Brooks Bird Club
  • Home
  • About Us
    • History
    • Current Officers >
      • BBC Past Presidents
    • Board of Trustees
    • Members >
      • Special Members
  • Events
    • Calendar of Events
    • Brooks Bird Club Foray >
      • 2023 BBC Foray
      • 2023 BBC Foray Application
      • BBC Foray Scholarship Application
      • BBC Foray Birding Cup
    • BBC Seasonal Events
    • Eastern Shore Fall Trip >
      • Other Travel Destinations
  • Publications
    • The Redstart
    • The Mail Bag >
      • Mail Bag Archives
    • Birding Guide
    • Wings Over the Mountains
    • Field Checklists
  • Associations
    • Headquarters (Wheeling) Chapter
    • Handlan (Charleston) Chapter
    • Mountwood Bird Club
    • Bibbee Nature Club
    • Pocahontas Nature Club
  • Conservation
    • BBC Sanctuary Program >
      • Existing Sanctuaries
      • Sanctuary Application
      • BBC Attracting Wildlife Page
    • Chimney Swift Project
    • WV Christmas Bird Counts >
      • Recent NAS Christmas Bird Count
      • WV CBC Archives
      • NAS CBC WV Circle Map
    • West Virginia Bird Records Committee >
      • WVBRC Archived Reports
    • Birds of the Lower Ohio River Valley (BLORV) >
      • BLORV Species Accounts
  • Links
    • West Virginia Nature Links >
      • Audubon Mountaineer
      • Audubon Potomac Valley
      • Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia
      • Hanging Rock Raptor Observatory
      • New River Birding & Nature Festival
      • West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
      • West Virginia Highlands Conservancy
    • Other Nature Related Links >
      • American Bird Conservancy
      • National Audubon Society
      • Audubon Christmas Bird Count
      • BirdingPal
      • BIRDNET
      • Bird Watcher's Digest
      • Cornell Lab of Ornithology
      • North American Bluebird Society
      • North American Bird Banding Program
      • Operation RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project
      • Three Rivers Avian Center
    • ABA Bird Listserv >
      • WV
      • PA
      • OH
      • MD

BBC Publications  

The Redstart

This is the scientific publication of the club.  Original papers in the field of natural history have been published quarterly since 1933.  Each issue contains articles, field and banding notes, as well as reports on the yearly Foray, Christmas Counts and other events.

The Mail Bag

This is a quarterly publication providing new member information, dates for club events, correspondence and other items of general interest.

Birding Guide to West Virginia

This is a must for novice and advanced birders. This book, by the members of The Brooks Bird Club, Inc., is the first guide to finding birds exclusively in the Mountain State.  The book describes forty-seven of the best birding sites.  Over fifty top bird watchers in West Virginia participated in describing where to go and what birds are likely to be found in each region. Novice birders will use this book to identify expected birds in the areas. Advance birders will use this reference book to locate specific species. The book details travel information with maps and lists bird species known in each habitat.  Other features are a checklist of the state's birds, a list of noteworthy plants by region and phone numbers of volunteers who are willing to answer questions.

WIngs Over the Mountain

​With his stories about nature and state history spanning more than 40 years, J. Lawrence Smith was Wonderful West Virginia’s most enduring writer. Whether he told of the magnificence of an ancient spruce forest, the heyday of bateaus on the New River, or the poignant loss of the Bewick’s wren, John engaged readers with his wealth of knowledge and his lyrical prose. His deep love of nature, especially birds, continues to inspire us, as it shines through the pages of this volume.​
Proudly powered by Weebly