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SunnyWalker
02-21-2011, 15:33
Has anyone carried and used a Peterson Field Guide to Birds on the AT, CDT or PCT? If so please describe your most interesting identification of a bird. :-?
Has anyone carried and used a Peterson Field Guide to Birds on the AT, CDT or PCT? If so please describe your most interesting identification of a bird. :-?
Well, there was that Boreal Chicadee up at Gentian Pond Shelter.
And don't get me started on the Black-Backed Woodpecker near Ethan Pond...
The Snowman
02-21-2011, 16:19
peterson's is old and the maps are out of date. thue he was a ball to go birding with. I now carry All the Birds of North America.
This is good book to have "when you don't have a bird book".
http://www.amazon.com/Eastern-Birds-Identification-Revised-Updated/dp/1582380937
I am not sure what it weighs, but it measures jus 4.5" x 7.5" x 5/16" so it is just a fraction of the size of the usual choices.
SunnyWalker
03-06-2011, 21:06
Nice rickb, but I'd probably have the Peterson's. Go ahead, tell us about the Black-backed Woodpecker.