Date: 6/11/26 12:17 pm From: Christopher Hill (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: Re: Garganey and the Demise of the Listserve - Steve Shultz
Not that I was identifying dowitchers then,* but the first field guide I was exposed to (Peterson 2nd ed) only listed one: "Dowitcher."
Chris Hill
Conway, SC
*not gonna lie, there are dowitchers I leave unidentified to this day.
> On Jun 11, 2026, at 3:10 PM, Kent Fiala <carolinabirds...> wrote:
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> Fun fact, you can't identify Bell's Vireo using the Reed guide, because he left it out. Messed me up because Bell's Vireo happened to be one of the first birds I encountered back in 1961 when Reed was actually my only field guide.
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> On 6/11/2026 9:07 AM, Chris Clarke (via carolinabirds Mailing List) wrote:
>> Steve - Bronze Age? I still occasionally use my Chester A. Reed bird book... (that is not a joke)
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>> Chris Clarke
>> Apex, NC
