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« Thread Started on Jan 19, 2008, 12:29pm »
Dear Gang and Guests,

Here are some tips that make it easier to use the Photo-Guide. Please feel free to post more tips if you have any.

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« Reply #1 on Jan 19, 2008, 12:33pm »
The Photo-Guide is searchable!


1. Go to the main page:

http://birdphotoph.proboards107.com/index.cgi?board=birdlist

2. Check the boxes of all threads.

3. Click search at the bottom left of the page

4. Enter the word you're searching for, press "search", and the thread(s) listing that bird/word comes out.
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« Reply #2 on Aug 19, 2008, 1:51pm »
Great tip for searching! But is there a reason for the ordering of volumes as they are? Is is taxonomic? I find it weird that some swifts and swallows are not in the same volume.
Before coming across this tip, I used to guess which volume a particular bird may fall under. Maybe an index thread should also be created with headings for common names with a matrix to specific volumes. It would also be useful when searching for, say an unidentified brown bird under babblers or thrushes.
Just an idea :)
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« Reply #3 on Aug 19, 2008, 10:21pm »

Aug 19, 2008, 1:51pm, Ivan Sarenas wrote:
Great tip for searching! But is there a reason for the ordering of volumes as they are? Is is taxonomic? I find it weird that some swifts and swallows are not in the same volume.
Before coming across this tip, I used to guess which volume a particular bird may fall under. Maybe an index thread should also be created with headings for common names with a matrix to specific volumes. It would also be useful when searching for, say an unidentified brown bird under babblers or thrushes.
Just an idea :)


Hi Ivan,

The order of listing follows the Clements list (5th edition if IIRC), the one we decided to adopt for now. It appears that the listing arrangement is not similar to the Kennedy Guide, thus I can understand the confusion for many of us who cut our bird taxonomy teeth on the KG. :)

The whole online photo-guide was chopped down to chewable pieces (volumes) so the display of each page (thread) won't take an eternity, given the numerous photos embedded.

We're looking at a more optimum format for presenting the photo-guide, in the meantime searching as described here is still the most efficient way to find the info.
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