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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Cantelo" data-source="post: 1868867" data-attributes="member: 2844">Just resurecting this thread to highlight a short video by the author outling the philosophy & approach which can be found at  <a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Crossley-ID-Guide/Richard-Crossley/e/9780691147789/?itm=2" target="_blank">http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Crossley-ID-Guide/Richard-Crossley/e/9780691147789/?itm=2</a>I like the approach a good deal although I disagree that rarer birds need less coverage - personally I think that what should determine the depth of coverage is the complexity/difficulty of the identification.At the same site you can also see some of the familiar plates with sample texts - again rather interesting.  Crossley's own webpage is being redeveloped presumably for the book's launch in Feb 2011Whether it will produce the revolution that the author intends or not, it still represents a very exciting development of the photoguide format if not that of fieldguides in general,</blockquote>