Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!tut!ra!misan From: misan@ra.abo.fi (Annika Forsten DC) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: Birding in Australia Message-ID: Date: 23 Jul 90 06:22:44 GMT References: <1358@idunno.Princeton.EDU> Sender: misan@ra.abo.fi Organization: Abo Academy, Finland Lines: 44 In-reply-to: jklee@phoenix.Princeton.EDU's message of 22 Jul 90 20:26:28 GMT In article <1358@idunno.Princeton.EDU> jklee@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (James Lee) writes: > I am planning to travel to Australia in September to stay for > about 3 weeks (attending conferences), and I was hoping to do > a bit of birding. Being totally unfamiliar with this country > (let alone, its birds!!), I was hoping if anyone had any suggestions > for: > (a) places to go Once again I can only recommend you to write to: Steve Whitehouse 5 Stanway Close Blackpole Worcester WR4 9XL England He has several good tripreports on Australia. The American Birding Association also have some tripreports, I'm not sure if they have any on Australia. There is also a site guide book available on Australia, maybe you could get it over there? I know it's available from England, don't know about the states. The name is 'Where to find birds in Australia' by John Bransbury. > (b) field guides to get There are two recent fieldguides, both seem to be pretty good, as I haven't been to Australia I can't say which is better. Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds (Slater, Slater and Slater) 1986. $ 27.50. Available from ABA (toll-free 800-634-7736). Field Guide to the Birds of Australia (Simpson and Day) 1989. 11.95 pounds sterling (in the UK). Not available from ABA? The larger handbook from which this field guide was derived is available from ABA. Maybe our Australian expert could tell us which of these (or any others) are the best in the field? Annika Forsten, Abo Akademi, Finland misan@ra.abo.fi