Bill and Helen Dowling, avid birders and Florida Ornithological Society (FOS) supporters, have graciously donated their personal library of bird books to benefit the FOS. There are nearly 200 books in the collection. It includes field guides from North America, South America, India, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Europe. There are books on taxonomic groups such as sparrows, finches, parrots, pheasants, and raptors. The collection has several state birder’s guides. Many modern and vintage collector books are also in the collection.
At the Fall 2006 FOS Meeting in Titusville, Florida, we will hold a special book sale and silent auction with this collection to benefit the FOS. A total of 125 of the books and pamphlets will be available for immediate sale in the price range of 25 cents to $12.00. Fifty books will be available for sale under a silent auction system which allows bidders to write in their bid on a list visible to all bidders. Finally, eight vintage collector books, such as Howell’s (1932) Florida Bird Life and Sprunt’s (1954) Florida Bird Life, will be available for silent auction at beginning minimum bids.
The books will be available for sale or bid at the Best Western Space Shuttle Inn, on Friday, October 27, 2006, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday, October 28, 2006, from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.
All books must be paid for in cash or by check. Credit cards will not be accepted. Silent auction bidders must be present Saturday evening, at the social hour or immediately following the banquet speaker, to pay for and claim their purchases. More details regarding the sale and auction will be available at the meeting.
If you know someone who might be interested in this event, please forward this web page link to them. They do not have to be an FOS member to take part.
- LIST OF BOOKS GIVEN TO FOS (JUNE) 2006
- MAMMALS OF AFRICA (incl Madagascar) - Theodor Haltenorth/Helmut Diller
- BIRDS OF EUROPE (with North Africa and the Middle East - Lars Jonsson
- SHARING A DREAM - Glen Threlfo
- AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF PERUVIAN BIRDS - Ted Parker/ S. A. Parker/ M. Plenge
- BIRDS OF THAILAND Boonsong Lekagul / Philip D. Round
- BIRDS OF SRI LANKA Sarath Kotagama / Prithiviraj Fernandp
- REMEMBERING THE TODY Vin Helwig
- THE EXOTIC BIRDS OF HAWAII Andrew J. Berger
- FIELD GUIDE TO LITTLE-KNOWN & SELDOM-SEEN BIRDS OF N. AMERICA Sill
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- SOUTH EAST ASIA ON A SHOESTRING Tony Wheeler
- ECUADOR and its GALAPAGOS ISLANDS David L. Pearson / Les Beletsky
- BIRDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA -expanded edition - Kenneth Newman
- BIRDS OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA - Ben King, Martin Woodcock, E. C. Dickinson
- BIRDING AROUND THE WORLD - Aileen R. Lotz
- HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS Thomas Bewick
- ADVENTURES IN BIRDING / CONFESSIONS OF AS LISTER Jean Piatt
- BIRDS OF EASTERN AFRICA Ber Van Perlp
- BIRDS OF WEST AFRICA Serle, Morel and Hartwig
- THE BIG YEAR - Mark Obmascik
- FAMILIES OF BIRDS - Golden Book
- BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA Simpson & Day
- MIGRATION OF BIRDS Wildlife Service 1979
- BIRDERS GUIDE TO COSTA RICA Keith Taylor
- BIRDING GUIDE TO THE DENVER-BOULDER REGION Robert Folzenlogen
- BIRDS OF THE CAROLINAS Potter, Parnell and Teulings
- EXTINCT AND VANISHING BIRDS OF THE WORLD James C. Greenway, Jr.
- BIRDS FOR REAL Rich Stallcup
- BIRDS OF BONAIRE Peggy Boyer
- AUDUBON HANDBOOK OF WESTERN BIRDS John Ferrand
- NATURAL HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS Ehrlich, Dobkin and Wheye
- THE BIRDS OF SOUTH AMERICA Vol 1 - Robert Ridgley and Guy Tudor
- THE BIRDS OF SOUGH AMERICA Vol 2 - Robert Ridgley and Guy Tudor
- BIRDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA Sinclair, Hockey and Tarboton
- THE BIRDS OF THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS - Isabel Castro and Antonia Phillips
- BIRDS OF EAST AFRICA - Williams and Arlott
- BIRDS OF VENEZUELA Meyer de Schauensee and William Phelps, Jr.
