Multimedia Identification Guide to North Atlantic Seabirds: Albatrosses and Fulmarine Petrels

Multimedia Identification Guide to North Atlantic Seabirds: Albatrosses and Fulmarine Petrels
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About the book

  • A5-sized (hardcover)

  • Over 270 pages of original & detailed text

  • Over 200 photographs – majority previously unpublished

  • Over 180 stunning & accurate illustrations by John Gale

  • Large format colour range maps based on latest geolocator results & observational studies

  • Includes 2 DVDs

About the DVDs

  • Two DVDs with over 120 minutes of footage

  • At-sea footage of all species

  • In-hand & at-colony footage of some species

  • Follows contents of book allowing cross-referencing

  • Enables users to apply knowledge learnt from book

  • Excellent preparation for a seawatch or a pelagic trip

  • PAL format (multiregional) plays on computers worldwide (Canada & USA plays on most modern DVD players)

Main contents of book:

Topography

About this guide

Species covered

Overview

Identification & ageing

Species accounts:

   Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross

   Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross

   Shy Albatross

   Gray-headed Albatross

   Black-browed Albatross

   Tristan Albatross

   Southern Giant Petrel

   Northern Giant Petrel

   Atlantic Fulmar

   Pacific Fulmar

   Cape Petrel

Confusion pairs:

   Some novice ID slip-ups

   Black-browed & Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatrosses

   Atlantic & Indian Yellow-nosed Albatrosses

   Black-browed & Gray-headed Albatrosses – young immatures

   Atlantic Yellow-nosed & Gray-headed Albatrosses – adults

   Tristan & the other Great Albatrosses

   Northern & dark-morph Southern Giant Petrels

   Atlantic & Pacific Fulmars

Appendices:

   Appendix 1 ID topics in previous two guides

   Appendix 2 Vagrancy potential for Pacific Fulmar

   Appendix 3 Aberrant Atlantic Fulmars

Timelines for DVDs

ID jogger

Available July 2016

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