| References |
| Plants and Fungi |
| Reptiles and Amphibians |
| Birds and Mammals |
| Insects and Invertebrates |
| Other Recommended Books |
| National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and Spiders. 2000. Lorus and Margery Milne. A.A. Knopf Inc, New York. The Dragonflies and Damselflies of Algonquin Provincial Park. 1996. Matt Holder. Algonquin Park technical bulletin No. 11. Caterpillars of Eastern North America. 2005. David L. Wagner. Princeton University Press.* Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles. 1996. Douglas Yanega. Illinois Natural History Survey Manual 6.* Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. 2004. John L. Capinera, Ralph D. Scott and Thomas J. Walker. Cornell University Press, Ithaca.* Eastern Butterflies. 1992. Paul A. Opler and Vichai Malikul. Peterson Field Guides, Houghton Mifflin Company, New York.* Moths of Eastern North America. 2005. Charles V. Covell, Jr. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication Number 12.* For Love of Insects. 2003 .Thomas Eisner. Belknap Press of Harvard University, Massachusetts. *****BUY THIS BOOK***** Insights from Insects: What bad bugs can teach us. 2005. Gilbert Waldbauer. Prometheus Books, New York.* What Good Are Bugs?: Insects in the Web of Life. 2003. Gilbert Waldbauer. Harvard University Press, Massachusetts.* Parasite Rex: Inside the bizarre world of nature's most dangerous creatures. 2000. Carl Zimmer. Simon & Schuster Inc., New York.* Insects: Their Natural History and Diversity. 2006. Stephen A. Marshall. Firefly Books Ltd., New York.*******BUY THIS BOOK!******* How to know the immature insects. 1992. H. F. Chu and Laurence K. Cutkomp. McGraw-Hill, New York. How to know the insects. 1978. Roger G. Bland and H.E. Jaques. McGraw-Hill, New York. How to know the beetles. 1980. Ross H. Arnett, Jr., N.M. Downie, and H.E. Jaques. An introduction to the aquatic insects of North America. 1995. Richard W. Merritt and Kenneth W. Cummins. Kendal Hunt Publishing. Photo Field Guide to the Freshwater Mussels of Ontario. 2005. J. Metcalfe-Smith, A. MacKenzie, I. Carmichael, and D. McGoldrick. St. Thomas Field Naturalist Club Inc. St. Thomas. The Freshwater Molluscs of Canada. 1981. Arthur H. Clarke. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa. * The Guide to Owning Millipedes and Centipedes. 1999. Jerry G. Walls. T.F.H. Publications Inc., New Jersey. Scorpions. 2000. Manny Rubio. Barron's Educational Series Inc., New York. The Tarantula Keeper's Guide. 1998. Stanley A. Schultz and Marguerite J. Schultz. Barron's Educational Series Inc., New York. |
| Edible Wild Plants: Eastern/Central North America. 1977. Lee Allen Peterson. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York.* Newcomb's Wilflower Guide. 1977. Lawrence Newcomb and Gordon Morrison. Little, Brown and Company, New York.* Shrubs of Ontario. 1994. James H. Soper and Margaret L. Hemiburger. Royal Ontario Museum Publication, Toronto.****BUY THIS BOOK...if you enjoy shrubbery**** Trees in Canada. 1995. John Laird Farrar. Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd., Markham. *****BEST TREE BOOK EVER***** Grasses: An identification guide. 1979. Lauren Brown. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York. Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America. 2005. Boughton Cobb, Elizabeth Farnsworth and Cheryl Lowe. Peterson Field Guide Series Houghton Mifflin Company, New York. Natuional Audubon Society Field Guide to Wildflowers: Eastern Region. 2001. John W. Thieret, William A. Niering, and Nancy C. Olmstead. Alfred A. Knopf Inc., New York Weeds of Canada and the Northern United States. 1999. France Royer and Richard Dickinson. University of Alberta Press, Edmonton. Mushrooms of Ontario and Eastern Canada. 1999. George Barron . Lone Pine Publishing, Edmonton. Trees of Ontario. 2001. Linda Kershaw. Lone Pine Publishing, Edmonton. |
