I want thank everyone for the replies on my post 'new to birding.' I'm new to birding new to the list and I recieved a influx of well-thought out replies as well as invitations to bird club meetings and much more. You've been a big help and You birders are some mighty find people to boot. Daniel. On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Daniel Prince <kin114.harmonic@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Hi all, > I'm fairly new to birding and a family member gave me Roger Tory > Peterson's *Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America*. I not only > find the book to be beautiful, but rather easy to use. I've already > identified a few birds - the arrows that point to distinguishing marks seem > to make a big difference to me. However, is there any other field guide that > anybody would recommend higher and for what reason? Is this a fairly > complete field guide for birds in my area? > > Thanks bunches, > > Daniel > Chattanooga, TN > =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________