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Carrie Ma
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Raptors of the World: A Field Guide 《世界猛禽圖鑑》（英）
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Raptors of the World: A Field Guide
James Ferguson-Lees and David Christie
320 pages, 118 colour plates.
Christopher Helm
First ever raptor world field guide, which uses all of the plates from the author's 2001 'Raptors of the World' handbook. There is a concise, revised text to all 340 species on facing pages. Several of the plates have been reworked and repainted for this guide, and there is an updated colour distribution map for each species.
To order, click the following links:
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http://www.nhbs.com/title.php?tefno=139744
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Carrie Ma
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Re: Raptors of the World: A Field Guide 《世界猛禽
« Reply #2 on: Feb 14th, 2006, 8:50am » |
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Thanks Karl! 
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Etta
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Re: Raptors of the World: A Field Guide 《世界猛禽
« Reply #3 on: Feb 14th, 2006, 7:16pm » |
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Thanks Carrie for the info. This web bookstore is great! 
Two more raptor books would like to share:
Hawks from Every Angle : How to Identify Raptors In Flight (Paperback)
by David Sibley (Foreword), Jerry Liguori
(September 12, 2005)
The Raptor Almanac : A Comprehensive Guide to Eagles, Hawks, Falcons, and Vultures (Paperback)
by Scott Weidensaul
(July 1, 2004)
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Etta
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Re: Raptors of the World: A Field Guide 《世界猛禽
« Reply #4 on: Feb 14th, 2006, 7:20pm » |
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on Feb 13th, 2006, 11:10pm, Karl wrote:
>Publisher: Princeton University Press (May 1, 2006)<
This has to wait a bit while. 
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Fred
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Re: Raptors of the World: A Field Guide 《世界猛禽
« Reply #5 on: Mar 21st, 2006, 11:44pm » |
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on Feb 14th, 2006, 7:16pm, Etta wrote:Thanks Carrie for the info. This web bookstore is great!
Two more raptor books would like to share:
Hawks from Every Angle : How to Identify Raptors In Flight (Paperback)
by David Sibley (Foreword), Jerry Liguori
(September 12, 2005)
The Raptor Almanac : A Comprehensive Guide to Eagles, Hawks, Falcons, and Vultures (Paperback)
by Scott Weidensaul
(July 1, 2004)
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The Raptor Almanac covers comprehesively many aspects of raptors. To give you an idea of its coverage, I list below its chapter titles:-
What is a raptor?
Evolution and distribution
Anatomy and physiology
Raptor senses
Flight
Behavior
Social structure
Courtship and breeding
Nesting and nestlings
Hunting and diet
Migration
Life span and mortality
Conservation challenges
Legal protection
Management techniques
Conservation case histories
Raptors and symbols
Falconry
Raptors and economics
Hawk-watching
Helping raptors
It gives something of everything and always includes tables of comparison showing interesting differences among species. A good coffee table book suitable for beginners in raptors. 
Concerning the purchase of birding books, I would like to ask if the HKBWS would be able help placing orders collected from individual members. That will save shipping costs or even purchasing costs if orders are in common. Birding references are hard to find in HK and I think members would tolerate a batching period of say quarterly durations.
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