The Australian Bird Guide

[Peter Shute <>]

That sounds pretty easy to deal with. I guess a beginner could be confused by 
not being able to find the ducks and herons, etc, they see at the beach in the 
marine section, but there's only one other section to search.

Peter Shute

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Ambrose 
> Sent: Thursday, 27 April 2017 9:56 AM
> To: 'David Clark' <>; Peter Shute
> <>
> Cc: 'Chris Watson' <>; 
> Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] The Australian Bird Guide
>
> There's no need to worry about the habitat groupings, there are only 3
> groups: marine, freshwater and terrestrial habitats. Bird species and families
> are organised taxonomically within each of these three habitat groups. To
> assist the birdwatcher find bird species in the main part of the guide, there 
> is
> a visual quick reference to bird groups on the inside of the front cover
> (double page spread), and an alphabetical reference to bird groups a few
> pages in. Then there are the usual comprehensive species indexes at the
> back of the book.
>
> Kind regards,
> Stephen
>
> Stephen Ambrose
> Ryde, NSW
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Birding-Aus  On Behalf
> Of David Clark
> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2017 8:22 AM
> To: Peter Shute
> Cc: Chris Watson; 
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] The Australian Bird Guide
>
> Grouped by habitat as in the Gould League bird guides!
>
> My copy is on its way and I'm really looking forward to getting my hands on it
> (my grandsons have my Gould League guides).  Our new property is in grassy
> woodland 800 metres from the coast so a couple of sections are going to be
> well-thumbed.
>
> Cheers
>
> David
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On 27 Apr 2017, at 6:31 am, Peter Shute <> wrote:
> >
> > Species grouped by habitat? Like "What Bird Is That?"? I found that
> > hard
> to use as a beginner in an urban environment where lot of birds were out of
> their normal habitat and I had little idea what any of them were. It probably
> doesn't matter anywhere near as much to experienced birders.
> >
> > Im looking forward to seeing the book, and I'm interested to hear how
> others find this arrangement.
> >
> > Peter Shute
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> >> On 26 Apr 2017, at 8:03 am, Chris Watson <>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> G'day all,
> >>
> >> I've posted a review of this great new Australian guide including a
> >> short interview with one of the authors, Rohan Clarke.
> >>
> >> https://www.chriswatson.com.au/blog/the-australian-bird-guide
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Chris Watson
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