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From: pc@mitre.org (Melissa P. Chase)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: field guides
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Date: 1 Jun 90 18:47:55 GMT
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In article <90149.195051JAHAYES@MIAMIU.BITNET> JAHAYES@MIAMIU.BITNET writes:
>I started thinking
>about U.S. field guides....What do other people use, and why? 

When I'm traveling on business I don't like carrying around lots of
books, so I take the National Geographic guide (NGS) because it covers
eastern and western birds, often shows different plumages, etc.  As
Bob Lewis pointed out, the illustrations vary in quality; I'm not fond
of the warblers.

When I'm birding around home or on vacation, I usually take NGS and
the relevant Peterson's guide.  For really tricky identifications,
I'll check out the Master Guides series at home.

Kenn Kaufmann's Advanced Birding is not a traditional field guide; he
discusses around 35 difficult identification problems (similar in
flavor to his Photo Quiz in Birding).  This is a book to read at home,
or to supplement a more traditional guide in the field.

	Penny
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