guidebook suggestions?

[Will Cook]

williamd wrote:
> Just wondering what others use? I've been a birdwatcher for awhile, but
> find my interests branching out. Would like to pick up something that
> will help me learn ids, families, etc before Spring. Also, any
> suggestions for websites?

If you're in the US, the best books for butterflying birders are the new 
Kaufman Focus Guide: Butterflies of North America 
(http://www.bowersphoto.com/bguide.htm) and Jeff Glassberg's Butterflies 
Through Binoculars series (http://www.oup-usa.org/butterflies/).

Good starting points for web sites include:

Butterflies of North America
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/bflyusa.htm

e-nature
http://enature.com/guides/select_Butterflies.asp

The International Lepidoptera Survey
http://www.tils-ttr.org/

North American Butterfly Association (NABA)
http://www.naba.org/

And there are a bunch more links here:
http://dmoz.org/Recreation/Outdoors/Wildlife/Butterflies/
(use this mirror if the dmoz site is slow:
http://directory.google.com/Top/Recreation/Outdoors/Wildlife/Butterflies/ )


 
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