Date:         Mon, 23 Jul 2001 11:11:22 -0400
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From:         "S. Hoffmann" <hoffmany@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Subject:      Re: New Field Guide
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I encountered another cute book.  It is called "Down and Dirty Birding" but
I don't remember the author's name.  If you can imagine "Dave Barry Goes
Birding" you will have an idea of what the book is like.  A great Christmas
gag gift for any birder.
S. Hoffmann
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry and Laura Tarbell" <birdersforever@EROLS.COM>
To: <MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM>
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] New Field Guide


> Gene,
> Very cute. The down side of this is that it may well be a glimpse of the
> future. A hundred years from now it might be all we're left with. Well,
> maybe some chickens, too.
> Jerry
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Eugene J. Scarpulla <ejscarp@HOME.COM>
> To: <MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM>
> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 10:47 PM
> Subject: [MDOSPREY] New Field Guide
>
>
> [CAUTION: This posting is only tangentially bird related!]
>
> Are you a county lister that has already found every Maryland bird in
every
> Maryland county, as well as Baltimore and D.C.? Do you feel like there are
> no further challenges to meet, no more mountains to climb?
>
> Are you bedraggled by butterflies or dragged down by dragonflies?
>
> Well have I got a field guide for you ---
>
> Thanks to my buddy Rick Blom, I have received a copy of "A Field Guide to
> Cows: How to Identify and Appreciate America's 52 Breeds" by John Pukite
> (Penguin Books). Have you seen a Holstein in Harford, a Tarentaise in
> Talbot,  a Kerry in Kent, a Guernsey in Garrett --- the list goes on and
on.
> The book is actually an entertaining 142 pages. It covers such topics as:
>
> How to identify cows
> Clothing and equipment (binoculars, footwear, ...)
> Viewing tips (best times of the day, how to approach, ...)
> Cautions (bulls, cow pies, electric fences, ...)
> Cow watching etiquette (Don't moo excessively, ...)
> Key to the cows
> Breed descriptions
> Taxonomic chart of cows
> The book also deal with the dreaded hybrids. (They are as bad as gulls.)
> Famous cows (Do you remember Norman in "City Slickers"?)
> Cow superlatives
>
> At the end, the book includes a Cow Watcher's Life List as well as a cow
> call.
>
> And if you are MOOOved into joining, there is an organization called "Cow
> Observers Worldwide" (COW) based in Evans City, Pennsylvania.
>
> I heartily recommend this book to all adventurous naturalists looking for
a
> new pasture to cross - but watch your step.
>
> Gene
>
> Gene Scarpulla
> Millers Island, Maryland
> ejscarp@home.com
>
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