Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!news.funet.fi!ra!misan From: misan@ra.abo.fi (Annika Forsten DC) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: Birds in Southern France Message-ID: Date: 22 Mar 91 12:40:07 GMT References: <1991Mar21.140845.16702@oz.plymouth.edu> Sender: misan@ra.abo.fi Organization: Abo Academy, Finland Lines: 18 In-reply-to: wwf@oz.plymouth.edu's message of 21 Mar 91 14:08:45 GMT In article <1991Mar21.140845.16702@oz.plymouth.edu> wwf@oz.plymouth.edu (Dr. Wavell Fogleman) writes: > You might try finding a copy of Peter Alden and John Gooder's book, > Finding Birds Around the World [may not be exact title, mines at home], > which deals with birds that can be found near major travel centers all > over the world. I remember that it does have info on the Camargue, > especially a list of birds which might be expected. You do have to watch > Alden though, he tends to use his own preferred English names for birds > which don't always match those in field guides. Gooders has also written a book on European sites, 'Birdwatching in Europe' I think the title is, or maybe 'Finding Birds in Europe'. It could give you some idea of where the best sites are, but in general it is not nearly enough. There are also rather a lot of mistakes in it. A revised edition was published recently. The World book mentioned above is probably already a little outdated, I think I bought my copy almost ten years ago. Annika Forsten