Princeton release page... https://press.princeton.edu/books/p...n-of-european-passerines-and-select-landbirdsRelease date I've seen is Feb 17th, where did you see that it's delayed?
Princeton release page... https://press.princeton.edu/books/p...n-of-european-passerines-and-select-landbirdsRelease date I've seen is Feb 17th, where did you see that it's delayed?
Princeton is the American publisher, that's probably the release date in the US?Princeton release page... https://press.princeton.edu/books/p...n-of-european-passerines-and-select-landbirds
You can just point and shoot in a burst, and hope that 1 in 200 photos will be identifiable. A joy of digital cameras, where the limiting factor might be your patience to review all the photos taken. I also find that playing with contrast and brightness on a monitor does wonders - for example reveals pattern on an otherwise dark underside of a bird. Also, one learns lots - after ID-ing species several times, I learned for example less common calls of Greenfinches in flight. In one of my local patches, I have regularly flyover flocks of Greenfinches over a lake, but hardly ever one perches close. And of course I knew Greenfinches and their normal calls since decades.Something I already try to do (not always easy to get a useable photo, though even a blurry flight shot will sometimes show positions of markings that turn out to be useful
Unless you have a photographic memory, I think it's practical use will be limited, it will be used in conjunction with photos as suggested already but there are still a lot of birders who don't carry a camera.You can just point and shoot in a burst, and hope that 1 in 200 photos will be identifiable. A joy of digital cameras, where the limiting factor might be your patience to review all the photos taken. I also find that playing with contrast and brightness on a monitor does wonders - for example reveals pattern on an otherwise dark underside of a bird. Also, one learns lots - after ID-ing species several times, I learned for example less common calls of Greenfinches in flight. In one of my local patches, I have regularly flyover flocks of Greenfinches over a lake, but hardly ever one perches close. And of course I knew Greenfinches and their normal calls since decades.
I think among recent books it is an unusual one, because it adds much new knowledge, not just repackages familiar information with attractive illustrations.
............... there are still a lot of birders who don't carry a camera.
Unless you have a photographic memory, I think it's practical use will be limited, it will be used in conjunction with photos as suggested already but there are still a lot of birders who don't carry a camera.
Euh, it just IS the publisher, based in US, UK (for EU, gheghe) and China. The review in the op gives the same link, with the same date. There's no other official release page with different release date to be found, just outdated secondary ones.Princeton is the American publisher, that's probably the release date in the US?
For some reason, I had it in my head that this was a Helm, publication...........gheghe?Euh, it just IS the publisher, based in US, UK (for EU, gheghe) and China. The review in the op gives the same link, with the same date. There's no other official release page with different release date to be found, just outdated secondary ones.
I (mostly) can't keep them in the viewfinder long enough for even 20 photos - sometimes it can even tricky to get to 2!You can just point and shoot in a burst, and hope that 1 in 200 photos will be identifiable. A joy of digital cameras, where the limiting factor might be your patience to review all the photos taken.
Also, with birds it is worth to learn to anticipate, not follow. Guess where they move one second later and aim there.
Looking forward to your opinion about it.Just had an email from the place I ordered it - the one Andy Adcock recommended - to say it is on the way.