Hi Diane. I have a website for beginner to intermediate birders in B.C. and the site mentions a couple of local guidebooks.

Go to www.birdingfaqs.com

Then "Field Guides"

Then scroll about halfway down that section.

I think your best bet is "The Birder's Guide to Vancouver and the Lower Mainland" (Lower Mainland is local vernacular for the
Greater Vancouver area). Blue book with a Steller's Jay on the cover.

Good luck! Great time of year to be travelling through the Rockies!

Regards,
Daniel Bastaja
dan at calivita.com

-----Original Message-----
From: TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu [mailto:TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Diane Bags
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 1:04 PM
To: OBOL; Tweeters
Subject: BC Birding Guides

Hi,

I am driving next week from Vancouver BC to Banff and then partway down to
Calgary. I will be with non-birders but hope springs eternal: Can anyone
recommend one or two particularly good birding guides? Are there any local
guides for the Vancouver BC area itself, or for the Sunshine Coast?

Thanks,
Diane Bagues
Milwaukie, Oregon
dbagues at earthlink.net