New England Seabirds

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1. 1997 Enticott, Jim and Tipling, David Seabirds of the World: The Complete reference Stackpole Book, Mechanicsburg, PA
2. 1983 Harrison, Peter Seabirds: an identification guide Houghton Mifflin Company Boston
3. 1997 Olsen, Klaus Malling and Larsson, Hans Skuas And Jaegers: A Guide to the Skuas and Jaegers of the World. Yale University Press, New Haven and London
  4. 1984 Löfgren, Lars Ocean Birds Alfred A. Knopf, New York
  5. 1995 Ward, Nathalie Stellwagen Bank: A Guide to the Whales, Sea Birds, and Marine Life of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Down East Books, Camden, Maine
  6. 1919 Life Histories of North American Diving Birds Arthur Cleveland Bent republished as a Dover Book in 1986. Dover Publications, Inc. 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, N.Y. 11501
7 2000 Tove, Michael H. Guide To the Offshore Wildlife of the Northern Atlantic University of Texas Press, Austin

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8. Seabirds of the World Peter Harrison
9. Albatrosses W.L.N. Tickell 2000 Yale University Press New Haven and London; ISBN 0-300-08741-1 ; Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 00-102414

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10. Antarctic Birds Ecological and Behavioral Approaches 1992 David Freeland Parmelee University of Minnesota Press; Minneapolis Oxford
12. Field Guide to New Zealand Seabirds, Brian Parkinson, 2000, New Holland Publishers,
  13.Cairns, D.K., R.D. Elliot, W. Threlfall, and W.A. Montevecchi. 1989. Researcher's Guide to Newfoundland Seabird Colonies. Memorial University of Newfoundland Occasional Paper Biology no. 14.
mont@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Bill Montevecchi)
  14. Gulls: A Guide to Identification; Grant, P.J.; Buteo Books; Vermillion, South Dakota 1982
  15. Life Histories of North American Gulls and Terns ; Arthur Cleveland Bent; Dover Publications, Inc. NY 1921 was the original publication date. Includes: Skua, Jaeger, Kittiwake,Gull,Tern, Noddy
  16. Life Histories of North American Petrels and Pelicans and Their Allies: Gannet; Cormorant; Fulmar; Shearwater; Tropic-Bird; Booby; Man-O'-War-Bird Arthur Cleveland Bent; Dover Publications, Inc. NY first published in 1922
  17 Lee,D.S., and J.C. Haney, 1996. Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus). In The Birds of North America, No. 257 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, and The American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C.
  18. Hatch,S.A. and D.N.Nettleship. 1998 Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis). In The Birds of North America, No. 361 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.) The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
  19. Patterson, Brian ; Atlantic Enigma: White-faced Storm-petrel; Winging It Volume 12, Number 5- June 2000
  20. Grant, P.J. Gulls A Guide to Identification; Buteo Books 1982
  21. Heil, Richard S. Seabirds of Andrew's Point, Rockport, Massachusetts Bird Observer Vol 29, Number 5 October 2001
  22. Safina, Carl Song for the blue ocean ; Henry Holt and Company, NY 1997
23  Onley, Derek and Scofield, Paul Albatrosses, Petrels & Shearwater of the World  Princeton University Press 2007
  24. 2006 Safina, Carl Voyage of the Turtle: In pursuit of the Earth's last dinosaur ISBN-13:978-0-8050-7891-6 Henry Holt and Company NY