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.
Audubon Society and Birdwatching History
- 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).
Birdlife and Avian Natural History
- 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.
Environmental Education
- 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.
Bird Field Guides
- 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.