- NATURALISTS BIG BEND Roland H. Wauer
- BIRDS OF NEW GUINEA Beehler, Pratt and Zimmerman
- HAWKS ( Peterson Field Guides) - William S. Clark and Brian K Wheeler
- BIRDS OF BHUTAN Inskipp, Inskipp and Grimmett
- GUIDE TO MADAGASCAR - Bradt
- SOUTH AMERICAN BIRDS (Photographic Aid to Identification) John S. Dunning
- A PARROT WITHOUT A NAME Don Stap
- THE WESTERN BIRD WATCHER - Kevin Zimmer
- BIRDS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Status and Distribution - Garrett and Dunn
- THE BIRDS OF BREVARD COUNTY Allan D. Cruickshank
- BIRDS OF THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY - Rosenberg, Ohmart, Hunter and Anderson
- BIRDS OF JAVA AND BALI John MacKinnon
- BIRDS OF PENINSULAR MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE - Davison and Chew Yen Fook
- COLLINS BIRDS OF INDIA Martin Woodcock
- TO SAVE A BIRD IN PERIL David R. Zimmerman
- AVES SILVESTRES DO RIO GRANDS DO SUL
- PHOTOGRAPHIC GUIDE TO BIRDS OF BORNEO - Davison and Chew Yen Fook
- BIRDS OF JAPAN Wild Bird Society of Japan
- ADVANCED BIRDING - Kenn Kaufman
- BIRDERS GUIDE TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (1991) LoLo and Jim Westrich
- BIRD NEIGHBORS THE NATURE LIBRARY (1904) Blanchan
- AN EXALTATION OF LARKS or THE VENEREAL GAME - James Lipton
- EASTERN BIRDS OF PREY - Neal Clark
- BIRDS OF THE YOSEMITE SIERRA
- Check-List of THE BIRDS OF VIRGINIA (1952) Joseph James Murray
- EASTERN HAWK WATCHING - Donald S. Heintselman
- SEABIRDS ON THE OCEAN ROUTES - Gerald Tuck
- SEABIRDS OF BRITAIN AND THE WORLD - Gerald Tuck and Herman Heinsel
- FODORS SOUTH AMERICA incl Antarctica and Galapagos Islands (1989)
- FODORS SOUTHEAST ASIA (1989)
- AUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDING Loons to Sandpipers # 1
- AUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDING - Gulls to Dippers #2
- AUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDING - Old World Warblers to Sparrows #3
- THE COMPLETE BIRDER A GUIDE TO BETTER BIRDING - Jack Connor foreword Peterson
- BIRDS OF THE BAHAMAS - P.G.C. Brudenell Bruce
- THE WEB OF ADAPTATION (Bird Studies In The American Tropics) David W. Snow
- GUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND AGEING OF HOLARTIC WADERS Prater, Marchant &
- FIELD GUIDE TO MEXICAN BIRDS - Peterson & Chalif
- THE ENDEMIC BIRDS OF MADAGASCAR - T. J. Dee
- BIRDS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS - Herbert5 A Raffaele
- BIRDS OF THE WEST INDIES - James Bond
- BIRDS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (Annotated Field List) McCaskie, De Benedictis, Erickson, Mor-
- BIRDERS CALIFORNIA Don Roberson
- BIRDERS GUIDE TO NORTH DAKOTA - Kevin Zimmer
- BIRDING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BAY - Santa Clara Valley California Audubon
- SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA BIRD WATCHING Sequoia Audubon Society
- BIRDS OF SONOMA COUNTY CALIFORNIA (Redwood Region) Bolander & Parmeter
- UTAH BIRDS - Behle & Perry
- BIRDERS GUIDE TO CHURCHILL - Lane and Chartier
- BIRDERS GUIDE TO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF TEXAS - Harold R. Holt
- BIRDERS GUIDE TO SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA - Richard C. Taylor
- BIRDERS GUIDE TO COLORADO - Harold R. Holt
- BIRDERS GUIDE TO THE TEXAS COAST - Harold R. Holt
- BIRDERS GUIDE TO OREGON - Joseph E. Evanich jr.
