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Urban Birds: Stories & Facts

There are many ways to enjoy birds and birding if we live in urban areas. Here's a few books for all ages and abilities about the birds living amongst us in the city.

Saint Paul Public Library

15 items

  • City Birding

    True Tales of Birds and Birdwatching in Unexpected Places

    True Tales of Birds and Birdwatching in Unexpected Places.
    Book, 2003Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, c2003. — QL677.5 .C548 2003
  • Pigeon Problems

    An Urban Bird Researcher's Journal

    Watson, J. A., 1980-
    The only thing sixth-grader Anthony likes less than pigeons is TJ, and now he is stuck dealing with both after joining the Science Squad.
    Book, 2018Mendota Heights, MN : Jolly Fish Press, an imprint of North Star Editions, Inc., [2018] — FICTION (JUV) (SCIENCE SQUAD)
  • Chimney swifts reside in many chimneys around the city. St Mark's Cathedral is one spot!
    Book, 2015Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2015] — PICTURE BOOK (JUV) Grohoske Evans, Marilyn
  • City Hawk

    the Story of Pale Male

    McCarthy, Meghan
    Pale Male and his mate Lola, a pair of red-tailed hawks, build a nest on the ledge of an apartment building and raise their chicks in downtown New York City.
    Book, 2007New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2007. — QL696.F32 M34 2007 (JUV)
  • Birds in Our Backyard

    Say Hello to Minnesota's Feathered Friends

    Marchel, Bill
    Say hello to our Minnesota feathered friends.
    Book, 2011St. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, c2011. — QL684.M6 M37 2011 (JUV)
  • A book written on a level that can be enjoyed by older children as well as by adults who are newcomers to bird watching.
    Book, 2005Hauppauge, NY : Barrons Educational Series, Inc., 2005. — QL676.2 .B39 2005 (JUV)
  • Birds in Flight

    the Art and Science of How Birds Fly

    Henderson, Carrol L.
    The Art and Science of How Birds Fly by a Minnesota author.
    Book, 2008Minneapolis, MN : Voyageur Press, 2008. — QL698.7 .H46 2008
  • Backyard Birds

    Welcomed Guests at Our Gardens and Feeders

    Tekiela, Stan,
    Learn how to welcome tiny guests to your gardens with this book by a Minnesota author photographer.
    Book, 2016Cambridge, Minnesota : Adventure Publications, [2016] — QL676.55 .T45 2016
  • This field guide includes CD tracks!
    Book, 2004Cambridge, MN : Adventure Publications, c2004. — QL684.M6 T455 2004
  • Urban Birds

    Books and Field Guides

    Nature Smart Library
    This backpack contains Minnesota birds field guide Bug magnifier, 2 Nature circle, 1 Binoculars, 1 Long-handled bug collector, 1 Tape measure, 1 Magnifying glass, 1 Journal, 1 Cloud detective, 1...& more!
    Kit, 2017Saint Paul, MN : 2017 — NATURE SMART BACKPACK - URBAN BIRDS
  • Book, 2014Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2014] — QL698.3 .G73 2014 (JUV) (EASY NON-FICTION)
  • A cumulative rhyme about the animals who help Robin build her nest.
    Book, 2018New York : Beach Lane Books, [2018] — PICTURE BOOK (JUV) Fleming, Denise
  • Everybody loves Mother Paula’s pancakes. Everybody, that is, except the colony of cute but endangered owls that live on the building site of the new restaurant.
    Book, 2002New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2002. — FICTION (JUV) Hiaasen, Carl
  • See the world through the eyes of nature's fastest animal: the peregrine falcon. Though once endangered in the US, this spectacular predator is now thriving again in American cities and on every continent but Antarctica.
    DVD, 2019Arlington, Virginia A : PBS, [2019] — QL696.F34 W67 2019 (DVD)
  • Minnesota's DNR announced the peregrine falcons nesting on top of the Bremer Bank Building in downtown St. Paul are now taking care of eggs. See the webcam here https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/features/webcams/falconcam/index.html
    Book, 2012Buffalo, N.Y. : Firefly Books, 2012. — QL696.F34 S85 2012