A must-have guide for anyone interested in the extraordinary birds in New Zealand New Zealand’s birdlife developed extraordinary diversity as a consequence of evolving on isolated islands without mammalian predators. For many years, habitat destruction brought on by humans posed a distinct threat to the wide variety of birdlife, but thanks to recent conservation efforts, many of the country’s species of birds are now protected in parks and island sanctuaries. Illustrated with nearly a thousand new photographs from one of New Zealand’s top nature photographers and drawing on the latest information from birders and biologists, Birds of New Zealand offers a definitive introduction to the identification and behavior of the country’s extraordinary avian life. The book includes expert and up-to-date information on the 365 bird species found in New Zealand, including species ranging from albatrosses and shearwaters to kiwi and kaka. It will be a valuable addition to the existing literature on birding.

Birds of New Zealand: A Photographic Guide

Science & Math

Scofield, Paul

Stephenson, Brent

Biological Sciences

Yale University Press

This is the first comprehensive field guide to the world's 136 species of albatrosses, petrels, shearwaters, storm petrels, and diving petrels. Because many of these birds spend most of their lives far from the coast, traveling from ocean to ocean in a constant search for food, they are poorly known, enigmatic, and often hard to identify in the field. This guide will make field identification much easier. It illustrates every species and shows the distinct plumages of each. It contains 46 high-quality color plates opposite concise descriptions and a color distribution map, with more complete species descriptions following. Species are illustrated on the same page as their confusion species, allowing direct comparisons for more accurate identifications.
 This field guide includes information on breeding, feeding, distribution, migration, and conservation. And it illustrates for the first time several extremely rare species, such as Beck's and MacGillivray's Petrels, and the New Zealand Storm-Petrel, which was rediscovered only in 2004.
 Seabird watchers will find this an indispensable field guide for use around the world.
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 <li> A comprehensive guide to all 136 species of open-ocean seabirds, with subspecies and morphs fully illustrated</li>
 <li> Designed for field use, with concise information opposite plates, and close- and long-range identification tips</li>
 <li> Confusion species included on plates to aid accurate identification</li>
 <li> Detailed species accounts, including a color distribution map for each species</li>
 <li> Full treatment of recently rediscovered and rarely seen species</li>
 
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Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters of the World (Princeton Field Guides)

Onley, Derek

Princeton University Press

Famous for their size and elegance in flight, albatrosses are familiar to anyone who has travelled through the southern oceans, and are a flagship family of conservation concern. However, albatrosses are just one of several groups of 'pelagic' birds - those that visit land only to breed, and spend the rest of their lives far from the coast, soaring from ocean to ocean in a never-ending search for food. Mysterious and graceful, these birds can present a formidable identification challenge to even the most experienced birder. This book provides the answer - the first comprehensive guide to pelagic birds, the albatrosses, petrels, shearwaters, storm-petrels and diving petrels. A total of 46 spectacular colour plates highlight key ID criteria of the birds in flight, with close-ups of diagnostic regions of the plumage. The plates are accompanied by accurate distribution maps, while the sparkling text brings the world of these amazing birds to life. Several extremely rare species, such as Beck's Petrel, are illustrated for the first time, while the New Zealand Storm-petrel, rediscovered as recently as 2004, is also included. Sea-watchers all around the world will find this superb field guide indispensable.

Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters of the World (Helm Field Guides)

Helm

The Old Curiosity Shop

Literature & Fiction

DICKENS., CHARLES

Literary

Dove Entertainment Inc

Pickwick Papers

Oliver Twist/2 Audio Cassettes

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