Resources

Over the years at Jarowair, we would have been lost without our ever growing list of identification resources, both in book form and online. We refer to these books often have them all close at hand.  However when these resources haven't provided an answer, we have been lucky enough to have a wide network of experts who have been willing to lend a hand with identification of everything flora and fauna.
Below is a list of the resources that we use on a regular basis and find invaluable.  Some of these books are quite old, but still very informative - I have picked up some from second-hand book shops along with ebay.


BOOKS

BIRDS:

1. PHOTOGRAPHIC FIELD GUIDE - BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA (Second Edition) by Jim Flegg
2. READER'S DIGEST COMPLETE BOOK OF AUSTRALIAN BIRDS

REPTILES:

1. WILDLIFE OF GREATER BRISBANE (A Queensland Museum Wild Guide)
2. A COMPLETE GUIDE TO REPITLES OF AUSTRALIA (Second Edition) by Steve Wilson & Gerry Swan 

FROGS:

1. AUSTRALIAN FROGS - A WILD AUSTRALIAN GUIDE by Lynne Adcock & Ian Morris, Photos by Steve Parish
2. FROGS OF SOUTH-EAST QUEENSLAND - A Queensland Museum Wild Guide by Gregory Czechura
3. WILDLIFE OF GREATER BRISBANE (A Queensland Museum Wild Guide)

MAMMALS:

1. WILDLIFE OF GREATER BRISBANE (A Queensland Museum Wild Guide)
2. FIELD GUIDE TO AUSTRALIAN MAMMALS by Cath Jones & Steve Parish
3. KANGAROOS & WALLABIES OF AUSTRALIA by Lee K. Curtis

INSECTS:

1. WILDLIFE OF GREATER BRISBANE (A Queensland Museum Wild Guide)
2. BUTTERFLIES OF AUSTRALIA - THE COMPLETE FIELD GUIDE by Michael F. Braby
3. A FIELD GUIDE TO INSECTS IN AUSTRALIA (Third Edition) by Paul Zborowski & Ross Storey
4. AUSTRALIAN SPIDERS IN COLOUR by Ramon Mascord

FISH:

1. WILDLIFE OF GREATER BRISBANE (A Queensland Museum Wild Guide)
2. PEST FISH OF QUEENSLAND IDENTIFICATION GUIDE by The Queensland Government

PLANTS:

1. MANGROVES TO MOUNTAINS - A FIELD GUIDE TO NATIVE PLANTS OF SOUTH-EAST QUEENSLAND (Revised Edition) by Glenn Leiper, Jan Glazebrook, Denis Cox & Kerry Rathie
2. NATIVE GRASSES FOR AUSTRALIAN GARDENS by Nola Parry & Jocelyn Jones
3. WILD PLANTS OF GREATER BRISBANE (A Queensland Museum Guide)
4. NATIVE PLANTS QUEENSLAND (Volume 1) by Keith A.W. Williams

WEEDS:

1. ENVIRONMENTAL WEEDS OF THE TOOWOOMBA REGION by John Swarbrick, Kristie Jenkinson & Friends of the Escarpment Parks Toowoomba Inc
2. WEEDS OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND (3rd Edition) by The Weed Society of Queensland Inc.
3. THE WEED BOOK by Mark A. Wolff. (I wouldn't recommend paying full price for this book, many of the photos are of very poor quality, however the information is good)

ONLINE RESOURCES:

BIRDS:

1. http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/

MAMMALS:

1. http://www.wildlife.org.au/wildlife/speciesprofile/mammals/index.html

FROGS:

1. http://frogs.org.au/frogs/ofQld/Brisbane

INSECTS:

1. http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/
2. http://mothsoftoowoomba.blogspot.com.au/
3. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/butter.html

PLANTS:

1. http://toowoombaplants2008.blogspot.com.au/