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From: bur@quercus.gsfc.nasa.gov (Mike Bur)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Field Guides for Galapagos & Ecuador
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Date: 27 Feb 91 22:54:11 GMT
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In article <1991Feb27.094529.3019@waikato.ac.nz> math0065@waikato.ac.nz writes:
>I am planning a trip to Ecuador and the Galapagos for this December, and I
>would like people's advice on field guides, please.  I almost certainly need to
>import whatever I decide on, so I need to be thinking about it now. 
>Unfortunately, I speak almost no Spanish, so an English-language guide would
>definitely be preferred.  Thanks in advance,
>
>Hamish Spencer (h.spencer@waikato.ac.nz)

I was just in Ecuador and the Galapagos islands this past summer(our summer
that is, July-Aug.).  Ah, what a great trip. Anyway, the book I had with me, and
virtually all of the travelers that I ran into had, which was commonly refered
to as "the Bible" was a book put out by the Lonely Planet people.  If you are
not familiar with the Lonely Planet Publishers they are people that put out
traveling guides for places that are "off the beaten path".  The author, whose
full name escapes me right now, is Rob R-something his last name ends with
"ski".  In this book you will find, among other useful things, a list of field
guides for both Ecuador and and the Galapagos.  If you want more info, contact
me via E-mail.

Cheers,
   Mike
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