Comments on: Guide to Birds of the West Indies https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/06/02/guide-to-birds-of-the-west-ind/ Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:31:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Rob https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/06/02/guide-to-birds-of-the-west-ind/#comment-503388 Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:31:57 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/06/02/guide-to-birds-of-the-west-ind/#comment-503388 The guide Greg links to is by the same publisher (not author) and has a portable spinoff (here: http://www.amazon.com/Birds-Indies-Princeton-Field-Guides/dp/069111319X/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b). Not being a fan of any of the illustrated checklists (the areas covered are generally too big for the small size of the books), I would use and recommend the Raffaele guide for a West Indies trip.

]]> By: Eunoia https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/06/02/guide-to-birds-of-the-west-ind/#comment-503387 Sun, 05 Jun 2011 07:56:53 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/06/02/guide-to-birds-of-the-west-ind/#comment-503387 Of course, the alternative (but older) reference book on the subject is “Birds of the West Indies” by a certain
James Bond (ornithologist) (1900รข??1989) ๐Ÿ™‚

He was the man from whom Ian Fleming ‘borrowed’ the name for his spy stories.

Not many people know that, so I thought it worth a mention here Greg ๐Ÿ™‚

]]> By: Gerald Singer https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/06/02/guide-to-birds-of-the-west-ind/#comment-503386 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 11:05:00 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/06/02/guide-to-birds-of-the-west-ind/#comment-503386 Geographically the Virgin Islands are part of the Greater Antilles being among the archipelago of small islands and cays that lie on the Puerto Rican Bank east of Puerto Rico. They include the Puerto Rican islands of Culebra and Vieques and the United States and British Virgin Islands with the exception of St. Croix. The Virgin Islands are separated from the Lesser Antilles by the deep Anegada Passage

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