On 16 Feb 00, Irene Potter wrote:
> Can anyone out there suggest a good, up-to-date guide to finding
> places to bird in British Columbia? I would appreciate any
> information that is available.

One possibility is "The Birder's Guide to British Columbia" by Keith
Taylor. (1998, Steller Press, Vancouver) I don't know where you'd get
one down here; I bought mine for $19.95 Canadian in Grand Forks BC.

This is not a comprehensive guide to BC birding sites. Rather, it's a
driving tour of mostly south and central BC (plus a zinger up the
Alaska Highway into southern Yukon) designed to enable a person to
see all (well, most) of the birds of BC. There is a good species
index to places they can be observed, but no index to place names.

The maps depict only highway routes, therefore you must depend on the
driving directions, which appear to be in the OK to pretty good
range, to find specific sites. However, the distances are in
kilometers (big surprise) so you'll need do some mental juggling.

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Douglas Canning
Olympia, Washington
dcanning at igc.org
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