- BIRDS OF ORGAN PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENT - Richard a. Wilt
- BIRDS OF THE CHURCHILL REGION, MANITOBA - Jehl and Smith
- BIRDS OF ARGENTINA & URUGUAY - Narosky & Yzurieta
- ALL THE BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA - American Bird Conservancys Field Guide
- BIRDING (THE Nature Company Guide) Forshaw, Howell, Lindsey and Stallcup
- LETS LOOK AT SRI LANKA - # 9
- BIRDS in medieval manuscripts - Brunsdon Yapp (out of print)
- BIRDS OF SOUTHWESTERN BRAZIL - B. Dubs
- DOZEN BIRDING HOT SPOTS - Roger Tory Peterson
- BIRDS OF INDIA - ( Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Sir Lanka, Maldives) - Grimmett, Inskipp, Inskipp
- SOUTH AMERICAN LAND BIRDS (Photographic Aid) John S. Dunning
- BIRDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES - Ian Bullock
- AUDUBONS BIRDS OF AMERICA - The Macmillan Company
- WESTERN BIRDS - Roger Tory Peterson
- RED TAILS IN LOVE - Marie Winn
- LOUISIANA BIRDS - George H. Lowery, Jr.
- SHOREBIRDS (An Identification Guide) Hayman, Marchant and Prater
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- SWALLOWS AND MARTINS - Angela Turner and Chris Rose
- BIRDS OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA - Hollom, Porter, Christensen, Willis
- TO SEE EVERY BIRD ON EARTH - Dan Koeppel
- TO SEE EVERY BIRD ON EARTH - Dan Koeppel (two of these books
- THE SPARROWS - J. Denis Summers-Smith
- FINCHES AND SPARROWS - Clement, Harris and Davis
- CROWS AND JAYS - Steve Madge and Hilary Burn
- KINGFISHERS, BEE-EATERS AND ROLLERS - Fry, Fry and Harris
- TANAGERS - Isler and Isler
- CHICKADEES, TITS, NUTHATCHES AND TREECREEPERS - Harrap and Quinn
- GULLS A Guide to Identification P. J. Grant
- A GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF CEYLON G. M. Henry
- STORM-PETRELS OF THE WORLD Ron Naveen
- THE BIRD WATCHERS DIARY Reilly & Carruth
- A TREASURY OF BIRDLORE Edited by Krutch & Eriksson
- A GUIDE TO THE BIRDS of the GALAPAGOS ISLANDS - Castro & Phillips (there are 2 of these)
- FRONTIERS OF BIRD IDENTIFICATION J.T.R. Sharrock
- RARE BIRDS OF THE WEST COAST Don Roberson
- FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF JAVE AND BALI John MacKinnon
- HAWAIIS BIRDS Hawaii Audubon Society
- HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA Frank Chapman
- THE MAVERICK GUIDE TO AUSTRALIA Robert W. Bone
- BIRDWATCHERS GUIDE TO WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES Jessie Kitching
- A BIRD FINDING AND NATURALISTS GUIDE FOR AUSTIN, TEXAS, AREA
- MONTEREY BIRDS DON ROBERSON
- BIRDS of YOSEMITE and the East Slope - David Gaines
- BIRDS OF PREY of SOUTHERN AFRICA Peter Steyn
- SEABIRDS AN IDENTIFICATION GUIDE Peter Harrison
- A GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF INDIA, PAKISTAN, NEPAL, etc. Grimmett, Inskipp & Inskipp
- BIRDERS GUIDE TO VANCOUVER 7 THE LOWER MAINLAND Whitecap
- UNDER A WILD SKY William Souder
- BIRDS OF CANADA (Revised Edition) Godfrey
- HUMMINGBIRDS - Noble Proctor
- PARROTS OF THE WORLD (Third Revised Edition) Forshaw & Cooper
- PARROTS OF THE WORLD (Improved 1978 Edition with Expanded Indices) Forshaw/Cooper
- THE AUDUBON SOCIETY BOOK OF WILD BIRDS
- THE COTINGAS David Snow
- PHILIPPINE BIRDS John E. DuPont (unopened)
- ORNITHOLOGY in Laboratory and Field Pettingill, Jr.
