As might be imagined, the Crossley guide has fueled a lot of discussion
in the U.S., mostly positive. It seems more useful as a study guide
than a guide for use in the field, but for that purpose it appears
really helpful. Future printings/editions that improve some of the
colors, such as on the flycatchers, will improve the guide still
further. People have differing views on the sparsity of text, which
may take some getting used to or be difficult for some.
One suggestion that I have seen raised is that Crossley would be an
even better guide as an internet guide (I understand that you can only
see some of it on the web), so that the images, which tend to be small
in the guide, can be viewed at a larger size.
Seems to me that a guide that allows birders to study the many ways
that birds look in nature at the times when they are not actually in
the field observing them
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From: david taylor <>
To: Michael Ramsey <>
Cc:
Sent: Thu, Mar 3, 2011 5:05 pm
Subject: new field guide
Hi Michael - a really unique and very useful approach for mine....
agree with
you regarding the jizz - see no reason why a similar approach wouldnt
be useful
here - theres so many people taking images of birds these days in all
manner of
poses and environments so one can imagine no shortage of images that
could be
used.
cheers
David Taylor
On 04/03/2011, at 7:21 AM, Michael Ramsey wrote:
Not for Australia but the US by Richard Crossley. He has taken
pictures and
habitats of birds and put them into a page digitally as they would be
seen in
the field.
From the website there also seems to be a Bristish Guide in
development as
well.
I am quite impressed with the approach of images of birds as they
would appear
in the field, to get a grasp of their "jizz" etc.
The page below shows an example of an Upland Sandpiper and if you
scroll
forwards and back you can see other birds. I like the Black Scoter page.
http://www.crossleybooks.com/books/?album=1&photo=163
Can any one see the potenial for a field guide like this for
Australia.
Michael Ramsey
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