I found it intoxicating if not reassuring. Some of the video and photos are grainy, but they are clear enough to convey the key field marks, and to have this much video available is a treat. Once you've exhausted yourself with the quiz, you can move to the main body of the guide, which employs the features listed previously to allow you to compare similar species side by side, the check key field marks, to contrast male and female, and to hear most of the sounds in each bird's repertoire. A hidden navigation bar appears when you slide the mouse to the left. This bar permits you to organize the birds alphabetically or by category.
Help is at hand.
From the dynamic video duo of Greg Dodge and Dick Walton comes this latest video, Shorebirds. Dick Walton is familiar to many BWD readers as one of the creators of the Birding By Ear audio series from Houghton-Mifflin. His instructional expertise is put to good use once again here. The highest compliment to be paid to Shorebirds is that it greatly simplifies shorebird identification. Similar species are presented in groups, so that they can be compared and contrasted readily.