- PITTAS, BORADBILLS AND ASITIES Lambert and Woodcock
- THE PHEASANTS OF THE WORLD Johnsgard
- EXTRAORDINARY PHEASANTS Stephen Green Armytage
- AS FREE AS A BIRD Birds of Southern Africa Peter Johnson
- THE BEAK OF THE FINCH Jonathan Weiner
- BIRDFINDING IN FORTY NATIONAL FORESTS 7 GRASSLANDS
- DUCKS, GEESE and SWANS of North America - Bellrose
- THE HUMMINGBIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA Johnsgard
- ATTU Birding on the Edge
- A NATURAL HISTORY Of AMERICAN BIRDS of Eastern & Central North America Forbush & May
- PHILIPPINE BIRDS John E. DuPont
- COLLINS BRITISH BIRDS Gooders ?Lambert
- CHECKLIST of the Birds of South America
- A WORLD CHECKLIST OF BIRDS Monroe/Sibley
- BIRDES OF BRITAIN AND EUROPE Hammond/Everett
- A Pocket Guide to HAWAIIS BIRDS Pratt
- BIRDWATCH around SCOTLAND Mitchell
- WHERE TO WATCH BIRDS IN SCOTLAND Madders/Welstead
- FLORIDA BIRD LIFE Alexander Sprunt Jr. 1954
- EAGLES HAWKS AND FALCONS of Australia David Hollands
- BIRDS OF THE CARIBBEAN Robert Porter Allen
- THE LIVING WORLD OF AUDUBON Roland C. Clement
- THE PLOVERS, SANDPIPERS, and SNIPES of the WORLD Paul A. Johnsgard
- BIRDS IN BRAZIL A Natural History Helmut Sick
- SHOREBIRDS IN AUSTRALIA Lane/Davies
- BIRDS OF THE WORLD (revised Edition) Paul Barruel
- Birds of theWorld GAME BIRDS John P.S. Mackenzie
- WINTER ON THE SOUTHWIND Daniel/Russell
- AUSTRALIA - LAND OF BIRDS Donald and Molly Trounson
- BIRDS OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN Stokes/shackleton
- HAWAIIAN BIRDLIFE - Second Edition - Andrew J. Berger
- OWLS OF THE WORLD their evolution, structure and ecology - Edited by John A. Burton
- VANISHING SPECIES Time Life Books
- AT THE WATERS EDGE Roger Bansemer/Bill Renc (signed by Renc)
- THE BIRDLIFE OF TEXAS - Vol 1 Oberholser / Fuertes
- THE BIRDLIFE OF TEXAS - Vol 2 - Oberholser/ Fuertes
- BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND OTHER NEW ENGLAND STATES 1925 Vol 1- Forbush
- BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND OTHER NEW ENGLAND STATES 1927 - Vol 2 Forbush
- BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND OTHER NEW ENGLAND STATES 1929 - Vol 3 - Forbush
- HANDBOOK OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS Vol 2 Edited by Ralph S. Palmer/
- BIRDS OF THE HIGH ANDES John Fjeldsa and Niels Krabbe
- FLORIDA BIRD LIFE 1932 Arthur H. Howell
- Please look in front of Vol ! of BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS for old letters and newspaper article. One of the letters is signed by Forbush.
- BIRDS OF PREY - Gareth Parry / Rory Putman
- WATERFOWL Ducks, Geese & Swans of the World Frank S. Todd
- THE AOU CHECKLIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS - Fifth Edition
- THE AOU CHECKLIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS - Sixth Edition
- GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF MADAGASCAR Oliver Langrand
- Ann Illustrated introduction to SHAKESPEARES BIRDS Dr. Levi Fox
- A Guide to the Birds Of MEXICO and NORTHERN CENTRAL AMERICA Howell/Webb
- NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS OF PREY Mansell/low
- NATURE ATLAS OF AMERICA Hammond .
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