Ocean Birds - Their breeding, biology & behavior

Author: Lars Lofgren

Number of pages: 240

Year published: 1984

Edition: 1st

Published by: Croom Helm Ltd

Hardcover

ISBN: 0-7099-1675-2

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The Wildebeest's Review of Ocean Birds

The description on the inside of the of the dust jacket begins with “this book is a fascinating and thorough account of the biology and ecology of ocean birds.” I couldn’t agree more.

The author, Lars Lofgren, spent 10 years at sea as a merchant marine officer which is where he grew to love and appreciate these rather special birds. They may not be colourful, but they are amazing in many other ways.

The book is jam packed with colour photos, informational text, maps and infographics. The standard of the photography is generally high. There are a few grainy or poorly lit photos in the collection but this understandable when trying to photograph uncommon species at sea.

This is a book that one can keep referring back to over and over again. There is a tremendous amount of information in it that will be of use to scholar and layman alike.

Some of the subjects in this publication

Greater Frigatebird - Page: 10
Wandering Albatross - Page: 10
Parasitic Jaeger - Page: 14
Kelp Gull - Page: 15
Lesser Black-backed Gull - Page: 16
Black-browed Albatross - Page: 27
Wandering Albatross - Page: 30
Red-billed Tropicbird - Page: 30
Brown Booby - Page: 35
Pomarine Jaeger - Page: 39
Grey-headed Gull - Page: 42
Tropical Shearwater - Page: 43
African Penguin - Page: 55
Southern Giant-Petrel - Page: 58
Corys Shearwater - Page: 58
White-chinned Petrel - Page: 59
Pintado Petrel - Page: 59
Great Shearwater - Page: 62
Manx Shearwater - Page: 63
Leachs Storm-Petrel - Page: 66
Jouanins Petrel - Page: 67
Great White Pelican - Page: 70
Red-billed Tropicbird - Page: 71
Cape Gannet - Page: 74
Brown Booby - Page: 75
Greater Frigatebird - Page: 78
Red Phalarope - Page: 79
Long-tailed Jaeger - Page: 79
Black Tern - Page: 90
Common Tern - Page: 91
Little Tern - Page: 94
Brown Noddy - Page: 95
Atlantic Petrel - Page: 102
Atlantic Petrel - Page: 103
Manx Shearwater - Page: 103
Pomarine Jaeger - Page: 104
Corys Shearwater - Page: 107
Sabines Gull - Page: 107
Shy Albatross - Page: 108
Shy Albatross - Page: 110
Flesh-footed Shearwater - Page: 111
Gull-billed Tern - Page: 111
Great Shearwater - Page: 112
Arctic Tern - Page: 115
Franklins Gull - Page: 119
Great Shearwater - Page: 131
Sooty Shearwater - Page: 142
Great-winged Petrel - Page: 142
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross - Page: 143
Bridled Tern - Page: 147
Lesser Black-backed Gull - Page: 151
Sandwich Tern - Page: 151
Parasitic Jaeger - Page: 151
Red-necked Phalarope - Page: 154
Whiskered Tern - Page: 154
Long-tailed Jaeger - Page: 162
Long-tailed Jaeger - Page: 166
Greater Frigatebird - Page: 167
Red-billed Tropicbird - Page: 170
Greater Frigatebird - Page: 170
White-chinned Petrel - Page: 174
Southern Royal Albatross - Page: 175
Red-footed Booby - Page: 178
Arctic Tern - Page: 181
Caspian Tern - Page: 197
Laysan Albatross - Page: 210
Little Shearwater - Page: 211
Grey-headed Gull - Page: 222
Kelp Gull - Page: 227
Wandering Albatross - Page: 231
Greater Frigatebird - Page: 231
Brown Booby - Page: 235

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