Date: 6/11/26 1:07 pm From: Kent Fiala (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: Re: Garganey and the Demise of the Listserve - Steve Shultz
Dowitchers were split in the 5th edition of the AOU Check-list, published in 1957. Peterson's Second Revision edition, the dominant field guide for three decades or so, was published in 1947. I had several years of blissful ignorance before I learned about the split--probably from the Golden Guide in 1966.
Kent Fiala
On 6/11/2026 3:59 PM, Wayne Hoffman wrote: > Hi - > > I think the 2 North American dowitchers were not split until after Peterson wrote his first field guide. > > Wayne > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christopher Hill" <carolinabirds...> > To: "kent fiala" <kent.fiala...> > Cc: "carolinabirds" <carolinabirds...> > Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2026 3:16:53 PM > 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: >> >> External sender <carolinabirds...> >> >> Make sure you trust this sender before taking any actions. >> >> 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. >> >> Kent Fiala >> >> 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) >>> >>> Chris Clarke >>> Apex, NC
