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re: Identify this songbird
Posted on 5/2/13 at 7:37 am to faxis
Posted on 5/2/13 at 7:37 am to faxis
Thanks for the I bird tip! I live on Poverty Pt lake and see a ton of birds. I' ve been using Petersons Birds of Texas and a large edition of Audubon's illustrations. Also found a Davis' s Birds of Mexico and Central America. Local library was giving away books and there it was. The Peterson is one I bought for George Lowery's ornithology class at LSU about 1970 or so. I have life list of about 200 birds I have identified. Last bird last year was a willet feeding in my yard in a rainstorm.
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Posted on 5/2/13 at 7:59 am to LSUCouyon
Several excellent bird ID books have come out in the last 15 years. The gold standard for birders tends to be:
It's pretty large and heavy so there are Eastern and Western versions that make better references to carry in the field. Sibley illustrates the birds in a wide variety of plummages and it's really a well done book.
One that got overshadowed by Sibley but is still very good is:
It is based on photographs that have been edited to highlight the key features to look for.
On a long birding trip I bring both books.
It's pretty large and heavy so there are Eastern and Western versions that make better references to carry in the field. Sibley illustrates the birds in a wide variety of plummages and it's really a well done book.
One that got overshadowed by Sibley but is still very good is:
It is based on photographs that have been edited to highlight the key features to look for.
On a long birding trip I bring both books.
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