best guidebooks S-Carolina USA (1 Viewer)

[Peter Duymelinc]

Hallo,
looks like I will be visiting the USA, South and /or North Carolina, on a regular basis for busines purpose starting next week. Any advise concerning birdguide, books, tips and tricks would be greately apreciated.
Regards

 

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[Peter Duymelinc]

Thanks Karwin,
I should have checked but sometimes I get lost on this huge site.

 

[Grousemore]

Hi Peter,as far as Field Guides are concerned,the Peterson Birds of Eastern and Central N.America is a good one.
You might like to buy the 'full-size' Sibley Guide as well,as you may be there regularly and that will give you a comprehensive ID kit.
I'm sure there will be more info to come from birders in the Carolinas before long.

 

[Peter Duymelinc]

Thanks Trevor, much apreciated.

 

[Glen Tepke]

There are two bird-finding guides in print for North Carolina, one for the coast and one for the mountains in the western part of the state. Both are unusually large and detailed books:

A Birder's Guide to Coastal North Carolina by John Fussell III

Birds of the Blue Ridge Mountains by Marcus B. Simpson, Jr.

Also, many states in the US have a guide in the "Watchable Wildlife" series. These books describe many locations for birding, but don't go into much detail on what birds you are likely to see. The book for North Carolina would cover areas in the middle of the state not covered in the two bird-finding guides. It is also smaller and more portable:

North Carolina Wildlife Viewing Guide by Charles E. Roe

All of these books are available from the American Birding Association if you cannot find them locally.

I am not aware of any comparable books for South Carolina, but I'm sure you could find some information by searching the net.

Glen

 

[Peter Duymelinc]

Thank you Glen, good tip.

 

[marylou Lentz]

Sibley's also has a handy smaller sized guide of the original. Found out about it about a month after I bought the big one!

 

[dacol]

There is a bird-finding book for South Carolina:

"Finding Birds in South Carolina," by Robin M. Carter,
University of South Carolina Press, 1993.

It is a bit dated but still quite useful. Unfortunately it seems to be out of print and thus hard to find, it doesn't show up in the ABA catalog anymore.

Dalcio

 

[Peter Duymelinc]

Thanks for the help, marylou and dalcio.
Regards
Peter

 

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