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For Alaska birding, here are my suggestions for books: Nat'l Geographic Guide to Birds of North America is the best (most compact and yet good pictures, descriptions) field guide in my opinion. Armstrong's book doesn't have very good pictures; so difficult identifications are made even more difficult). George West's A Birder's Guide to Alaska is a must- have for finding all the good birding spots throughout the state. Keith and Cathy Foerster cfoerster(AT)gci. I have found the following to be indispensable in Alaska: Birds of Europe by Killian Mullarney, Lars Svensson, Dan Zetterström, and Peter J. Grant. It's published in the US by Princeton UP and in the UK by Collins. Not only will it be handy for vargrants, but also has better illustrations of many residents (e.

North American guides. An essential addition to what's already available for North America. Chris Sharpe, Caracas, Venezuela. As is the case for the rest of the USA and Canada, the current two best overall field guides are the Nat'l Geographic and Sibley's. For the birder with baggage- weight restrictions - and who hasn't?

I would give a slight edge to Nat. Geo, as its smaller size AND greater amount of Asian vagrants more than compensates for the overall superior paintings in Sibley. Now, most Eurasian birders to Alaska are not so eager to chase that Eurasian rarity - after all, the Bullfinch or Great Spotted Woodpecker that causes so much excitement among North Americans typically does not generate that enthusiasm for a Japanese or a Swede. Nevertheless, many birders come to Alaska in search of what rarities may show up on the Bering Sea and Aleutian islands.

For these, I suggest the nicely compact softcover edition of Bhushan, et al "Waterbirds of Asia" is an excellent addition. Dennis Paulson's "Shorebirds of the Pacific Northwest" may be too heavy to bring to Alaska, but it is the best reference to these birds. For those lucky enough to go on a cruise, the fairly compact Harrison's photographic guide "Seabirds of the World" would be my choice. I eschew photo guides for other birds, but not for pelagic birding. For Euarasian landbirds, the choice is tougher. Flint, et al "Birds of USSR" has plates nowhere near up to today's standards, and the book is heavy. Perhaps a softcover edition of your favorite European guide - Lars Johnsson's, for example.

Finally, Rising and Beadle's "Sparrows of the US and Canada" - NOT the photographic edition - is superb for its depiction of the field- identifiable distinctions amongst subspecies of sparrows, which is of excellent use in Alaska as many of our residents differ from those elsewhere in North America. This book also covers seven of the Eurasian sparrows better than Nat. Geo or Sibley: specifically, the Little, Rustic, Gray, Yellow- breasted, Pallas's, Reed and Pine Buntings.

I further the coment that Rob't Armstrong's photographic book "Guide to the Birds of Alaska" is not appropriate as a field guide. That said, the EARLIER edition (2nd, 1. Poor Armstrong had a fire destroy his photographic files and the latter ones are not so good as his more extensive earlier photos. For location guides, Nick Lethaby's book is out of date and I do not recommend it. Under the compilation of George West, some two dozen guides around Alaska wrote chapters of varying quality for the ABA guide and, in the interest of full disclosure, yes, I was one of them (two and a half chapters), but that said, it is a good and absolutely necessary resource. Also, George has a weblink for updates, as mentioned in the book.

On a more local level, if one is ONLY going to be in the immediate vicinity of Anchorage, R. L. "Buzz" Scher's "Field Guide to Birding in Anchorage" is worthy and available in city bookstores upon your arrival. Lastly, Geo. West's earlier Guide to Birding the Kenai Peninsula is superseded by the full- state book mentioned above. Audie Bakewell from the Heart of the Alaska Range, Denali Highway Cabins www. Best Field Guide for the area, Sibley's Birds of Western Canada. Best Guide to where to find birds: The Cold Lake section of J.

C. Finlays a Bird Finding Guide to Canada. Also recommended as companion book for the text articles for where to find birds in Alberta is Birds of Albert a by John Acorn/Chris Fisher (not recommended as a field identification guide). Prior to coming to Cold Lake a recommended stop for information on where to find Birds, Books, Cd's etc is The Wild Bird General Store in Edmonton http: //www. A Checklist has also been developed by the local Beaver River Naturalist Society for the Cold Lake area.

It is avail at local visitor centers, at the Wild Bird General Store, and through the naturalist society at beaverrivernaturalists@telus. Ted Hindmarch. For Argentina birding, here' are my suggestions for guides: After my trip to Argentina I recommend as a field guide: Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica by Martin R. Pena and Maurice Rumboll. It is not a very user- friendly guide and some of the illustrations are somewhat confusing but it was the only one I could find.

The new Collins Field Guide "Birds of South America" by Jorge R. Rodriguez Mata, Francisco Erize and Maurice Rumboll is also usefull. Knud Rasmussen krkr(AT)sympatico. As I´m a bird lover and amateur birder from Argentina, will reccomend you the GUIA DE AVES DE ARGENTINA Y URUGUAY, written by Tito Narosky and Dario Izurietta, which was for me a little amateur, great and very usefull, including the size, little enough as to travel with me in the side pocket of my pant.

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We follow Mazar Barnett's latest December 2. An Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Argentina" a Lynx Edicions publishing. By far the only, true and best bilingual book describing the local birds situation. Sergio Corbet. Aves de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Narosky and Henshcke; Vazquez Mazzini Editores, Buenos Aires 2. I found this is the right choice for Argentina visitors staying only in Buenos Aires city, typically those on their way to an. Antarctic cruise, businessmen, or doctors attending a congress. This book is a bud of the classic Guia de aves de Argentina y Uruguay by Narosky and Yzurieta (1.

The result is a much lighter book, less expensive, and overall, use friendlier for the. An appendix shows pictures (small size but useful) of another 5. The book is. perfect for Buenos Aires area, and covers much of what you usually find in a much wider range. A relevant improvement (compared to the original book) are the good pictures of every species, alongside the corresponding drawing. Texts in Spanish, but species name and main features also in English. Watch Dragon Nest: Warriors` Dawn Download. An introduction with sites description and other info (Spanish only) is a little bit too long.

Index of English Names are sorted by adjective (i. Black Vulture is under Black) making it of little or no use. Birdingpal Diego Gallegos diegogallegos(AT)fibertel. Ask me if you can´t get it. Tips: Amateur artist Yzurieta did the original drawings same scale as printed. Title of the book in English (Birds of Buenos Aires) can be misleading, as Buenos Aires is both the name of the city and the name of the state, some 8.

You may also check out this link http: //www. We bird with National Geographic’s Field Guide, supplementing with The Sibley Guide To Birds. We’re especially happy with the newest NG edition, as the handy Quick- Find Index lives up to its name). If you ever come to Arkansas after the elusive Ivory- Billed Woodpecker, or the not- so- elusive Red- Cockaded Woodpecker, you. Arkansas Deparatment of Parks and Tourism’s Arkansas Birding & Watchable Wildlife.

This useful pamphlet maps the parks, national forests and wildlife management areas, with notations of which birds (and animals) that.

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