BIRDS, BIRDERS, & BIRDWATCHING: The Best Books of 2020

By Walden Pond Books

BIRDS, BIRDERS, & BIRDWATCHING: The Best Books of 2020

Field guides, behavioral studies, memoirs, essays, manuals, log books, children's books, poetry, and one novel. These are the best bird books of the year for experienced or aspiring birders - or for anyone fascinated by anything with feathers.

Bonus: Though published in past years, the latest Sibley Guides have been included in this list.
There are bird puzzles, too!

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BIRDS, BIRDERS, & BIRDWATCHING: The Best Books of 2021

The Backyard Birdwatcher's Bible: Birds, Behaviors, Habitats,...

Christopher Perrins, Paul Sterry, et al.

$40.00

$37.20

When Birds Are Near: Dispatches from Contemporary Writers

Susan Fox Rogers

$22.95

$21.34

Vesper Flights

Helen MacDonald

$27.00

$25.11

What It's Like to Be a Bird: From Flying to Nesting, Eating...

David Allen Sibley

$35.00

$32.55

The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play,...

Jennifer Ackerman

$28.00

$26.04

Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's...

Jonathan C. Slaght

$28.00

$26.04

The Gull Next Door: A Portrait of a Misunderstood Bird

Marianne Taylor

$25.95

$24.13

Little Big Year: Chasing Acadia's Birds

Richard Wayne MacDonald

$19.95

How to Find a Bird

Jennifer Ward and Diana Sudyka

$17.99

$16.73

Ruby's Birds

Mya Thompson and Claudia Dávila

$8.95

$8.32

Studies of Familiar Birds: Poems

Carrie Green

$19.95

$18.55

Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America

Roger Tory Peterson

$29.99

$27.89

Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Western North America, Fifth...

Roger Tory Peterson

$19.99

$18.59

The Sun Is a Compass: My 4,000-Mile Journey Into the Alaskan...

Caroline Van Hemert

$17.99

$16.73

Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder: A Memoir

Julia Zarankin

$18.95

$17.62

Backpack Explorer: Bird Watch: What Will You Find?

Editors of Storey Publishing and Oana Befort

$12.95

$12.04

Tiny Bird: A Hummingbird's Amazing Journey

Robert Burleigh and Wendell Minor

$18.99

$17.66

On Eagle Cove

Jane Yolen and Elizabeth Dulemba

$16.95

$15.76

How Birds Work: An Illustrated Guide to the Wonders of Form...

Marianne Taylor

$16.95

$15.76

How to Attract Birds to Your Garden: Foods They Like, Plants...

Dan Rouse

$25.00

$23.25

Great Gray Owl: A Visual Natural History

Paul Bannick

$18.95

$17.62

What Is a Bird?: An Exploration of Anatomy, Physiology,...

Julia A. Clarke and Scott McWilliams

$35.00

$32.55

The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and...

Joshua Hammer

$26.00

$24.18

Amnh Birds of North America

DK

$40.00

$37.20

Peterson Reference Guide to Bird Behavior

John Kricher

$35.00

$32.55

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