Field Guides
How to use the lending library
Find the items you are interested in renting & check their availability here
Email us at queens.field.initiative@gmail.com with the product IDs and dates
We will respond within one business day to confirm pick-up/drop off times
Read, print, & sign the liability waiver and borrowing agreement*
Bring your signed forms & student card to pick up your items
Please clean your items before returning them on the drop-off date
Fill out our survey to tell us about your experience using the lending library!
* If you are renting equipment for ≥ 14 days we also require your supervisor or course coordinator to sign the borrowing agreement
** When possible, please give us ≥ 48 hours notice so we can be sure someone is available to meet with you
Bird field guides

Product ID: B1
A Bird-Finding Guide to Canada
J.C. Finlay, 2000

Product ID: B2
An Audubon Handbook to Eastern Birds
John Farrand Jr., 1988

Product ID: B3
A Bird-Finding Guide to Ontario
Clive E. Goodwin, 1982

Product ID: B4
The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds (Eastern Region)
John Bull & John Farrand, Jr., 1977

Product ID: B6
Ontario Birds: A Field Guide to 125 Common Birds of Ontario
Chris Fisher, 1996

Product ID: B8
A Bird-Finding Guide to Canada
J.C. Finlay, 1984

Product ID: B9
Guide to Owl Watching in North America
Donald S. Heintzelman, 1984

Product ID: B10
A Field Guide to Western Birds
Roger Tory Peterson, 1961

Product ID: B11
Peterson Field Guide to Advanced Birding
Kenn Kaufman, 1990

Product ID: B12
Royal Ontario Museum Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Ontario
R.D. James, P.L. McLaren, J.C. Barlow, 1976

Product ID: B14
The Practical Ornithologist
John Gooders & Scott Weidensaul, 1990

Product ID: B15
Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Ontario
M.D. Cadman, P.F.J. Eagles, F.M. Helleiner, 1987
Other

Product ID: B5
Algonquin Wildlife: Lessons in Survival
Norm Quinn, 2002

Product ID: B7
Dictionary of Geological Terms
American Geological Institute, 1962

Product ID: B13
Plants of the Kingston Region
A. Crowder, K.E.J. Topping & J.C. Topping, 1996

Product ID: B16 & B17 (2 available)
Foraging for Wild Edible Foods: A folding pocket guide to sustainable practices & harvesting techniques
Kavanagh/Leung

Product ID: B18 & B19 (2 available)
MUSHROOMS: A folding pocket guide to familiar North American species
Kavanagh/Leung