North America

The perfect guide to the birds of the northwestern United States and western Canada, from the #1 birding website AllAboutBirds.org Read more

Offers tongue-in-cheek descriptions of imaginary birds in a parody of field guides. By Ben Sill and Cathryn Sill, illustrated by John C. Sill. Read more

Illustrated by Pedro Fernandes
Published by Princeton University Press in partnership with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Read more

Provides 120 of the most popular species and is filled with beautiful illustrations by Pedro Fernandes. With charts, maps, and other bird identification tools, All About Backyard Birds offers beginner birders the ideal way to start birding. Read more

From America's foremost authorities on birds, this pocket-size, brilliantly colorful, simple-to-use guide is an ideal introduction to the birds of the Western United States. Read more

This practical, pocket-sized book by Tamara Enz is a beginner-friendly guide to the amazing birds you can find in the coastal areas of the Evergreen State. Read more

A Practical, Pocket-Sized, and Beginner-Friendly Birding Guide by Sarah Swanson. Read more

By Washington Ornithological Society and Jane Hadley. This revision of A Birder’s Guide to Washington brings current the 2003 first edition, and, in the process, adds a number of new destinations, while eliminating a few that are no longer worthwhile. Read more

The first book on the birds of California's oaks, from our most lyrical and observant wanderer of the woods. Jack Gedney lyrically conveys the beautiful and endearing qualities of >15 bird species, each with an illustration by Angelina Gedney. Read more

Birds of Alaska is a field guide to the most common and sought-after species in the state. By Todd Telander. Read more

By Richard Cachor Taylor. A comprehensive bird field guide for the State of Arizona with over 900 photographs. Read more

Learn to identify birds in Idaho, and make bird-watching even more enjoyable. With Stan Tekiela’s famous field guide, bird identification is simple and informative. Read more

The Nearctic region, which spans most of North America, including Canada and Greenland, is home to an incredible diversity of birdlife. This illustrated guide covers more than 900 bird species yet is succinct, compact, and easy to use. By Norman Arlott. Read more

David Quady and his nationally acclaimed fellow authors have written text for the over 390 species of birds that are found from Monterey County to the northern border of California. Read more

Written and illustrated with stunning paintings by Brian Wheeler, the guides depict an enormous range of variations of age, sex, color, and plumage, and feature a significant amount of plumage data that has never been published before. Read more

by Richard Cachor Taylor. A compact, photographic field guide for southeastern Arizona, a birding mecca for rare and vagrant birds from Mexico. Over 410 species, including the Mexican rarities. Read more