the birding community is the best kept secret around! nearly 20 fellow "bird-nerds" responded to help me. lots of opinions to digest! leaning toward getting Sibley first then possibly supplementing it with iBird. many, many thanks to all who took time to help me out! good birding! buster T-minus 1 week untik the release of The Big Year! ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]