Resources & Links
Field Guides
If you study birds near your home and in your backyard, you can learn about the features and behaviors of these fascinating animals. Check out the guides below!
- Birds of Napa County – Heinzel, Hermann Heydey Books 2006
- Young Birder’s Guide to Birds of North America (Peterson Field Guides)- Thompson, Bill
- Napa County Breeding Bird Atlas – Napa Solano Audubon
- Breeding Birds of Solano County – Berner, Murray
- Solano County Breeding Bird Atlas – Berner, Murray
- The Sibley Guide to Birds – Sibley, David Allen – Alfred A Knopf – 2nd Edition
- Field Guide to the Birds of North America 7th Edition – Dunn, John L & Alderfer, Jonathan – National Geographic
- The Warbler Guide – Stephenson, Tom & Whittle, Scott
- Birds of North America – National Audubon Society
County Bird Checklists
Bay Area Audubon Chapters
- Golden Gate Bird Alliance
- Mount Diablo Bird Alliance
- Santa Clara Valley Bird Alliance
- Marin Audubon
- Madrone (Sonoma) Audubon
- Yolo Bird Alliance
- Sacramento Audubon
Local Birding Organizations
- Point Blue Conservation Science
- San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory
- Audubon Canyon Ranch
- Redwood Regional Ornithological Society
- Golden Gate Raptor Observatory
- Central Valley Bird Club
National Birding Organizations
- Audubon California
- National Audubon Society
- American Bird Conservancy
- Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology