Rick, et al.
I really chuckled when someone asked a birding leader what a certain
tree was. The leader replied, "I know five trees ... and that's not
one of them!"
(I could relate!)
Phil
At 08:09 AM 10/06/2009, Rick Sussman wrote:
>I'm not sure how many of you are aware, but David Sibley has a new
>guide out, The Sibley Guide to Trees.
(snip)
>Should be required reading (or at least required browsing!) for all
>birder's. As a frequent field trip leader I often use trees as
>landmarks; "it's perched in the small box elder next to that big
>sycamore tree...", but I'm often surprised at how few people have
>any tree ID skills.
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