Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!nmtsun!john From: john@nmtsun.nmt.edu (John Shipman) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: Birding magazine question Summary: Addresses, subscription rates Message-ID: <3712@nmtsun.nmt.edu> Date: 4 Jan 90 05:08:15 GMT References: <9001031916.AA06453@jade.berkeley.edu> Reply-To: john@nmtsun.nmt.edu (John Shipman) Organization: Zoological Data Processing Lines: 34 I agree with Greg Pasquariello's excellent thumbnail sketch of the bird magazines. He didn't mention that ABA members also get _Winging_It_, a short monthly newsletter that has the latest hot sightings along with site updates, news items, classified ads, and other timely information. I liked Greg's example of the difference between birdwatching and birding. Just one question, Greg: if I spend two years looking all over New Mexico for Common Ground-Dove and then get my state bird on my backyard bird feeder, is that birding or birdwatching? Here are some rates and addresses; sorry, I don't have any issues of _BWD_ or _Wild_Bird_ handy. _American_Birds_: $27.50 to _American_Birds_, 950 Third Ave., New York, NY 10022. Includes the Christmas Bird Count issue. _Birding_, _Winging_It_: ABA members get both magazines. Join the ABA by sending $24 (individual) or $30 (family) to _Birding_, POB 6599, Colorado Springs, CO 80934. You can get subscriptions to _Birding_ and _Winging_It_ without joining the ABA for $28. ABA members get a discount on bird books, optics and other supplies from ABA Sales; they can be reached at 1-800-634-7736, and they stock most any bird book in print. Disclaimer: I subscribe to _American_Birds_ and I'm a Life Member of the ABA, but I have no financial interest or other connection with either organization. -- John Shipman/Zoological Data Processing/Socorro, New Mexico USENET: ucbvax!unmvax!nmtsun!john CSNET: john@nmtsun.nmt.edu ``Let's go outside and commiserate with nature.'' --Dave Farber