Tasmania Field Guide (1 Viewer)

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Jacqui Sulek

New member

• Nov 1, 2006

• #1

I am going to Tasmania in February 2007 and want to purchase a field guide. Can anyone recommend a good one? Is there a field guide just for Tasmania or do I have to buy one for Australia?

thanks

 

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pete woodall

Well-known member

• Nov 1, 2006

• #2

You will have to buy one for Australia

 

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Jacqui Sulek

New member

• Nov 2, 2006

• #3

Any suggestions on the best Aussie "field" guide?
Thanks!

 

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nctexasbirder

young birder

• Nov 2, 2006

• #4

there is Pizzey and Knight's Field Guide to Birds of Australia (or something along that line) and a Princeton Field Guide to Australia also. both seem good, but i know nothing about Australia birds o

 

Rose Fletcher

Rose from Australia - formerly Birdeye

• Nov 2, 2006

• #5

nctexasbirder said:

there is Pizzey and Knight's Field Guide to Birds of Australia (or something along that line) and a Princeton Field Guide to Australia also. both seem good, but i know nothing about Australia birds o

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I use Pizzey and Knight's book and find it excellent. I seldom need to look further to identify a bird. There are several other field guides small enough to take with you, but P&K's is better. Best bet is to buy one when you get here.

 

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pete woodall

Well-known member

• Nov 2, 2006

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I agree with Rose, and use Pizzey and Knight most of the time.

There are basically 4 field guides to Australian birds, they all have pros and cons, supporters and detractors - I think it is largely personal preference which you like.

Slater, Slater & Slater
Simpson and Day
Pizzey and Knight
Morcombe

are the authors, the titles are all very similar. most of the large bookshops will have one, two or all of the them in stock.

Cheers

Peter

 

njlarsen

Gallery Moderator

Opus Editor

Supporter

• Nov 2, 2006

• #7

On page two in this section, there is another thread on which OZ field guide to use. I used P&K on two visits and have been very happy. Just be avare that it is not really pocket sized, it is one to go in your backpack. I would disagree with waiting to buy it: do some reading before going, so that you at least have an idea which family a given bird belongs to, otherwise birdwatching is going to be very frustrating. www.nhbs.co.uk, www.amazon.com, and several australian web pages should be sources for the book.

Niels

 

Marcus Lawson

I've had to have a few of these!

• Nov 7, 2006

• #8

I had the very good fortune to visit Tas last Dec/Jan and have to say it was a wonderful place. I used the Simspon and Day field guide and found it more than adequate, one of it's strong features is that it covers all the sub-sp and their range which is particularly useful. Whilst there I also bought a photographic guide to the Mammals which was superb and I know there was also one of the birds too, when I get home tonight I'll look up the authors etc and let you know.

There's also this one which I found on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-T...ef=sr_1_8/102-4378169-7423352?ie=UTF8&s=books

 

Last edited: Nov 7, 2006