Buteo Books was founded in 1971 by Joyce and Byron Harrell in Vermillion, South Dakota. List number one, on a single sheet of paper, offered some 50 birds books for sale. In 1991 the business was purchased by Allen Hale and moved to Shipman, Virginia. Today we offer and stock the largest selection of ornithology books in North America; over 2,000 titles in print, including field guides, finding guides, and scientific textbooks. We offer hundreds of rare and out-of-print books every year, from bargain used books to rare antiquarian books from previous centuries. New, used, or out-of-print; Buteo Books is the place to locate that hard-to-find title.