The Wildlife Society has published five editions of what has become known as the Techniques Manual. The current version, expanded in content and context, can be purchased for $35.00 by members of TWS and $40.00 by others. Details are on the Books and Special Publications page: http://wildlife.org/frames.html. Other publications relevant to birds can be found at that site:
Northern Goshawk and Forest Management in the Southwestern United States
Waterfowl Ecology and Management: Selected Readings
The
Birds of North America
http://www.birdsofna.org/
is an ongoing commercial project to write an account on each of the bird species
that nest in the United States and Canada. As of October 2000, 520 profiles
are completed. Bird species with profiles are listed in alphabetical order by
scientific and common name (
)
and on the Web at: http://www.birdsofna.org/cumindex1_520.html.
"Birds of North America" is supported by The American Ornithologists'
Union, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and the Academy of Natural Sciences of
Philadelphia. A user can either subscribe to the entire system, or buy accounts
individually from a third-party vendor (http://www.buteobooks.com)
for $7.50 each plus shipping.
Each species profile (information take directly from the home page) includes:
· Detailed line drawings and a photographic portrait of the bird in its natural habitat;
· A color-keyed map indicating the species' breeding and wintering ranges throughout North America;
· Nature, timing and routes of migration;
· Details of life at the nest: eggs, young, feeding, predation;
· A full description of the species' distinguishing characteristics;
· A description of breeding, migratory and wintering habitats;
· Detailed accounts of feeding habits, songs and calls and other behavior;
· A comprehensive bibliography;
· A graph of the species' annual cycle; breeding, migration and molt;
· Full data on breeding success, life span, mortality and disease plus demographic and population information;
· Conservation and management issues, including effects of human activity, status of essential habitats, prospects for survival and more.
Birds
4.1.1
Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) 
4.1.2
American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) 
4.1.3
Northern Bobwhite (Colinus
virginianus)
4.3.1
Osprey (Pandion
haliaetus)
4.4.1
Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) 
Profiles on threatened and endangered species in the southeastern U.S. have been developed under the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program of the Department of Defense. The profiles each include sections such as Taxonomy, Description, Similar Species, Status, Life History and Ecology, Habitat Requirements, Habitat Assessment, Impacts and Cause of Decline, Management and Protection, and Inventory and Census. Link to http://el.erdc.usace.army.mil/tes/ to download .pdf files and obtain information on the following animal species:
Birds