Reading list

Recommended books on topics relating to Audubon Camp in Maine programs

Maine Natural and Social History

Islands in Time: A Natural and Cultural History of Islands in the Gulf of Maine. 1999. Phillip Conkling. Island Institute and Down East Books. Rockland, ME. 319 pp.
The Secret Life of Lobsters. 2004. Harper Collins New York. 289 pp.
The Lobster Coast. Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier. 2004. Colin Woodard. Penguin Group. New York. 384 pp.
A Sierra Club Naturalists Guide to the North Atlantic: Cape Cod to Newfoundland. 1982. Michael Berrill. Random House, Inc. 464 pp.

Of a Feather: A Brief History of American Birding. 2007. Scott Weidensaul. Harcourt, New York 358 pp.
The Audubon Ark: A History of the National Audubon Society. 1992. Frank Graham. Knopf, New York. 333 pp. (the first 100 pages relate to the historic plume trade).

Project Puffin: How we brought Puffins Back to Egg Rock. 1999. Stephen Kress and Pete Salmansohn, Tilbury House. 40 pp. (children’s book)
Puffins. 1999. Ken Taylor. Voyageur Press. 72 pp. (young adult)
Seabirds: A Natural History. 2004. Anthony J. Gaston. Yale University Press. New London 222 pp.
Eye of the Albatross: Visions of Hope and Survival. 2002. Carl Safina. Henry Holt and Company, New York. 377 pp
Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds. 2000. Scott Weidensaul. North Point Press., New York. 432 pp.
The Birder’s Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds. 1988. Paul Ehrlich, David S. Dobkin , and Darryl Wheye. Simon and Schuster, New York. 785 pp.

Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature Deficit Disorder. 2008. Richard Louv. Second Edition. Algonquin Books. 390 pp.
The Sense of Wonder. 1998. Rachel Carson. Harper Collins. 112 pp.

Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Eastern and Central North America. 2010. 6th edition. Houghton Mifflin Co. 445 pp. (intro guide)
Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America. 2000. Kenn Kaufman. Houghton Mifflin, New York. 391 pp. (intro. guide)
The Sibley Guide to Birds. 2000. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 545 pp. (advanced guide).
Pete Dunne’s Essential Field Guide Companion: A Comprehensive Resource for Identifying North American Birds. 2006. Pete Dunne. Houghton Mifflin Co. 710 pp.