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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