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From: JAHAYES@MIAMIU.BITNET
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: field guides
Message-ID: <90149.195051JAHAYES@MIAMIU.BITNET>
Date: 30 May 90 00:50:51 GMT
Organization: Miami University - Academic Computer Service
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I guess after reading a couple of articles asking about field guides
for the Middle East (the world's, not the U.S.'s), I started thinking
about U.S. field guides....I don't know if this has been discussed
before, but there are a growing number of alternatives, aren't there,
what with all the "expert birder" or whatever the hell they are books
coming out.  What do other people use, and why?  I'll start by telling
you that I use the current Golden guide (Robbins, Bruun, Zim and Singer),
and find it useful because of a) the maps (although they're not very
accurate, especially for raptors), b) the sonograms, although my wife
can't read the durn things, and c) 100% color drawings, although the
colors tend toward the garish.  Also, can't beat the price.  What do
other people think?
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Josh Hayes, Zoology Department, Miami University, Oxford OH 45056
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