Im my opinion, the hard copy of seabirds is still the only guide to cover
all the seabirds of the world. The only other is the new Birds of the
World Volumes 1 and 3 (I think) but these are huge and not to be carried
around. Seabirds was a real breakthough in bird ID when it came out but it
is getting out dated now and I am sure it wil be superceded in the future,
but I don't know of any plans yet.
As for the Photographic guide - it's not that expensive and probably worth
the money. It has got A LOT of mistakes and mis-identifications in it
though and is not really that useful as a field guide. There is a new one
coming out as well written by David Tipling, but I don't know how long it
will take. It is well overdue already. It is supposed to have lots more
photos of each species in it.
Cheers
Phil.
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On Tue, 8 Apr 1997 wrote:
> I'm going to buy Peter Harrison's Seabird field guide and note from Andrew
> Isles' latest catalogue that he's got it on sale for $78, being the 1989
> second edition (the one with drawings of the birds, hardcopy). Is that
> indeed
> the latest edition? Is there a forthcoming update that I should wait for?
>
> As the above is a heavier tome, I was wondering about the 1996 $45 edition
> containing photos of birds and is softcover- is this one okay for taking on
> an
> actual pelagic? (leaving the hardback version in the safety of my bookcase
> for
> later reference).
>
> Another book altogether: Shorebirds: an identification guide to the waders
> of the world 1991, Hayman, Marchant and Prater at $75. Any words on this
> book
> before I spend the money?
>
> Cheers and Thanks
> Irene Denton
> Sydney NSW
>
>
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