Birds of the Wetlands
- Book Review,
by James Hancock
Book News, Inc.
Documents birds living in wetlands around the world and explains wetlands' importance as habitat for the birds. The author has been involved in wildlife and conservation projects for some 50 years, and his appreciation and understanding of the biology and ecology of wetlands and their birds and his concern for the conservation problems facing them inform his lively text. Includes color photos. -- Copyright © 1999 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR All rights reserved
Countryside Monthly
"The author has admirably succeeded in his purpose, and his own marvellous colour photographs dramatically highlight the important questions of conservation that he considers."
San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle
"The book as a whole is a fervent plea for the preservation of threatened environments and, by extension, of the herons, storks and spoonbills, among others, who live in them."
Florida Field Naturalist
"Thanks, James Hancock, for a fine journey."
C. Leck in CHOICE, October 1999
"Hancock has written many books and articles on wetland birds during his 50 years of work with wildlife conservation projects. He has worked throughout the world, and as an officer in several international ornithological societies he has made fervent pleas for the preservation of threatened wetlands. In this book he reflects on the flora and fauna from a selected dozen of the most splendid wetland ecosystems on our planet, sharing his lifelong love of these great natural places. The natural beauty of the wetland birds and their environments are displayed throughout with more than 200 fine color photographs taken by the author."
BTO NEWS, September/October 1999
"A coffee-table book, but one which carries a plea for the conservation of these delicate and threatened habitats. Twelve sites around the world are visited and many superb photographs of the birds are included. James Hancock writes in an easily readable style and yet the text adds depth to the book."
Mark Holling in Scottish Birds, September 1999
"One of the main attractions of the book has to be the photographs, all taken by the author..."
Birding, December 2000
"The photographs are magnificent, and they promote the desire to visit all of the 12 great wedlands described."
The Earthlife Web
"... many people will want to buy this wonderful book...many will buy the book just to browse the stunning bird images."
Wildfowl and Wetlands, Autumn 1999
"A fine resource for the traveller with a conscience and a keen interest in these habitats—inspiring and informative."
Book Description
Birds of the Wetlands combines stunning photography with snapshot prose pictures of some of the most important and spectacular wetlands in the world. The beauty of the bird life is set against telling explanations of how wetland habitats work and of their place in the international conservation scene. Still a haven for huge breeding populations of herons, storks, ibises, spoonbills, anhingas, cormorants, wildfowl, waders, and birds of prey, wetlands are some of the world's last and best wild places. Based on the author's own wide experience, this book considers the important questions of conservation in these increasingly threatened environments, highlighting both future dangers and past mistakes, all discussed in a global context. Beautifully illustrated throughout in color from the author's own collection of photographs taken during many visits to these areas over the past thirty years, this spectacular book is the work of one of the world's most-travelled authorities on wetland birds. Key Features: * Contains a superb collection of bird photographs * Describes some of the world's most important wetland habitats * Considers the important questions of conservation in these increasingly threatened environments
Book Info
Discusses the interactive biology and ecology of wetlands and the birds that live in them. Focuses on the problems facing these species using anecdotal and scientific references along with photographic plates of the variety of birds that frequent wetland areas.
About the Author
James Hancock was born in Sheffield, England. He has been involved in wildlife and conservation projects in many parts of the world for over 50 years. Hancock is co-author of Herons of the World, The Herons Handbook, and Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills of the World. He has written many articles in international journals, and has lectured in many countries from Western Europe to Kenya, India, South America, the United States and China. Hancock is past President of the British Trust for Ornithology, and has served on the councils of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, the Fauna and Flora Preservation Society, and the Hants and Isle of Wight Naturalist Trust. He is currently President of the Hampshire Ornithological Society. Hancock is a past treasurer of the International Council for Bird Preservation British Section and was Chairman of the 1937 Bird Club. He has been honored on both sides of the Atlantic, receiving in the U.K. the OBE for services to ornithology from H. M. The Queen in the 1991 New Year's Honours List and the Jubilee Medal from the BTO in 1992. In America he was elected a corresponding Fellow of the American Ornithologists' Union in 1995 and in 1996 received the prestigious Kai-Curry Lindahl award for conservation from the Colonial Waterbird Society.
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