If your library has it I'd strongly recommend Dennis Paulson's Shorebirds
of the Pacific Northwest. (Did I get it right Dennis?) There is a lot of
good information in the early chapters on general bird topics, anatomy,
plumage, habits, etc. that apply to all birds. The Ballard Branch of the
SPL has it I know...
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Cliff Drake
Ballard, WA
Birder at Juno.com


On Sat, 4 Jan 1997 09:59:36 -0800 rtylor <rtylor at telcomplus.com> writes:
>Hi Tweeters!
>
>Thank you all for your helpful suggestions on the field guides - I
>don't
>suppose there's a Birder's Book Club out there?
>
>The snow's gone and so are most of the birds. Just a few Chicadees
>and a
>Stellar's Jay hanging around today.
>
>Thanks again, I'm off to the library!
>Ronaye Tylor
>rtylor at telcomplus.com
>
>