Main Library Audubon Collection - Palm Beach County Library System

Main Library Audubon Collection

The Audubon Society of the Everglades is Palm Beach County’s local chapter of the National Audubon Society. In 1979, the Audubon Society of the Everglades (ASE) donated funds to Palm Beach County to establish an ornithological collection at the Main Library on Summit Boulevard in West Palm Beach.

The Society’s Library Committee selects the best of the new books published on birds and birding for the library collection on an ongoing basis. The collection is funded by bequests and donations to the ASE. Included in the collection are books on bird watching and field guides to the birds of all the regions of the globe, with special focus on North and South American regions.

Photo of the Main Library Audubon Collection

The collection also features books about individual species of birds and about the science of ornithology. Several important multi-volume encyclopedias of the birds of the world are included. The collection is an ongoing project of the Audubon Society of the Everglades, and it is becoming one of the most informative and complete collections of bird books found in Florida. All of the Audubon books can be found in the library’s online catalog and most of the books are available to check out.

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