Books

Our Nature Books are a great source of information that can be purchased or ordered ahead of time for pickup at the center.

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Listen to the Birds

 Listen to the Birds
$20

Scan the QR code to hear the sounds and watch of the movement of 40 species of North American birds.


Kaufman Birds Book

Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America
$18.95

Critically acclaimed for its innovative design, the Kaufman guide introduced a new generation to birding. The Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America includes the official names of birds and range maps. Additional information helps beginning birdwatchers get started, all in the same compact format that has made this guide the easiest to use for fast identification in the field. 391 Pages, Vinyl Bound


NJ Bird Guide Book

American Birding Association Field Guide to the Birds of New Jersey
$24.95

From High Point State Park to Cape May Point, New Jersey is home to an amazing diversity of birds. More than 375 species nest in the dozens of state parks, forests, and natural areas created by local, state, and national authorities, from the centimeters-long ruby-throated hummingbird to large raptors such as the bald eagle. This guide to the Garden State's birds features 255 bird species in their natural habitats, presented in stunning color photographs complemented by detailed information on habitats, vocalizations, and when and where to see them. 368 Pages, Paperback


Stokes Field Guide to Books

The New Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Eastern Region
$19.95

This easy-to-use guide features 545 North American bird species and more than 2,000 stunning color photographs. And yet it's portable enough to fit in your pocket! The photographs cover all significant plumages, including male, female, summer, winter, immature, morphs, important subspecies, and birds in flight. The guide includes the newest scientific and common names and phylogenetic order, special help for identifying birds in flight through important clues of behavior, plumage, and shape, as well as detailed descriptions of songs and calls, important behavioral information, key habitat preferences, and the newest range maps, detailing species' winter, summer, year-round ranges, and migration routes. 512 Pages, Paperback


Sparrows & Finches - Eastern USA

Sparrows & Finches of the Great Lakes Region & Eastern North America
$16.95

Sparrows and Finches offers birders information on this rich variety of species right in their own backyard. It's hard to keep all those little brown birds apart. This handy, bring-along guidebook is designed to help beginner and advanced birders to identify accurately over 48 types of sparrows, finches, and their look-alikes. Sparrows and Finches focuses only on these two families within a defined geographical location: the Great Lakes and eastern North America. As result, it offers comprehensive coverage in a small, convenient format. 128 Pages, Paperback


Trees of Eastern North America Book

Trees of Eastern North America
$29.95

Covering 825 species, more than any comparable field guide, Trees of Eastern North America is the most comprehensive, best illustrated, and easiest-to-use book of its kind. Presenting all the native and naturalized trees of the eastern United States and Canada as far west as the Great Plains―including those species found only in tropical and subtropical Florida and northernmost Canada. With its unmatched combination of breadth and depth, this is an essential guide for every tree lover. 720 Pages, Flexibound


Kaufman Butterflies Book

Kaufman Field Guide to Butterflies of North America
$19.95

The most user-friendly butterfly guide ever published, still handy and compact. Includes color plates of Mexican-border rarities, more than 2,300 images of butterflies in natural poses, a pictorial table of contents, a convenient one-page index, and range maps on text pages. 392 Pages, Vinyl Bound


Butterflies thru Binoculars

Butterflies through Binoculars: The East
​A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Eastern North America
$29.95

This magnificent field guide greatly expands on Butterflies Through Binoculars: The Boston-New York-Washington Region--identified by Defenders of Wildlife Magazine as "the first to focus on netless butterflying" and called " a clear winner" by the Audubon Naturalist. Glassberg here shows us how to find, identify, and enjoy all of the butterflies native to the eastern half of the United States and southeastern Canada. 400 Pages, Paperback


Peterson's Guide to Moths - Book

Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
$29.99

There are thousands of moth species in the northeast of North America, and while it might seem that they are all drab grays and browns, there is actually a startling variety. They come in a rainbow of colors, from brilliant oranges and pinks to soft greens and violets. There are moths with colorful leopard-like spots, and ones that look more like B-movie aliens; some that are as large as your hand, and others the size of a grain of rice. With helpful tips on how to attract and identify moths, range maps and season graphs showing when and where to find each species, and clear photographs that use the unique Peterson arrow system for easy identification, this guide provides everything an amateur or experienced moth-watcher needs. 624 Pages, Paperback


Caterpillars Book

Caterpillars of Eastern North America:
​A Guide to Identification and Natural History
$29.95

This lavishly illustrated guide will enable you to identify the caterpillars of nearly 700 butterflies and moths found east of the Mississippi. The more than 1,200 color photographs and two dozen line drawings include numerous exceptionally striking images. The giant silk moths, tiger moths, and many other species covered include forest pests, common garden guests, and economically important species. Full-page species accounts cover almost 400 species, with up to six images per species including an image of the adult plus succinct text with information on distribution, seasonal activity, foodplants, and life history. 512 Pages, Paperback


Peterson's Reptiles & Amphibians

Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians:
​Eastern and Central North America
$21.00

This newly designed field guides features detailed descriptions of 595 species and subspecies. The 656 full-color illustrations and 384 drawings show key details for accurate identification. More than 100 color photographs and 333 color photographs and 333 color distribution maps accompany the species descriptions. 640 Pages, Paperback


Reptiles & Amphibians

Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians
$21.95

The most comprehensive field guide available to the reptiles and amphibians of North America-- a must-have for any enthusiast's day pack and home library--from the go-tp reference source for over 18 million nature lovers. Featuring over 600 full-color identification photographs organized for quick access, the National Audubon Society Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians is the perfect companion in the field. 744 Pages, Paperback


Bringing Home Nature

Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants, Updated and Expanded
$13.00

As development and habitat destruction accelerate, there are increasing pressures on wildlife populations. In Bringing Nature Home, Douglas W. Tallamy reveals the unbreakable link between native plant species and native wildlife—native insects cannot, or will not, eat alien plants. When native plants disappear, the insects disappear, impoverishing the food source for birds and other animals. But there is an important and simple step we can all take to help reverse this alarming trend: everyone with access to a patch of earth can make a significant contribution toward sustaining biodiversity by simply choosing native plants. By acting on Douglas Tallamy's practical and achievable recommendations, we can all make a difference. 360 Pages, Paperback