Hello Margaret & tweeters,
Yees both idea about what Roland suggest about playing the song,as you can
watch the bird,and Margaret asking for good photos would help,expecial of
shorebird in different plumages.This might be in the making.


Ruth Sullivan
Tacoma
----- Original Message -----
From: "Margaret Parkinson" <margparkie at attbi.com>
To: <ipaulsen at krl.org>; <birdbooklist at yahoogroups.com>
Cc: <birdchat at listserv.arizona.edu>; <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 5:29 PM
Subject: RE: designing the best field guide


> I would like good photographs as well as watercolors. I see different
> things in photos and paintings all of which are useful. I would also
> like to have representation of both male and female for each species as
> well as representation either visually or in words for juvenile and for
> breeding and non-breeding. I also LOVE the idea of having songs at the
> push of a button. Do I ask too much?
>
> Margaret Parkinson
> University District
> Seattle
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu
> [mailto:TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ian Paulsen
> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 10:42 AM
> To: birdbooklist at yahoogroups.com
> Cc: birdchat at listserv.arizona.edu; tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: designing the best field guide
>
> HI ALL:
> I was wondering what you would want to be in the best bird field guide
> if
> you were designing it? I would:
> 1) Want the best artist(s) to illustrate it (of course!)
> 2) Limit the number of species per page. The National geographic and the
>
> Collins/Princeton Birds of Europe guide have an average of 4 species per
>
> page, often more than that in the National Geographic. I would like to
> see
> 2 per page (3 at the most, except perhaps accidental species on a page
> or
> pages together,the really rare ones NOT the rare but regular species). I
>
> know this would take up extra space and wouldn't be a "field" guide but
> these identification species pairs (isp) would be useful for those
> difficult species to identify. Maybe if size is a problem for a guide
> book
> maybe there could be an isp field guide? any comments?
>
> Ian Paulsen
> Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
> ipaulsen at krl.org
> A.K.A.: "Birdbooker"
> "Rallidae all the way"
>
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