Another vote for Mullarney et al, truly an ideal model of a regional birding
field guide! A second guide very worthy of mention is Brian Wheeler's
Raptors of Western North America (2003, Princeton), which has taken raptor
ID to a new level even for the old hands. And don't forget the non-guide
category. Two books I would never part with if I had to pare down to 100
birding related books are Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, possibly the
only really funny book ever written about birding; and Ernest A. Choate's
The Dictionary of American Bird Names, possibly my most well worn
non-field-guide.

Bob Sundstrom
ixoreus at scattercreek.com
Tenino, WA



----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Moorhead" <bruceb at olypen.com>
To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 2:38 PM
Subject: 100 best books


> I'm a bit amazed that no one has mentioned an obvious book for me: Birds
of
> Europe, Mullarney et al, paperback. I have alot of books and it's simply
the
> best field guide I've ever seen: compact, dense with useful info., and
> superbly illustrated: a book for all seasons (even if you never bird
> Europe!).
>
> Bruce Moorhead
> Port Angeles, WA
> bruceb at olypen.com
>