Hi Mark
Trevor Ford has recently published a guide to gulls and terns in SE Qld:
Shorebirds, gulls &​ terns of Coastal SEQ : an identification guide
Illustrations are by Jeff Davies
Pub details:
Self-published Trevor Ford, 2010
64 p. : ill. ; 15 cm.
I can't find an ISBN but the Libraries Australia number is 45782131
Trevor often reads Birding-Aus so he may let you know where you can get a
copy.
One of the best books for gulls and terns worldwide, also covering other
seabirds, is:
Seabirds of the World: A Photographic Guide
A Photographic Guide
By Peter Harrison
Paperback, 317 pages
317 p. 740+ color photos 24 pages of line illus. 319 maps
22 cm .57 kg
Princeton University Press, 1996
ISBN: 0691015511
EAN: 9780691015514
This is still available from several online booksellers, but the original,
even more comprehensive hardback is out of print, but available in a
number of libraries (these are listed on the National Library website):
Seabirds: An Identification Guide
By Peter Harrison
Hardcover
448 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.)
25 cm.
Croom Helm, 1983
0709912072 (Croom Helm)
Also published by Reed, ISBN: 0589014722 (Reed)
On Tue, February 22, 2011 9:30 am, Mark and Amanda Young wrote:
> G'day everyone,
>
> Can anyone recommend a book or resource specifically for Gulls and Terns?
> I'm looking for something that's as in depth as possible with plenty of
> detail on the early few years of these birds. Currently my knowledge of
> both
> birds doesn't go much beyond identifying an adult from a juvenile, and
> breeding from non-breeding plumage. What I want to do is to learn how to
> ID
> the various ages of the birds, eg: 1st year birds, 2nd year birds etc.
>
> Regards,
> Mark
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