First ever Bird guide for Nicaragua (2 Viewers)

[ManakusCR]

Hi dear BF peeps!

This might not be new to all of you but thought to drop the comment.

The first-ever field guide to Nicaragua was published last 2014 and is now for sell in the US by buteobooks.com http://www.buteobooks.com/product/14500.html some US amazon sellers have it listed, although most ship from UK or Germany, Buteo books (who sells it for more $) has it at stock.

In the UK www.nhbs.com also offers the guide. http://www.nhbs.com/title/204760/a-guide-to-the-birds-of-nicaragua-nicaragua-una-guia-de-aves

I just had a quick look at the book and have to say that it is a great job indeed, with exception to some of the flycatchers, most of the illustrations are well done. I love the fact that shorebirds are precise (some illustrators have issues with this group sometimes), it is compact and easy to carry, the sheets are thicker/stronger, something I was disappointed with the 2nd edition of the Garrigues guide for Costa Rica.

In the down side, and a BIG downside is the lack of range maps, this is a basic feature of any field guide, perhaps all in order to make it as compact as possible.


Illustration from the web: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51hPVSllFrL._SX327_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

After seeing this guide it makes me want to bird this neighbor country, after all, I so want to see a road runner!:king:

 

[Birdingcraft]

Hi dear BF peeps!

This might not be new to all of you but thought to drop the comment.

The first-ever field guide to Nicaragua was published last 2014 and is now for sell in the US by buteobooks.com http://www.buteobooks.com/product/14500.html some US amazon sellers have it listed, although most ship from UK or Germany, Buteo books (who sells it for more $) has it at stock.

In the UK www.nhbs.com also offers the guide. http://www.nhbs.com/title/204760/a-guide-to-the-birds-of-nicaragua-nicaragua-una-guia-de-aves

I just had a quick look at the book and have to say that it is a great job indeed, with exception to some of the flycatchers, most of the illustrations are well done. I love the fact that shorebirds are precise (some illustrators have issues with this group sometimes), it is compact and easy to carry, the sheets are thicker/stronger, something I was disappointed with the 2nd edition of the Garrigues guide for Costa Rica.

In the down side, and a BIG downside is the lack of range maps, this is a basic feature of any field guide, perhaps all in order to make it as compact as possible.


Illustration from the web: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51hPVSllFrL._SX327_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

After seeing this guide it makes me want to bird this neighbor country, after all, I so want to see a road runner!:king:

Very cool! Looking forward to seeing that book. I still need that road runner too and some other birds up that way. Would be cool to arrange a trip. Still need to bird Refugio Bartola as well.