In a message dated 1/22/99 1:10:50 PM EST, andyrab@wam.umd.edu writes: > I'd like to know if anyone else has ID books they find > especially helpful and informative. I think Dennis Paulson's "Shorebirds of the Pacific Northwest" is one of the best written of the genre. Although written for the Northwest birder, it covers most of the species we will see here more than adequately, and is full of informative and helpful general stuff on shorebird identification. Lou Nielsen Reisterstown, MD