Birds of Carl Schurz Park

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Additional Resources

(Updated April 2025)

Apps

Audubon Bird Guide App.

Field guide to more than 800 species of North American birds.

https://www.audubon.org/app

eBird

On-line database of bird observations

Created by Audubon, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology

https://ebird.org

Merlin Bird ID

Bird song identifier

Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.

https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/

Articles & Reports

New York City Passes Country’s Most Wide-Ranging Bird-friendly Building Legislation.

12/10/19; updated 1/12/20.

American Bird Conservancy

https://abcbirds.org/news/new-york-city-passes-countrys-most-wide-ranging-bird-friendly-building-legislation/

Reducing Bird Collisions with Buildings and Building Glass Best Practices.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services information on human-caused sources of bird mortality.

https://www.fws.gov/media/reducing-bird-collisions-buildings-and-building-glass-best-practices

Books

Finger, Corey. American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of New York.

Scott & Nix. 2016.

https://www.adirondackexplorer.org/book_reviews/american-birding-association-field-guide-birds-new-york

Bull, John L. and John Ferrand Jr. National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Eastern Region, Revised Edition. National Audubon Society. 1994

Day, Leslie, Klinger, Mark A. (illustrations) and Bloomberg, Michael R. (foreword). Field Guide to The Natural World of New York City. . Johns Hopkins University Press. 2007.

https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/9380/field-guide-natural-world-new-york-city?srsltid=AfmBOoqRuY7sfdR1Z8NqeeXw4NbkIA3YHtE51uP2mLBQjW8oht2RmGqf

National Audubon Society. Birds of North America. National Audubon Society Complete Guides. New Edition 2021. https://www.audubon.org/

Petersen, Roger Tory. Peterson Field Guide to Birds of New York. HarperCollins Publishers. 2012

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/peterson-field-guide-to-birds-of-new-york-roger-tory-peterson?variant=39936522027042

McGowan, Kevin and Corwin, Kimberley., Ed. The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State. Cornell University Press. 2008.

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9780801447167/the-second-atlas-of-breeding-birds-in-new-york-state/#bookTabs=1

Educational Resources

Chris Packham's Birdwatching Guide: From Beginner to Birder DK Penguin Random House, 2024.

A WonderGrove for Birds; Exploring the Wonders of Bird Nests. One of a series of 4 videos for children in grades K-2 by WonderGrove Kids in collaboration with Homegrown National Park. https://homegrownnationalpark.org/hnp-kids/

Beginners Guide to Native Plants for Birds

NYC Audubon

https://ny.audubon.org/news/beginners-guide-native-plants-birds/

Habitat Protection

NYC Audubon

https://www.nycaudubon.org/our-work/conservation/habitat-protection/

Hall of New York City Birds, a permanent exhibition. American Museum of Natural History, New York City.

https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/nyc-birds

How You Can Save the World in Your Own Yard: Nature’s Best Hope for Young Readers (Ages 8-12). Tallamy, Douglas.

https://homegrownnationalpark.org/product/natures-best-hope-young-readers-edition-how-you-can-save-the-world-in-your-own-yard/

New York State Young Birders Club, an initiative of the New York State Ornithological Association.

https://nybirds.org/ProjNYSYBC.htm