Tweeters,

I don't have the 1998 edition of Keith Taylor's "Birder's Guide to
B.C." However, if it is similar to the first edition, it does not
cover Vancouver Island. To get a guide to Vancouver Island, you will
also have to buy the author's earlier "Birder's Guide to Vancouver
Island". At a total price of about $40, this is a bit expensive for
coverage of the whole province.
Also-- with reference to Douglas Canning's remarks below-- no one
should be surprised that distances are given in kilometres. Kilometres
are the standard measure of distance in Canada and in most of the
world except the U.S. If you plan on driving in Canada, get used to
it!

Wayne Weber
Kamloops, B.C.
wayne_weber at bc.sympatico.ca


-----Original Message-----
From: Douglas Canning <dcanning at igc.org>
To: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Thursday, February 17, 2000 8:56 PM
Subject: Re: British Columbia Birding Guide


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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