# Accoutrements - The Birding Library ![[resources/american/americanforme-accoutrements-birding.png]] **Accoutrements:** [[american/American Aesthetic - Accoutrements|Overview]] · [[american/American Aesthetic - Accoutrements - The Civic Pen|The Civic Pen]] · [[american/American Aesthetic - Accoutrements - Paper, Notebooks, and Correspondence|Paper, Notebooks, and Correspondence]] · [[american/American Aesthetic - Accoutrements - Bags and Briefcases|Bags and Briefcases]] · [[american/American Aesthetic - Accoutrements - Luggage and Travel|Luggage and Travel]] · [[american/American Aesthetic - Accoutrements - Grooming and the Razor Standard|Grooming and the Razor Standard]] · [[american/American Aesthetic - Accoutrements - The Prepared Citizen Kit|The Prepared Citizen Kit]] · [[american/American Aesthetic - Accoutrements - Umbrellas and Weather Discipline|Umbrellas and Weather Discipline]] · [[american/American Aesthetic - Accoutrements - Binoculars and Field Optics|Binoculars and Field Optics]] · [[american/American Aesthetic - Accoutrements - The Birding Library|The Birding Library]] · [[american/American Aesthetic - Accoutrements - Eyewear, Belts, Desk, and Small Discipline|Eyewear, Belts, Desk, and Small Discipline]] · [[american/American Aesthetic - Accoutrements - The Accoutrements Sourcing Directory|The Accoutrements Sourcing Directory]] ## Field Guides and the Naturalist's Kit Birdwatching is the doctrine's perfect recreation: silent, observant, patient, weather-disciplined, equipment-restrained, and conducted in the field jacket the wardrobe already owns. The library has a canon. Sibley (second edition) is the American standard for illustrated identification; National Geographic (seventh edition) is the rangiest single volume; Peterson is the historical root of the entire field-guide form; Kaufman is the correct first guide for the Citizen entering the practice; and the regional Texas volumes serve the Corridor homeland directly. The Cornell Lab's free Merlin Bird ID app is the digital companion and should be on every phone in the program. **David Allen Sibley** — *The Sibley Guide to Birds, Second Edition* — [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=sibley+guide+to+birds+second+edition) · *Sibley Birds East / Sibley Birds West (regional)* — [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=sibley+birds+east+field+guide) **National Geographic** — *Field Guide to the Birds of North America, 7th Edition* — [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=national+geographic+field+guide+birds+north+america+7th+edition) · *Birding Essentials* — [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=national+geographic+birding+essentials) **Peterson Field Guides** — *Birds of Eastern and Central North America, 7th Edition* — [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=peterson+field+guide+birds+eastern+central+north+america+7th) · *Western Birds, 5th Edition* — [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=peterson+field+guide+western+birds) **Kenn Kaufman** — *Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America* — [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=kaufman+field+guide+birds+north+america) · *Kaufman Field Guide to Advanced Birding* — [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=kaufman+field+guide+advanced+birding) **Richard Crossley** — *The Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds* — [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=crossley+id+guide+eastern+birds) · *The Crossley ID Guide: Waterfowl* — [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=crossley+id+guide+waterfowl) **The Corridor Shelf (Texas)** — *Stan Tekiela, Birds of Texas Field Guide* — [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=birds+of+texas+field+guide+tekiela) · *Birds of the Texas Hill Country (regional)* — [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=birds+of+texas+hill+country+field+guide) **Cornell Lab of Ornithology** — *Merlin Bird ID App (free)* — [Direct](https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/) · *All About Birds reference* — [Direct](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/) **The Field Journal** — *Rite in the Rain Birder's Journal* — [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=rite+in+the+rain+birders+journal) · *Sibley Birder's Life List & Field Diary* — [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=sibley+birders+life+list+field+diary) **Broader naturalist canon** — *Sibley Guide to Trees* — [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=sibley+guide+to+trees) · *National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Night Sky* — [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=audubon+field+guide+night+sky) <!-- BEGIN AMERICAN KNOWLEDGE ROUTER --> ## American Knowledge Router **System:** [[collections/American|American Collection]] · [[wiki/American System|American System]] · [[wiki/American Aesthetic|American Aesthetic]] · [[american/American Aesthetic - Design and Material Culture|Branch source]] **Concepts:** [[wiki/American Accoutrements|American Accoutrements]] · [[wiki/Material Literacy|Material Literacy]] **Intelligence, defense, and alliance:** [[wiki/American Intelligence and Alliance Interface|American Intelligence and Alliance Interface]] <!-- END AMERICAN KNOWLEDGE ROUTER -->