Enjoying Birds and Other Wildlife in Hawaii is the new, expanded and updated edition of the popular Enjoying Birds in Hawaii guide. It provides the inside track on where to best see Hawaii's birds, mammals and other wildlife, as well as their unique habitats. Detailed road and trail directions, maps and site photographs enable the reader to explore national and state parks, wildlife refuges and private preserves, along with many hidden sites off the beaten path. Included are 74 sites on Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Hawaii, Midway Atoll and in offshore waters. Learn where and when to go, how to get there, what you can expect to see and logistical tips on accomodations, transportation and other services. Whether your main interest is birds, wildlife in general or just the great outdoors, Enjoying Birds and Other Wildlife in Hawaii is your key to Hawaii's exotic natural environment.
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Dr. H. Douglas Pratt is an ornithologist, writer, photographer and world-reknowned illustrator with a quarter-century of experience leading birding and natural history tours in Hawaii. He is a Staff Research Associate at the Louisiana State Museum of Natural Science and a Fellow of the American Ornithologists' Union. His writings and illustrations have appeared in numerous books, travel guides and journals including A Field Guide to the Birds of Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific, Hawaii's Beautiful Birds and Hawaii: The Ecotravellers'Wildlife Guide. In his free time, Doug enjoys playing dobro and autoharp in a country/western band in his hometown of Baton Rouge.
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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
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Informative, accurate, attractive,
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This review is from: Enjoying Birds and Other Wildlife in Hawaii: A Site-by-site guide to the Islands for the birder and naturalist (Paperback)
Pratt takes the reader island by island, site by site, through all the best spots to find birds in the islands. Illustrated with excellent color photographs, the guide tells you what to expect in terms of species to see, directions on getting there, and possible hazards (mud, rough roads, irritable hunters, etc.). Following the site descriptions, Pratt adds a section on each species to be found in the islands, listing the places it is most likely to be found. The emphasis is on clear information, but Pratt's lucid interesting writing style makes the book a pleasure to read as well. I have used it on Kaua'i and Hawai'i and would not think of birding the other islands without it. Indispensible!
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent logistics guide,
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This review is from: Enjoying Birds and Other Wildlife in Hawaii: A Site-by-site guide to the Islands for the birder and naturalist (Paperback)
I found this book to be indespensible in identifying where to go and how to get there. A section on each of the major islands, and then regions on a per island basis makes it easy to use. Pratt identifies which birds you can expect to see in each of the birding spots identified. Although color plates of many of the species are included, this is not a species classification guide per-se. You'll need a separate guide for that. But you can't see them if you don't know where to go or how to get there, and that's where this book shines. I shutter to think of the time we would have wasted without it.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very informative information on the Birds in Hawaii,
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This review is from: Enjoying Birds and Other Wildlife in Hawaii: A Site-by-site guide to the Islands for the birder and naturalist (Paperback)
This was my first trip to Hawaii, and went to several islands, the birds are just beautiful and I took several pictures of the birds, and nowhere could I find what the birds were. This book had every single bird that we had seen there, as well as information on the birds. I recommend this book to everyone that goes to Hawaii, as a matter of fact, purchase it before they go. You'll enjoy it very much!
Charmayne
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