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From: grp@unify.uucp (Greg Pasquariello)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: REAL birder (was Re: Bird Identification Books)
Message-ID: <25746CD6.5885@unify.uucp>
Date: 29 Nov 89 23:57:09 GMT
References: <23973@vrdxhq.verdix.com> <3768@ccnysci.UUCP>
Reply-To: grp@unify.UUCP (Greg Pasquariello)
Organization: Unify Corporation, Sacramento, CA, USA
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In article <3768@ccnysci.UUCP> christ@ccnysci.UUCP (Chris Thompson) writes:
>In article <23973@vrdxhq.verdix.com>, edm@vrdxhq.verdix.com (Ed Matthews) writes:
>> The Christmas season is upon us and my wife would like to get me a new
>> birding book since I've not been all that pleased with my Audubon Guide
>> to Eastern Birds.  It just doesn't have enough birds or enough field marks
>> for me to distinguish a lot of birds around here (Washington DC).  I'd
>> like to be able to identify a bird as more than "it's some kind of sparrow,
>> probably a female."  Can anyone give me a recommendation? -- I'm not a hard
>> core birder, but I do like to know what I'm looking at.
>
>I usually carry 2 with me...
>
>Chris Thompson

WHAT!!!! REAL birders don't carry field guides!!!  ;-)

(please please please notice the smiley)

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