Ricki,
I find that the best field guide is Shore birds [of the world] by Hayman,
Marchant and Prater 1986 revised 1998.
At $105 it's not cheap but probably still available from Andrew Isles.
Cheers
Alastair
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From:
On Behalf Of Ricki Coughlan
Sent: Thursday, 5 August 2004 5:48 PM
To: BIRDING-AUS
Subject: Best Field Guide for waders
G'day Bird Lovers
I'm off to Broome shortly and, naturally, will be wanting the best guide
available for identifying waders. I currently use the Michael Moorecombe
Field Guide, which is okay for identifying land/bush birds and has many
features which I find both useful and interesting. However, I feel that it's
a little lacking for the purposes of identifying waders accurately.
Therefore, I'd appreciate the help of all you wader experts in ascertaining
the best Field Guide for our web-footed friends.
I'd like to know what your resoning is behind your choices, rather than just
"so-and-so's guide is the best", as we each use different ways of comparing
birds in the field to images in field guides. In this way I hope to build a
picture of which guide is likely to be the most useful for me.
Thanks in advance for your kind assistance.
Regards
Ricki Coughlan
Sans Souci - Sydney (but not for long....)
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