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The Southern African Birdfinder: Where to Find 1,400 Bird Species in Southern Africa and Madagascar (Sasol) | 
 enlarge | Author: Callan Cohen; Claire Spottiswoode;jonathan Rossouw
Publisher: Struik Publishers
Category: Book
List Price: $27.95
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 815046
Media: Paperback
Edition: Pap/Map
Pages: 448
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.8 x 1.1
ISBN: 1868727254
Dewey Decimal Number: 598
EAN: 9781868727254
ASIN: 1868727254
Publication Date: January 11, 2007
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Product Description
The authors outline and describe 39 key bird routes and more than 330 birding sites (and their associated birds) across South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Madagascar and the little-documented but increasingly popular areas of Angola, Mozambique, Zambia and Malawi. All sites are ranked into one of three categories of priority: essential (the region s best), excellent (top sites but expendable to a time-limited visitor) and local interest (ideal for those looking for new areas to explore). Sites include practical details of access, best times to visit, habitat diversity and the birds that occur there and general natural history; the more important sites feature a detailed map. A guide to finding the region's top 150 birds and an annotated checklist conclude the book.
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Great stuff January 8, 2007
Antonio Salvadori (Guelph, ON, Canada)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I just got back from a two month self-guided birding trip to South Africa. I used this book for all my planning and selection of the places to visit. The book proved invaluable. It is well laid out, includes very good maps - including one of the whole of Southern Africa with all the birding spots clearly marked on it, it has many excellent bird and scenery photographs and a complete list of all the birds that can be seen with a cross-reference to their location in the book. A few minor points that caused me some irritations during the trip: only odd pages are numbered in the middle of the right hand side (very confusing); some of the maps are a little misleading e.g. the Sir Lowry's pass map is incorrect - the trail starts directly opposite the car park and not downhill as shown; some of the instructions are also incorrect e.g. the instructions to the Damara Tern Colony (I could not find the location.) These are minor points that an able birder can easily overcome. The book also covers other Southern African countries however having lived in Zambia and Zimbabwe I found their coverage of these two countries to be very sparse only covering the top birding spots. I strongly recommend this book if you are planning a trip to this beautiful area of our planet so rich in birds.
Don't leave home without it! December 30, 2007
Dietrich Roloff (Ann Arbor, MI)
This book is so full of information that it transcends the format of a typical site guide (you'll find advice on the type of car jack and how to behave in case of attacks by wild animals. The target audience are independent birders who will find the guide indispensable for Namibia, Botswana and especially South Africa. Commendably, the less commonly traveled adjoining countries of Zambia and Angola find coverage as well, even though they are not strictly in Southern Africa. One hopes that success will breed a future edition in which I would like to find GPS coordinates, particularly for the more remote sites. Even if you don't have any immediate plans for a birding trip to Southern Africa this book would enjoyable for the armchair adventurer fascinated by the charismatic (and often enigmatic) avifauna. Congratulations also to the publisher for keeping the price so low.
Important help July 3, 2008
M. Dangel (Ft. Myers, FL United States)
Great advice especially for first time visitors to any of the covered areas. Heavy on "LBJ's" but that's no real flaw -
twitchers are people, too. Directions generally correct and useful where I used them in South Africa. You could actually plan a birding trip using the info in the book.
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