Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 12:41:42 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Jerry and Laura Tarbell Subject: Re: New Field Guide MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The author is Joey Slinger. A lot of cute birding annecdotes. Personally, I still like Pete Dunn better. Jerry Tarbell ----- Original Message ----- From: S. Hoffmann To: Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 11:11 AM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] New Field Guide > 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 > ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================