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Hawks In Flight, Second edition: A Review of a New Version of a Birding Classic

10,000 Birds

Third, Hawks in Flight was primarily illustrated by David Sibley’s excellent black-and-white drawings, supplemented with a collection of black-and-white photographs in the back of the book. ” There are the classic field marks, size of head and shape of tail, but, we are told, never rely on just one or two features!

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Seabirding off Cape Point

10,000 Birds

This may be the most awesome pelagic you’ll ever experience… For me it was the publication in 1984 of Peter Harrison’s ground-breaking identification guide to ‘ Seabirds ’ that opened up the off-shore world of pelagic birding right on Cape Town’s door step.

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