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Re: New Sibley Guide

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Phil Davis

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Phil Davis

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Wed, 7 Oct 2009 01:00:00 -0400

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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