Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 11:11:22 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "S. Hoffmann" Subject: Re: New Field Guide MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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" To: 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 > To: > 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 > > ======================== > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ========================= > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================