e299-ao@sim.uucp (Brenda Baker) (11/29/88)
I'll be going to Venezuela this winter and was wondering if anyone could recommend a good book for the birds down there. I hear they have 1300 species many of which are very different from what we have up here. Brenda
mostardi@ux1.lbl.gov (David Mostardi) (11/30/88)
In article <7824@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> e299-ao@sim.UUCP (Brenda Baker) writes: > >I'll be going to Venezuela this winter and was wondering if anyone could >recommend a good book for the birds down there. I hear they have 1300 >species many of which are very different from what we have up here. > >Brenda Perhaps someone out there has a list of good field guides for birds of all the other continents besides good ol' North America. For example, on Sunday I am going to Stockton to search for a bird called a Tundra swan, but said swan is not in my N. Amer. field guide -- but for the company of an experienced birder, how could I identify this swan? David Mostardi, MSRI, Berkeley CA. Internet: DPMostardi@lbl.gov "Guess what Dad! Those chocolate diskettes fit right into your computer, no problem!"
gpasq@picuxa.UUCP (Greg Pasquariello X1190) (11/30/88)
In article <1328@helios.ee.lbl.gov> mostardi@ux1.lbl.gov (David Mostardi) writes: -In article <7824@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> e299-ao@sim.UUCP (Brenda Baker) writes: -> ->I'll be going to Venezuela this winter and was wondering if anyone could ->recommend a good book for the birds down there. I hear they have 1300 ->species many of which are very different from what we have up here. -> ->Brenda - -Perhaps someone out there has a list of good field guides for -birds of all the other continents besides good ol' North -America. - -For example, on Sunday I am going to Stockton to search for a bird -called a Tundra swan, but said swan is not in my N. Amer. field -guide -- but for the company of an experienced birder, how could -I identify this swan? - -David Mostardi, MSRI, Berkeley CA. Internet: DPMostardi@lbl.gov - -"Guess what Dad! Those chocolate diskettes fit right into your - computer, no problem!" The Tundra Swan was rather recently named. It is the old Whistling Swan, which should be in your guide. Greg -- ============================================================================= By the time they had diminished from Greg Pasquariello AT&T PMTC 50 to 8, the dwarves began to suspect Hungry. att!picuxa!gpasq =============================================================================
bruce@hpcvra.HP.COM (Bruce Stephens) (12/02/88)
Unless I am mistaken, "Tundra Swan" is the new name for the "Whistling Swan", which probably is in your field guide to North American birds. -- Bruce Stephens