ellie87
Posted 19 January 2009 - 02:45 PM
I've been birding for about a year now, and absolutely love it. I feel like the one area I'm still pretty rusty in, however, is identifying the buteos. I'm wondering if anyone knows of a good field guide for identifying raptors, that has all their different morphs, etc. I have the book "Hawks from Every Angle", but that only gives the views in flight. Most of the time I see a hawk it is perched. Anyway, just wondering if anyone has any suggestions. Thanks.
Rough-Legged Hawk Enthusiast
Posted 19 January 2009 - 02:52 PM
Jim Penny
Posted 19 January 2009 - 03:31 PM
As suggested the Peterson's Guides tend to be very useful. I personally don't have one specific to Raptors, but have been considering getting one. I had on my list of those to consider the one you said that you have. I take it from your comments that it fails to live up to the promise of "hawks from every angle"
There are Peterson Field Guides to a number of specific birds. The one on Raptors is written by Clark and Wheeler.
There are many Guides available. You might want to take a look at the following Website where reviews of many bird books are given.
The address is http://www.birderslibrary.com. Once there you can do a Search for the particular subject or bird you are interested in.
p.s. I hope that a previous person who Posted looking for suggestions of Guides is still checking in! They may benefit also from the Website.
ellie87
Posted 19 January 2009 - 10:53 PM
Thanks for the help, i'll definitely check out that website. The Hawks from every angle is good, its just every angle in FLIGHT, not perched. And I really haven't used it that much, so I shouldn't complain about it. I was just wondering if there was anything else out there as well. Thanks again!
Rough-Legged Hawk Enthusiast
Posted 20 January 2009 - 01:52 PM
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