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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
To sell this as a 'book' is stretching things a bit - in fact it's a fold-out identification card, no more. As such it's quite useful as an aid to identification in the field, but beyond perfectly acceptable illustrations and an indication of the size of each species it gives no further information (e.g. about habits, distribution, habitat etc.), so if you want this kind of detail you definitely need to look for a more substantial publication.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Limited information, but the pictures were useful and this little one-page (2-sided) guide is quite light to carry in the field (or beach!) here in St. Lucia; and is quite robust, as it is stiff laminated card.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Get the Princeton West Indies field guide instead
22 Oct 2009
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I bought this pamphlet (it's not a book but a fold-out laminated sheet) as well as the Princeton Birds of the West Indies Guide for taking on a cruise to the Caribbean. My plan was to carry this in my backpack during the day in case I see a bird and want to look it up, and to leave the Princeton guide in the cabin. In the end though I ended up using just the Princeton guide, even though I took this pamphlet with me in the field, and here's why: it turns out most of the birds in the Caribbean each appear only on certain islands, or sometimes just on a single island, and the species from different islands can look very similar. So unless you're very good at distinguishing similar birds by their looks, you really need a book that tells you the range of the birds. It also helps to know how common the birds are, which the Princeton guide also tells you; that way if you saw a dozen of a bird during a stroll through a town and you think it's a species that's listed as very rare in the book, you'll know you need to double-check your hypothesis. I'm very much a beginner at bird identification, but with the Princeton information about the range I could usually figure out which of several similar bird species I saw, because usually only one of them was both common and found on the island we were visiting. I'd say save your money and get the Princeton book instead of this pamphlet.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Caribbean Birds
10 Jan 2007
I thought this guide was very helpful,well done, and inexpensive. It is fully laminated, and folded such that it is easily carried in your pocket into the field for "birding". I can't imagine anyone would be unhappy with this purchase for the price. mg
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Great for tourist pockets
2 Jun 2009
I was happy with this small, laminated bird guide. I was able to identify birds on St. Croix (USVI). The larger comprehensive bird books can stay at home or in the hotel room.
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