We just returned from a 2-week trip in Costa Rica. We used the Garrigues
and Dean book and it was perfect as a field guide. Studying it for a few
weeks prior proved to be very helpful. The local guides we hired also used
this book.

-Bobby Carr

On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Levine, Barron S <LevineB at bsd405.org>wrote:

> Tweeters,
>
> This is being discussed on The BCVan Bird group as well, so I thought I?d
> throw this out to the group. Which field guide are people using for trips to
> Costa Rica? What criteria entered into you picking that book?
>
> Most of us know the classic ?Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica? by Skutch,
> Stiles and Gardner (1990). Hard to believe it?s over 20 years old, but ?..
> The other book that has been discussed is Richard Garrigues and Robert Dean
> (2007) ?The Birds of Costa Rica?.
>
> About the latter, there are some good reviews on Amazon including one from
> our own Hans De Grys. I?m guessing Ian will have something to say. Any
> others?
>
> Also maybe begs the question given the brave new informational world that
> we have: When do field guides need to either be updated or supplanted?
>
>
>
> Barry Levine
>
> Seattle
>
> levineb at fastmail.fm
>
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