John_WA
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I think there is for this one, I think it will supercede all existing ones, similar to the Collins Guide.
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I think there is for this one, I think it will supercede all existing ones, similar to the Collins Guide.
Andy Adcock
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Re Restall, Ecuador, my supplier has changed their listed date to Jan next year so yes, another slip.
What's the latest on Gregory's 'Birds of New Guinea: Including Bismarck Archipelago and Bougainville'?
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It is odd that the publication date keeps being pushed foward as this book was pretty much done for publication as far as aim aware? maybe they decided to do some last minute changes. NHBS list it as due in July http://www.nhbs.com/title/204692?title=birds-of-new-guinea
Andy Adcock
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RobHynson
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John Cantelo
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One to drool over (I've seen the Swedish version) is Lars Jonsson's "Winter Birds" which will be out in an English version later in the year http://www.nhbs.com/title/214214/winter-birds
Melanie
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Alice Cibois and Jean-Claude Thibault will publish a book on the birds of Eastern Polynesia this summer. Including extinct species.
Birds of Eastern Polynesia
http://www.lynxeds.com/product/birds-eastern-polynesia
Birds of Eastern Polynesia
http://www.lynxeds.com/product/birds-eastern-polynesia
MKinHK
Mike Kilburn
Just seen that there will be a new guide for SE Asia and China south of the palearctic line by Norman Arlott.
It's due in early May in hardback and Kindle versions, but does not appear to include call/song or video in the e-version. I'll be very interested to see if it matches the standard of Mark Brazil's Birds of East Asia and Robson's birds of SE Asia.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Birds-Sout...Y/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Cheers
Mike
It's due in early May in hardback and Kindle versions, but does not appear to include call/song or video in the e-version. I'll be very interested to see if it matches the standard of Mark Brazil's Birds of East Asia and Robson's birds of SE Asia.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Birds-Sout...Y/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Cheers
Mike
MKinHK
Mike Kilburn
Better don't hold your breath anyway. It may well not be out till much later, at least when one compares the time it usually seems to take from first reading about an "imminent" book to its actual appearance. I hope to be proven wrong in this case, though.
McMadd
You should see the other bloke...
Don't hold your breath...http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=188759&highlight=Norman+Arlott
Recognised the name so did a search in the book forum...Mt Arlott's previous work seems less than popular it seems...
Cheers, M
Birdscentral
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My review of the new Australian Bird Guide including an interview with one of the authors, Rohan Clarke.
https://www.chriswatson.com.au/blog/the-australian-bird-guide
Cheers,
Chris Watson
https://www.chriswatson.com.au/blog/the-australian-bird-guide
Cheers,
Chris Watson
John Cantelo
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Peter Harrison is working on a new book on seabirds due out (!) in 2020 according to the website an artist involved in the project - see http://www.hanslarssonbirdart.com/prints.html Given Harrison's depth of knowledge & the evident quality of Larsson's work (very reminiscent of Lars Jonsson) it should be a cracker!
Andy Adcock
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£20.61 here
https://wordery.com/
Consistently the cheapest site I've found regarding pre-pub prices.
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John Cantelo
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I just had a pre-publication offer from Lynx for the Papua New Guinea guide promising it for 25th May! They obviously move damn fast when they get going since I know that the cover and back flap details were only finalised this week! I'm not even sure that the author knows when it's due as I only had an email from him a few days back & he didn't mention it.
Melanie
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I fear that the three proposed Shirihai books won't be published this year. There are no new information and there are no book cover so far. So the scheduled release date August 10 might be no more correct. So we have to wait somewhat longer but I hope It will be still this decade.
John Cantelo
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The Lynx New Guinea field guide (it reaches areas others fail to reach as it covers the whole of New Guinea & nearby islands, not just PNG) has just been delivered by the printers & a video of someone thumbing through it can be seen at https://www.facebook.com/lynxeds/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE&fref=nf
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Melanie
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Joseph Forshaw is currently preparing the first ever book on extinct parrots
Vanished and Vanishing Parrots
Profiling Extinct and Endangered Species
Joseph Forshaw, Frank Knight
- See more at: http://www.publish.csiro.au/book/6517/#news
Vanished and Vanishing Parrots
Profiling Extinct and Endangered Species
Joseph Forshaw, Frank Knight
- See more at: http://www.publish.csiro.au/book/6517/#news
Looks like it's identical in form and style to Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago. Which means it's probably going to be too heavy for convenient field use. Let's hope it has a better index of English names!
John Cantelo
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Pretty much so as it the same format but, at 464 pages, has 30 odd fewer pages. I guess the size is the price you pay for comprehensive coverage. I've not seen the Indonesian guide so can't comment on its index but the same publisher's English-language version of the 'Birds of Spain' was also dreadful. Listing birds alphabetically under whatever the first word in their name happens to be is fraught with difficulty made worse by an unfamiliar taxonomy and, in some cases, less familiar colloquial English names too. For example, Western Olivaceous Warbler is listed under "I" for Isabelline Warbler, obviously . The new 'Birds of Australia' has a similarly useless index listing birds by their first name rather than by group. I do hope its not part of an international trend!
