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Stokes Field Guide to Bird Songs: Western Region by Kevin Colver, Donald Stokes, Lillian Q. Stokes

All songs in the GBBO birdsong training program were sampled (with permission) from this great song collection. Please note, however, that the original songs in the Stokes Field Guide are longer, better quality, and contain more song variations than the versions heard in the GBBO training program.

The collection includes 551 species -- more species, more time per species, and more sounds per species than any other guide to western bird sounds.

In addition, the sounds are accompanied by an informative booklet that gives descriptions of the circumstances under which the calls were given as well as the month and state or province in which they were given.
Songbirds of the Rocky Mountain Foothills by Kevin J. Colver

Habitat coverage: Not strictly organized by habitat, rather by an imaginary travel from the bottomlands (sagebrush, grasslands) into oak/maple foothill habitat, then aspen/coniferous forests, and finally stream habitat.

NBC habitats: Sagebrush, pinyon-juniper, montane riparian, coniferous forest, Great Basin lowland riparian.

Songbirds of the Southwest Canyon Country by Kevin J. Colver

Habitat coverage: Low desert riparian areas, high desert riparian areas, canyon cliffs, open grassland and sagebrush, Gambel oak thicket, Pinyon-juniper woodland, Ponderosa pine forest, spruce/fir/aspen forest.

NBC habitats: (mostly Mojave birds) Mojave lowland riparian, Mojave srcub, sagebrush, montane shrub, montane riparian, pinyon-juniper, coniferous forest.
Songbirds of Yellowstone and the High Rockies by Kevin J. Colver

Habitat coverage: Desert plains, willows and marshes, ponds and lakes, rivers and streams, aspen, Douglas fir and ponderosa pine, lodgepole pine, Engelmann spruce and subalpine fir, alpine.

NBC habitats: Sagebrush, wetland, montane riparian, aspen, coniferous forest
Songbirds of Yosemite and the Sierra Nevadas by Kevin J. Colver

Habitat coverage: Foothill grasslands, oaks and canyon thickets, foothill chaparral, Ponderosa pine forest, cliffs, mixed conifer forest, red fir forest, lodgepole pine forest, alpine.

NBC habitats: (mostly Sierra Nevada birds) montane shrubs, coniferous forest, montane riparian, aspen.
Birds of the Lahontan Valley: A Guide to Nevada's Wetland Oasis by Graham Chisholm, Larry A. Neel, Mimi Hoppe Wolf (Illustrator)

Birds of the Lahontan Valley is a major contribution to the study of natural history in the Great Basin. Authors Graham Chisholm and Larry A. Neel provide a comprehensive discussion of the geologic history of the area; the intricate relationships between climate, soil, vegetation, and local fauna; and the impact of humankind, from the ancient Paiute people to the farmers and ranchers of today.

The book's greatest significance, however, lies in its detailed account of the bird species sighted in the Lahontan Valley, a listing that will be invaluable to scientists and casual birders alike. Enhanced by 56 line drawings by ornithological artist Mimi Hoppe Wolf, maps, color photographs of habitats and their related bird species, and directions to bird-viewing sites, Birds of the Lahontan Valley is an essential resource for birders, naturalists, conservationists, and anyone interested in the outdoors. The Lahontan Valley wetlands are one of the Great Basin's most precious and least-known natural wonders. Birds of the Lahontan Valley reveals the rich complexity of this fragile ecological treasure and will help readers appreciate its value for present and future generations.