Galápagos Diary: A Complete Guide to the Archipelago's BirdlifeMysterious, remote, and home to many strange and marvelous creatures, the Galapagos archipelago is a bird watchers' paradise. Here one can find penguins on the Equator, the flightless cormorant, the renowned finches who played a role in Charles Darwin's theories of evolution, and many other species, some found nowhere else in the world. In Galapagos Diary renowned illustrator Hermann Heinzel pairs with wildlife photographer Barnaby Hall to capture in words and images the stunning birds and other wildlife of the Galapagos Islands. The first half of the book provides an overall tour of the islands, describing in words, illustrations, and photographs the range of habitats and wildlife to be found there. The authors highlight the strange behavior and breeding strategies of the archipelago's land and sea birds with alluring and often amusing images. The second half of the book is a detailed field guide with sketches as well as finished paintings, photographs, and maps. Galapagos Diary contains vibrant images and informative text on every page, along with detailed and highly descriptive field notes, moving this volume beyond conventional field guides. Hermann Heinzel's enthusiasm and skill shine through in these beautifully written notes on all the Galapagos birds including the extremely rare and endangered Dark-rumped Petrel and the Mangrove Finch. Concluding the book is a checklist of all the birds so that bird watchers and natural history enthusiasts visiting this magnificent island archipelago can record their personal observations. Armchair naturalists alike will thrill to the vivid illustrations of the unusual creatures the inhabit these islands, and to the engaging and insightful text that transports us to the Galapagos, once known as the "Enchanted Isles." |
Contents
Section 1 | 5 |
Section 2 | 11 |
Section 3 | 27 |
Section 4 | 53 |
Section 5 | 75 |
Section 6 | 78 |
Section 7 | 83 |
Section 8 | 93 |
Section 10 | 103 |
Section 11 | 108 |
Section 12 | 117 |
Section 13 | 123 |
Section 14 | 124 |
Section 15 | 127 |
Section 16 | 156 |
Section 9 | 100 |
Other editions - View all
Galápagos Diary: A Complete Guide to the Archipelago's Birdlife Hermann Heinzel,Barnaby Hall No preview available - 2000 |
Galápagos Diary: A Complete Guide to the Archipelago's Birdlife Hermann Heinzel,Barnaby Hall No preview available - 2000 |
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adult albatross Alcedo Ayora Baltra Barnaby beach bill black lava blue Blue-footed Boobies boat breeding plumage bright Brown Pelicans bushes cactus Cactus-finch Cattle Egrets chicks cliffs coast colony colour common cormorants crater Daphne dark Darwin dinghy eggs endemic Espańola feathers feeding feet female Fernandina fishing flamingos flew flight flock Floreana Flycatcher flying Galápagos Genovesa grey hawk head insects Isabela islands July juvenile lagoon land Large Ground-finch larger Lava Gulls Lava Heron legs looked male Mangrove Finch Masked Boobies Medium Ground-finches Mocker Mockingbird nearly nest numbers pair pale paler pink Pinta Pinzón Plaza possibly Punta Espinosa Rábida Red-footed Boobies rocks sailed San Cristóbal seabirds sealions seen Seymour shearwaters sitting Small Ground-finch Small Tree-finches species spots St Cruz Storm-petrel Striated Striated Heron subspecies Swallow-tailed Gulls tail terra alta trail trees vegetation Villamil visitor walk Warbler Finch watched wings WV WV WV Yellow Warblers young birds
References to this book
Pilgrim on the Great Bird Continent: The Importance of Everything and Other ... Lyanda Lynn Haupt No preview available - 2006 |