[texbirds] Re: Obtaining a copy of the TOS handbook

  • From: carolynohl@xxxxxxx
  • To: Fred_Collins@xxxxxxxx, texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:46:05 -0400 (EDT)

Thank you, Fred. I might add that I have 2 homes and there are only 4 books 
that are a must have in both homes, and that is one of the four. (Sibley's bird 
guide and Kaufman's butterfly guide are two of the others.)

 Carolyn Ohl-Johnson
Big Bend area



-----Original Message-----
From: Collins, Fred (Commissioner Pct. 3) (Commissioner Pct. 3) 
<Fred_Collins@xxxxxxxx>
To: 1 Texbirds (texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tue, Oct 22, 2013 3:31 pm
Subject: [texbirds] Obtaining a copy of the TOS handbook


I was asked a question: "Where do you buy one of these TOS handbooks?  "

Texas A&M University Press publishes the book and when the new edition comes 
out 
next spring (mid-March) that would be the first place to get one. I do not know 
if they still have the current 2004 edition available.  The royalties from the 
sale of the handbook go to TOS (Texas Ornithological Society). 

I just checked Amazon and used copies of the 2004 edition go for as little as 
$2.50, new copies for as little as $6.50. Amazon sells it for about $25. 

When you see how valuable it is to you as a Texas birder you may want to kiss 
Brush Freeman and Mark Lockwood for doing it and join TOS to thank them as 
well. 
TOS gets very little for each book sold.  It is a labor of love and a gift to 
Texas birders that it is produced at all.  Personally I have one by my "chair" 
at home, at my desk at home and on my desk at my office. 

Neither I nor Harris County has any interest in this publication and this is my 
personal opinion not that of Harris County or any government officials.


Fred Collins
             (281) 357-5324
Director: Kleb Woods Nature Center 
             Cypress Top Historical Park 
Commissioner Steve Radack
Harris County Precinct 3
www.pct3.hctx.net









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