Sebastian Ngasoma

eBook, ePUB

Beginners bird identification (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

This book aims to provide birders especially beginners with as guide to be able to identify species without much difficultly in the field. All the information included in this edition was collected during five years of research experience with Frontier-Tanzania, Nature Kenya, College of African Wildlife Management, Mweka and Royal Society for Protection of Birds (RSPB). In most cases this information enables the species to be identified by size, plumages, voice, habit, habitat and shape or colour or length of legs and beaks. Also this book shows that many birds? species plumage variations, body size, body outgrowth and behavioural display could be quite marked as a result of age and the sex of the species.

Technische Details

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• Größe: 2.85MB
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Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

Sebastian Ngasoma and Fred Griffith have been involved with birds' surveys for over 6 years and have participated in many research expeditions within African countries and Europe including Volunteer in Annual Waterfowl Counts in Kenya, (monitoring the ecological status of the wetlands through understanding the distribution and trend of water birds). This program was coordinated by the Ornithology Section, Zoology Department of the National Museums of Kenya in collaboration with Kenya Wildlife Service and Nature Kenya, Beginner's bird identification at the Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Newport Wetland Nature Reserve, United Kingdom. Ecological monitoring, Field Skills, general Wildlife Management and field bird identification in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Mkomazi National Park and Arusha National Park-Tanzania. Worked as bird expert and community Liaison officer for Frontier Tanzania Savannah Research Programmes prior to a position as field research assistant in bird Surveys over 3 years. Also worked on several bird projects: Kilombero valley teak company (KVTC) and World Wildlife Fund in Nanganje Forest Project. They currently planning to start masters in conservation biology. Their special interest is the birds' behavior and has considerable experience in the field.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fred Grifitth
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781386969297
• Artikelnr.: 48645457