BIRDCHAT for Saturday, May 10, 2008

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Subject: RFI: new smithsonian field guide to birds
From: sally wech <aixxss(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 10 May 2008 8:35am

HI All:
 Just saw where the Smithsonian has come out with a
new field guide for North America.  Has anyone seen it
and have an opinion? Significantly different from
others so would be useful addition to library?

Thanks.

Sally Wech
Silver spring, MD

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Subject: Re: RFI: new smithsonian field guide to birds
From: GRUSLL(AT)aol.com
Date: 10 May 2008 9:00am

Just saw where the Smithsonian has come out with a
new field guide for  North America.  Has anyone seen it
and have an opinion? Significantly  different from
others so would be useful addition to library?
 
Available May 27, 2008.   As with most  recent field guides, the text is 
concise & terse.  Range Maps are  tiny.  Bird pics are photos (as Kenn Kaufman),
not paintings (as Sibley and  Nat'l Geo).  But surprisingly more info on molt &
plumages. 
 
Comes with a DVD of bird songs that you can  uplpoad to your own MP3 player.. 
nice that a bird photo is embedded in the MP3  for each bird, so you get 
photo AND song.  Be forewarned the DVD is  selective and NOT for all species in
the field guide..  only 18 Warbler  species and 9 Sparrow species are included 
on the DVD.
 
I guess the idea was to let birders find all the  info they'd need in one 
source.
 
Go to the Barnes & Noble website for more  details and reviews
 
GAil R

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Subject: Black-necked Stilt mating ritual........
From: OLCOOT1(AT)aol.com
Date: 10 May 2008 6:52pm

 
May 10, 2008
Ensley Bottoms
Shelby Co. Memphis TN
 
I've posted a series of photos showing the unique mating ritual of  
Black-necked Stilts. If interested try:
 
_http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/blacknecked_ritual_ 
(http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/blacknecked_ritual) 
 
 
 
Good Birding  !!!

Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6300 Memphis-Arlington Road
Bartlett, TN  38135

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