| Snakes: The Evolution of Mystery in Nature. 1997. Harry W. Greene. University of California Press, Los Angeles.******BUY THIS BOOK***** Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity. 2003. Eric R. Pianka and Laurie J. Vitt. University of California Press, Los Angeles.*****BUY THIS BOOK***** Snakes of the United States and Canada. 2003. Carl H. Ernst and Evelyn M. Ernst. Smithsonian Books, Washington.* Amphibians and Reptiles of Ontario. 2002. Ross D. MacCoulloch. Royal Ontario Museum Field Guide Series, Toronto. Reptiles of the Northwest: British Columbia to California. 2002. Allan St. John. Lone Pine Publishing, Edmonton. Reptiles and Amphibians: Eastern/Central North America. 1998. Roger Conant and Joseph T. Collins. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York.* Herpetology. 2004. F.H. Pough, R.M. Andrews, J.E. Cadle, M.L. Crump, A.H. Savitzky, and K.D. Wells. Pearson Education Inc., New Jersey. Breeding Poison Dart Frogs. 2000. William Samples and Jack Wattley. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., New Jersey. Poison Dart Frogs. 2003. R.D. Bartlett. Barron's Educational Series Inc., New York. Axolotls: Care and Breeding in Captivity. 1995. Peter W. Scott. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., New Jersey. Guide to Owning a Mantella. 1997. Marc Staniszewski. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., New Jersey. What's Wrong with my Snake? 1996. John Rossi and Roxanne Rossi. Advanced Vivarium Systems, Inc. California. Understanding Reptile Parasites. 1993. Roger J. Klingenberg. Advanced Vivarium Systems, Inc. California. Terrarium Cage Construction and Care. 1999. R.D. Bartlett and P. Bartlett. Barron's Educational Series Inc., New York. |
| Birds of Ontario. 2001. Janice M. Hughes. Royal Ontario Field Guide Series, Toronto. The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America. 2003. David Allen Sibley. Alfred A. Knopf Inc., New York.* National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mammals. 1996. John O. Whitaker, Jr. Alfred A. Knopf Inc., New York. A Manual of Mammalogy with keys to families of the world. 2001. Robert E. Martin, Ronald H. Pine, and Anthony F. DeBlase. McGraw-Hill, New York. Manual of Ornithology: Avian Structure and Function. 1993. Noble S. Proctor and Patrick J. Lynch. Yale University Press, London. Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures with Wolf Birds. 2000. Bernd Heinrich. Harper Collins.* |
| A field guide to freshwater fishes. 1991. Lawrence M. Page and Brooks M. Burr. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York.* Winter World: the ingenuity of animal survival. 2003. Bernd Heinrich. HarperCollins Books, New York.*****BUY THIS BOOK***** The Future of Life. 2002. Edward O. Wilson. Random House Inc., New York.* The Origin of Species. 2003. Charles Darwin. Signet Classic Books, New York. When Elephants Weep: The emotional lives of animals. 1995. Jeffrey M. Masson and Susan McCarthy. Dell Publishing, New York. The Selfish Gene. 1999. Richard Dawkins. Oxford University Press, NewYork. When the wild comes leaping up: Personal encounters with nature. 2002. D. Ackerman, M. Atwood, R. Bass, S. Butala, W. Davis, R. Drewe, T. Findley, R. Flanagan, B. McKibben, J. Potter, B. Powning, D. Quammen, D. Reynolds, D.A. Richards and D. Suzuki. Douglas & McIntyre Publishing, New York.* Silent Spring. 1962. Rachel Carson. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York. ****FOR THE LOVE OF BABY DUCKS BUY THIS BOOK!!!**** A Paddlers Guide to Algonquin Park. 2004. Kevin Callan. Boston Mills Press, Erin, ON. The Happy Camper: An essential guide to life outdoors. 2005. Kevin Callan. Boston Mills Press, Erin, ON. |
| * I Pity the Fool Who Doesn't Own These Books* |