Gary, if you try ordering thru  an e-mail site, be aware that there was
	an early version:   Peter Harrison, Seabirds: An Identification Guide
	(Princeton Univ. Press, 1983) which was thorough, illustrated with
	paintings of various life stages, and full of detailed info on all
	aspects of range, desciptions, etc.   and still would be valuable,
	if somewhat dated in some research.

	The later version is Peter Harrison, Seabirds of the Wrold: A
	Photographic Guide, (Princteon Univ. Press, 1997) which
	includes many in-flight photos.

	You might consider ordering the latter through the ABA (Amer.
	Birding Ass'n) web site -- latest info I have gives a discount for
	members.

	Leo Weigant

	

On Dec 11, 2009, at 9:42 PM, Frank Boyle wrote:

> SEABIRDS:  An Identification Guide by Peter Harrison.  448pgs,  
> paperback and
> hardbound editions.
>
> This is the BEST gull/seabird guide for the library and in the  
> field for
> North America and the world.  *Period.*  Full  page plates of all  
> the gulls
> of the world.  I wouldn't do a pelagic trip without this one.
>
> Frank Boyle
> Rohrersville, MD
> 
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 9:34 PM, Gary Ender (home)
> <>wrote:
>
>> A kind benefactor has offered to increase my minimal bird book  
>> library by
>> one.  In reviewing some posts and pictures of glaucous gulls and  
>> the few
>> pictures in Sibley, it is clear that Sibley is not adequate for  
>> IDing all
>> the forms and variations.
>>
>> What would be a good field guide for eastern and/or US gulls?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your advice.
>>
>> Gary Ender
>> Bethesda MD
>>
>
>
>
> -- 
> "The most powerful weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind  
> of the
> oppressed" - Stephen Biko