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Reply #270 - Dec 19th, 2012 at 2:00am
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Joe_Schmeaux wrote on Dec 18th, 2012 at 11:19pm:
Puckster wrote on Dec 18th, 2012 at 3:46am:
Can you recommend a butterfly id field guide small and light enough to take on QP trips? 

Good question - maybe this is worth a separate topic.

I never take field guides when I'm canoe tripping, because they're so heavy (the good ones are full of glossy color plates) and you need one for butterflies, one for flowers, one for bugs, one for mushrooms, ...

And you really need a different one for each geographic area - the "all North America" ones usually have only enough room to list the most common species in any category.

But there are almost always times when I wish I had a good field guide with me. If there were a set of searchable guides in electronic form, I'd be tempted to take a couple of steps out of the Cretaceous and buy an e-reader.

I'm looking forward to hearing what other people do.


You have nailed the reasons (and then some) why I don't carry any guides, but also often wishing I had something to help answer questions that invariably arise.  But an e-reader?  Really?   

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Reply #271 - Dec 19th, 2012 at 3:09am
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DentonDoc wrote on Dec 18th, 2012 at 11:36pm:
Joe_Schmeaux wrote on Dec 18th, 2012 at 11:04pm:
DD, what are your frits in Texas like?


Saw one like (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links) today on my walk.

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Nuthin!

OK, just so you all don't think I've hollowed out my butterfly field guide and am using it to stash recreational pharmaceuticals, this is what we have out here:
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(from Ben Gadd's Handbook of the Canadian Rockies", old 1986 edition)
  
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Reply #272 - Dec 19th, 2012 at 3:21am
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Puckster wrote on Dec 18th, 2012 at 3:46am:
Nice!  Can you recommend a butterfly id field guide small and light enough to take on QP trips? 

prouboy


prouboy - How about bringing a camera or sketchbook and then ID them back home.  But I always bring a plant guide book along for the trip.

Nice photo Lynda, my kind of rocky island;  but it looks like rain.  Sad

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Reply #273 - Dec 19th, 2012 at 3:21pm
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Joe_Schmeaux wrote on Dec 18th, 2012 at 11:19pm:
Good question - maybe this is worth a separate topic.



I think you should. I started one on "birds". Hopefully it keeps going. I'm interested in seeing what others observe during their trips. Maybe broaden it to include all insects.

There are lots of very knowledgeable people here and I think I can say we're all curious about all things outdoors.
  
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Reply #274 - Dec 19th, 2012 at 6:43pm
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It might be fun.  I have a lot of photos of butterflies, damselflies, dragonflies, and other insects to share, and I am sure others do too.  Certainly would be educational and interesting.

also birds.  Will have to go looking for that bird thread.   Smiley
  
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Reply #275 - Dec 19th, 2012 at 8:57pm
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Jim J Solo wrote on Dec 19th, 2012 at 3:21pm:
I started one on "birds". Hopefully it keeps going. I'm interested in seeing what others observe during their trips. Maybe broaden it to include all insects.

There are lots of very knowledgeable people here and I think I can say we're all curious about all things outdoors.

I hope the bird thread keeps going too. IIRC it was on "unusual" birds, and I don't think I've ever seen any unusual birds , or at least successfully identified them as unusual. But then I'm at the very bottom end of the "birder knowledge scale".

Topics get forgotten about if there aren't any posts for a while. Maybe we need a separate board for "animals, vegetables, minerals" where we can post non-POD pics and talk about field guides and stuff?
  
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Reply #276 - Dec 19th, 2012 at 10:17pm
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I really like this idea of a topic on flora and fauna.  Great idea.  Who wants to start?

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Reply #277 - Dec 20th, 2012 at 11:32am
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I'm in; I can start a topic.  I searched for "birds" and couldn't find any recent post.  Can you steer me in the right direction?

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Reply #278 - Dec 20th, 2012 at 2:27pm
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starwatcher wrote on Dec 20th, 2012 at 11:32am:
I'm in; I can start a topic.  I searched for "birds" and couldn't find any recent post.  Can you steer me in the right direction?

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I started it in "Current Conditions & Trip Reports".
Still on the 1st page of topics, just "Birds".
Another one here is fine too, if it gets a broader audience.
  
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Reply #279 - Dec 22nd, 2012 at 1:30pm
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Beautiful sunset on Cherokee!  Thanks Lynda.

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