When the first Pizzey & Knight hit the shelves in 1997 we had a
similar analysis / discussion on Birding-Aus. Graham Pizzey asked me
to send him all these comments so he could consider them for the
first revision which was published a few months later. It was
reassuring to know that he valued the input of members of the local
birding community, but the point I want to make is that sadly, Graham
is no longer with us. We have lost one of the most influential
contributors to Australian birding. Fortunately, the baton has been
taken up by Peter Menkhorst - if Peter's mammal field guide is a good
indicator of quality, I can't wait to get my hands on the new "Pizzey
and Knight" - or should it really be called "Menkhorst, Pizzey &
Knight"?
Russell
Russell Woodford
Birding-Aus List Owner
Geelong Victoria Australia
http://www.birding-aus.org
On 09/08/2007, at 11:39 AM, David Stowe wrote:
Hi all
When was this new edition released?
Does it incorporate the upcoming C&B changes?
I have always loved the illustrations in P&K.
Cheers
Dave
On 09/08/2007, at 10:11 AM, Lorne Johnson wrote:
Hello bird lovers... Lorne here...
The new Pizzey & Knight looks terrific to me. The textual information
and maps have been updated, there are more or slightly changed
illustrations, vagrants are marked with a V as Simpson & Day's guides
have done before, the inside of the front cover has a key guide to
all
featured species groups so you can easily find them in the book, and
most interestingly for me, there are many species painted for the
first
time by Knight, including Norfolk Island Parakeet, the SIPO,
Narcissus
flycatcher, Lord Howe Island woodhen, two white-eyes and a hawk-owl.
Surely this new edition is THE definitive guide to Australian
birds and
an essential bible for the novice or twitcher because of its mass of
up-to-date, accurate information. If I had to choose between this
book
and other guides on the market right now, I would go for the P&K
without
reservation, even though I think Nicholas Day's the best bird
illustrator out there and I've always been a big fan of his guide.
Lorne
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