Australian Birds of Prey in Flight, 9781486308668
Paperback
Identify soaring Australian raptors with stunning in-flight photography and expert guidance.

Australian Birds of Prey in Flight

a photographic guide

$95.87

  • Paperback

    144 pages

  • Release Date

    31 January 2019

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Summary

Birds of prey spend most of their time in flight and, when viewed from the ground, they are notoriously hard to identify. Australian Birds of Prey in Flight is a photographic guide to the eagles, hawks, kites and falcons flying high above you.

Individual species profiles describe distinguishing features and the text is supported by detailed images showing the birds at six different angles and poses, using photographs from many of Australia’s leading bird photographers. Annotated multi…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781486308668
ISBN-10:148630866X
Author:Richard Seaton, Mat Gilfedder, Stephen Debus
Publisher:CSIRO Publishing
Imprint:CSIRO Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:144
Release Date:31 January 2019
Weight:300g
Dimensions:215mm x 148mm x 8mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“Australia has many fine field guides, but this is the first to take the next critical step and really permit identification of a much loved but difficult to identify group of birds. For heavens sake, this is a no brainer—go out and get your copy now!” – K. David Bishop * The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 131(2) *

About The Author

Richard Seaton

Richard Seaton works as a Regional Ecologist for the Australian Wildlife Conservancy in north-east Australia. He has worked on and researched birds of prey in New Zealand, Mauritius, the UK and Madagascar and most recently the Red Goshawk in Australia.

Mat Gilfedder is a Senior Research Scientist with CSIRO, and an Adjunct Senior Fellow with the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at The University of Queensland. Mat chairs the national steering committee for eBird Australia.

Stephen Debus works as an independent ecological consultant, and is an honorary research associate in zoology at the University of New England, with a lifetime of published studies on Australian raptors.

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