-Sibley, non-National-Geographic west-coast-of-north-America bird books

Title	Authors	Publisher	Page count	Species count	Illustrations	Song and call	Others
Birds of Northern California	David Fix and Andy Bezener	Lone Pine Publishing	384 pp. 1 species per page.	"Detailed accounts of the 328 bird species that either occur regularly in northern California or are of special interest."	Paintings.	Helpful	Helpful page-edge color tags for bird groups.
Field Guide to Birds: Western Region	Donald & Lilian Stokes	Little, Brown and Company	520 pp. Mostly 1 species per page.	About 500 species. Book also has a Quick Guide and Learning Pages.	"More than 900 ... photographs"; less clear than drawings in Fix's book.	None.	Helpful page-edge color tags for bird groups.
Book of North American Birds	Ed. James Cassidy	Reader's Digest	576 pp.	Nearly 600. 1 to 3 species per page	Paintings.	None.	Heavy book; no edge tags.
Compare with the sentinels:
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America	Editors Jon L. Dunn and Jonathan Alderfer				Paintings.	Helpful
National Geographic Complete Birds of North America	Editor Jonathan Alderfer			962	Paintings.	Helpful
The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America	David Allen Sibley.			703	Paintings.	Helpful

Sibley bird books

The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America by David Allen Sibley.

See also

• Sibley's Birding Basics written and illustrated by David Allen Sibley.
• The Sibley Guide to Birds by David Allen Sibley.

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America
edited by Jon L. Dunn and Jonathan Alderfer

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America edited by Jon L. Dunn and Jonathan Alderfer. BETTER THAN SIBLEY in some ways: representation of bird song is closer to what I think I hear. Closer to AOU ordering.

Books

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America edited by Jon L. Dunn and Jonathan Alderfer. The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America by David Allen Sibley.

• Birdsong by Don Stap.
• The Birds of California by Arnold Small.
• Handbook of Bird Biology edited by S. Podulka et al.
• National Geographic Field Guide to Birds of North America, 5th edition edited by Jon L. Dunn and Jonathan Alderfer.
• Seabirds: A Natural History by A.J. Gaston.

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A Primer of Ecology by Nicholas J. Gotelli. 'Evolution' by Edward J Larson.

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