Several people asked me to share what I learned about field guides specifically for shorebirds and gulls. Many responded (Thank you all again) and the same titles kept reappearing. Here they are along with pricing through Amazon (not a commercial message - just FYI). The Shorebird Guide [Turtleback] Michael O'Brien <http://www.amazon.com/Michael-OBrien/e/B001JSHIO8/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1> Michael O'Brien (Author) > Visit <http://www.amazon.com/Michael-OBrien/e/B001JSHIO8/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1 > Amazon's Michael O'Brien Page Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See search <http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_pop_1?_encoding=UTF8&sort=releva ncerank&search-alias=books&field-author=Michael%20O%27Brien> results for this author Are you an author? Learn <http://authorcentral.amazon.com/gp/landing/ref=ntt_atc_dp_pel_1> about Author Central (Author), Richard <http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_2?_encoding=UTF8&sort=relevancer ank&search-alias=books&ie=UTF8&field-author=Richard%20Crossley> Crossley (Author), Kevin <http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_3?_encoding=UTF8&sort=relevancer ank&search-alias=books&ie=UTF8&field-author=Kevin%20Karlson> Karlson (Author) $16.47 through Amazon. Shorebirds: An Identification Guide to the Waders of the World [Paperback] John <http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&sort=relevancer ank&search-alias=books&ie=UTF8&field-author=John%20Marchant> Marchant (Author), Tony <http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_2?_encoding=UTF8&sort=relevancer ank&search-alias=books&ie=UTF8&field-author=Tony%20Prater> Prater (Author), Peter Hayman <http://www.amazon.com/Peter-Hayman/e/B000APNQSI/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_3> $29.95 new. $19.95 used through Amazon Peter Hayman (Author) > Visit <http://www.amazon.com/Peter-Hayman/e/B000APNQSI/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_3> Amazon's Peter Hayman Page Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See search <http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_pop_3?_encoding=UTF8&sort=releva ncerank&search-alias=books&field-author=Peter%20Hayman> results for this author Are you an author? Learn <http://authorcentral.amazon.com/gp/landing/ref=ntt_atc_dp_pel_3> about Author Central Gulls: Of North America, Europe, and Asia Klaus Malling Olsen & Hans Larsson $62.75 new paperback Amazon. Peterson Reference Guides: Gulls of the Americas By Steve <http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/hmh/site/hmhbooks/authordetails?authorN ame=Steve%20N.G.%20Howell> N.G. Howell, Jon <http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/hmh/site/hmhbooks/authordetails?authorN ame=Jon%20Dunn> Dunn $23.10 new hardcover Amazon Peregrine Video ProductionsR Presents: The Advanced Birding Video SeriesR with Jon L. Dunn: The Large Gulls of North America $34.95 http://jvanderpoel.qwestoffice.net/largeGulls.html Peregrine Video Productions Presents: The Advanced Birding Video SeriesR with Jon L. Dunn: The Small Gulls of North America $34.95 http://jvanderpoel.qwestoffice.net/smallGulls.html ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]