A review of "Waders of Europe, Asia and North America" by Stephen Message
If you have waders (shorebirds) on your mind, this may
come in handy. Waders have an annoying tendency to show up at the “wrong” side
of the ocean, so a field guide which grabs the bull by its horns (or the wader
by its beak) and covers both Europe, Asia and North America is a real find. The
main section of the book includes color plates and species presentations at
facing pages. Information includes key ID features, behavior, habitat, plumage,
confusion species and racial variation. The confusion species are illustrated
on the same pages as the species with which they can be confused, so you don't
have to be! Or is that confusing? A special section, “Waders in flight” show
pretty much the same birds all over again, but now in mint flying condition.
Probably a must for the advanced wader/shorebird geek, but perhaps too advanced
for those of us who think the sine qua non of bird-watching means feeding
crumbs to the local mallards…
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