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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NicoleB" data-source="post: 1651981" data-attributes="member: 78174">Good Luck on that one, depending on where you go <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Especially when looking for the language you can read <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />But I hear you on the various books you need.I started birding in Hungary and all I got was a Collins guide in German.It helped me, yes, but it didn't come close to what I needed.Plus, it was only a field guide and either didn't show me the bird in flight OR it did show the bird in flight when I was looking for one perched on a tree or such. Sigh.Now, here in Egypt I got a small Collins Gem birds and one called "Birds of Egypt".Neither one perfect, but so far they helped me get on.With the ones the guides didn't cover - the wonderful helpers over here at the forum did <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>