National Audubon nature guides (1 Viewer)

These come in various regional guides.
http://www.amazon.com/National-Audu...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270508439&sr=8-1

I do have several of them. For birds, they are not really enough, but I like them for plants, trees, and the tips on wildlife areas. With a bird guide, I only need this for other info, to travel light. It has gotten to the point where I need a Focus guide for birding areas, tree guide, Peterson forest guide, etc. So this is quite portable.

In areas where they have national parks, you get a bird check list at the desk for 50c or a dollar.

The Florida book is waiting for a trip. Never been to Florida to bird. I even lived there, unofficially, 6 months. Some of it travel.

What are you waiting for? Southern Florida in winter is really nice.
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Last year my wife spent two weeks of my vacation on something. Oh, it was Canada. Then I went to FInland with my son. This summer I do not know what I am doing. I might have a week left in fall. But then my daughter is in Finland, and there is talk of saving 2 weeks for a December visit. No birds there, other than bird feeders.

I am the only nature person in the family currently. Others are into tourism, so I can squeeze in a day or two of birding usually.

Hopefully something will get sorted out. My s.o. likes visiting cities and also likes birding, so we do birding trips and I sometimes go to cities with her. Our workflows are different; it's much easier for her to take 2-3 weeks off at once than it is for me, so I/we go on week-long birding trips.

Yes, I hope to go somewhere, anywhere, in summer. Most likely just a few days of Minnesota, though.