Sydenham Field Naturalists is a distributor for several useful field guides. These field guides offer hundreds of photos to provide help with the identification of these fascinating species.
At present, the Wallaceburg & District Museum, 505 King Street, Wallaceburg, 519-627-8962 is offering a point of purchase for these books or contact us for any requests.
Recommended Reference Books We polled our members for their favourite books that they have and would recommend.
- Wetland Plants of Ontario – Steven G Newmaster, Allan G. Harris, Linda J. Kersahw, published by One Pine Publishing – ISBN 1-55105-059-5 A colourful and help guide to identification of over 450 species of wetland plants of Ontario.
- Trees of the Carolinian Forest: A Guide to Species, Their Ecology and Uses – Gerry Waldron, published by Boston Mills Press – ISBN 1-55046-404-3 A guide to help identify, propagate and establish the trees that have a natural place in our landscape.
- Field Guide to the Birds of North America – National Geographic Society; many contributors – ISBN 0-87044-472-7 Excellent colour plates and brief descriptions, with range maps, of all species seen in North America.
- The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America – David Allen Sibley, published by Alfred A. Knopf – ISBN 0-679-45120-X A smaller version of the Sibley Guide to Birds, Excellent colour plates showing multiple images of all major colour variations with range maps.
- Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America – Eric R. Eaton & Kenn Kaufman, published by Houghton Mifflin – ISBN-10: 0-618-15310-1 Includes more than 2300 excellent images of insects, representing all major groups, with brief descriptions of families and selected species from each.
- Caterpillars of Eastern North America – David L. Wagner, published by Princeton University Press, ISBN 0-691-12143-5 Includes 1200 colour photos of nearly 700 species seen east of the Mississippi. A full page for each species, with a large photo of the caterpillar and a small photo of the adult; good descriptions of recognition, occurrence and common food plants. Includes some extra photos of colour variations.
- Mushrooms of Ontario and Eastern Canada – George Barron, published by Lone Pine Publishing – ISBN 1-55105-199-0 875 excellent colour photos of the most commonly seen mushrooms in Ontario, with short non-technical descriptions. |
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