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DAVID AND SIMONE PICKS
 David
Lukas and Simone Whitecloud are a
team of naturalists based in
Tiburon, California, where they
offer a wide variety of high quality
natural history programs in Marin
County and throughout California.
Programs include bird walks, nature
hikes, evening slide shows, and
classroom presentations. Many of
these events are scheduled through
local organizations and are open to
the public, but Simone and David
also arrange private custom tours
for visitors who would like a
fabulous introduction to the birds
and natural history of Marin County
or the San Francisco Bay Area. Here
they offer the reviews of the
birding products that they recommend
on hikes and educational
walks.
Shorebirds of North America: A
Photographic Guide
by
Dennis Paulson
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There's no way around it –
shorebirds are one of the hardest
groups of birds to identify. In
fact, many birders don't even try to
separate the many small, similar
species that mingle on the shores of
North America each spring and fall
during their spectacular migrations
to and from their Arctic breeding
grounds. But, with a little effort,
shorebird identification is a
rewarding exercise, especially
because there is always a reasonable
chance of finding rare and exciting
species from Europe and Asia among
the flocks.
Although many of the traditional
field guides cover basic shorebird
identification, those books don't
even attempt to illustrate all the
complicated color variations and
plumages of different shorebirds.
The strength of Shorebirds of
North America is that it
provides 530 photographs that focus
solely on the 94 species of
shorebirds found in North and
Central America. Typical coverage
includes all the important juvenile,
breeding, and winter plumages, as
well as photographs of birds in
flight – up to 16 photos per
species! The combination of
photographs and detailed descriptive
text in this compact little guide
takes shorebird identification a
quantum leap further and makes it
possible for everyone to become an
expert.
See what other people think
of the Sibley's Birding Basics
at Amazon.
David Lukas and Simone
Whitecloud
May 28, 2005 |
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