This is the definitive book on the seabirds of the world, describing virtually all the known species. Illustrated in color.
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"An unparalleled achievement, and the natural history publishing event of the year . . . the best seabird field guide ever published . . . a stupendous leap into the future of birding." Birding
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25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
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Highly influencial bird guide,
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This review is from: Seabirds: An Identification Guide (Paperback)
Before Peter Harrison: "Hmm, that was some kind of sea-gull wasn't it?"After Peter Harrison: "By Jove, what a fine example of a juvenile female intermediate-morph Pomarine Jaeger!" -- Alexander Pasmur
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State of the art,
This review is from: Seabirds: An Identification Guide (Paperback)
This book is fantastic, and it has really set the standards for identification guides to come. Furthermore it has a size that makes it possible for you to bring it with you in the field.The book has absolutely everything you need to know about seabirds. It is written in a very logical way and the plates are very good. The first 23 pages are an introduction to the subject, an overview of the glossary etc. Pages that makes it possible for you to understand the describtions of the birds later in the book - even if you are a beginner. After the introduction there is 88 plates with drawings of all the seabirds in the world, including subspecies. All the plates are in colour and has been drawn from field notes and photos. The paintings are great and they will be a very good help when you are out there doing the birding. After the section with the plates there is describtions of all the birds. After the describtions there are distribution maps. The describtions are very good, but the maps could have been slightly bigger, in order to give the reader a better chance to find out the (more or less) exact distribution of the species. I haven't seen any books on seabirds that are compareable to this on. It is the state of the art when it comes to seabirds and fieldguides. You simply need this book if you are into seabirds. Buy it!
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The Book of Seabirds,
This review is from: Seabirds: An Identification Guide (Paperback)
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This book is unlike anything that I have ever seen before. A lavishly illustrated guide covering all 312 species of seabirds on 88 full colored plates, and a foreword by Roger Tory Peterson. A gorgeous addition to any birder's library and a great book for those beach bound trips. This book really sets the standard for the identification of the world's pelicans, cormorants, gulls, terns, and many others. Peter Harrison has created an unmatched guide that useable in the field as well as enjoyed at home.
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The observation of all seabirds, but particularly of pelagic species, is useful only if properly and accurately recorded and subsequently made available to further our knowledge and understanding. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
juveniles separable, orbital ring red, saddle pale grey, alar bar, gull spp, lighter jizz, white filoplumes, scattered brownish tips, scattered white tips, subterminal trailing edge, white facial streaks, resembles nonbreeding adult, upperwing bar, attends trawlers, immatures separable, unmistakable within range, outwardly alike, conspicuous white sides, diagonal bar extending, white primary tips, wide pelagic dispersal, white apical spots, carpal bar, wingtip pattern, auricular streak Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Body Upperparts, Wings Upperwing, New Zealand, South America, Indian Ocean, North America, South Africa, Herring Gull, Head Forehead, Pacific Ocean, Southern Oceans, North Pacific, Red Sea, North Atlantic, Body Underparts, British Columbia, Black-headed Gull, South Georgia, Baja California, Prince Edward, Great Cormorant, Head Crown, Head Including, Black Tern, Gull Larus New!
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The observation of all seabirds, but particularly of pelagic species, is useful only if properly and accurately recorded and subsequently made available to further our knowledge and understanding. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
juveniles separable, orbital ring red, saddle pale grey, alar bar, gull spp, lighter jizz, white filoplumes, scattered brownish tips, scattered white tips, subterminal trailing edge, white facial streaks, resembles nonbreeding adult, upperwing bar, attends trawlers, immatures separable, unmistakable within range, outwardly alike, conspicuous white sides, diagonal bar extending, white primary tips, wide pelagic dispersal, white apical spots, carpal bar, wingtip pattern, auricular streak Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Body Upperparts, Wings Upperwing, New Zealand, South America, Indian Ocean, North America, South Africa, Herring Gull, Head Forehead, Pacific Ocean, Southern Oceans, North Pacific, Red Sea, North Atlantic, Body Underparts, British Columbia, Black-headed Gull, South Georgia, Baja California, Prince Edward, Great Cormorant, Head Crown, Head Including, Black Tern, Gull Larus New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Seabirds of the World by Peter Harrison in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Birds of the World: Seabirds by Jim Enticott in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The South Carolina Aquarium Guide to Aquatic Habitats of South Carolina by David Chamberlain in Back Matter
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