Meeting with Birds

Author: Tom Spence

Number of pages: 120

Year published: 1986

Edition: 1st

Published by: Delta Books (Pty) Ltd

Softcover

ISBN: 0 908387 60 1

Web site: Jonathan Ball

The Wildebeest's Review of "Meeting with Birds"

I feel that the title of this small book is a bit confusing but maybe that is just me. The introduction clarifies the title. Its aim is to present a picture and comments of what a new, or inexperienced birder, may remember from their first encounter with one of the species included in the book.

The species included represent most of the more common and more obvious birds to be encountered in South Africa. The photos are clear and will help a novice identify most of the included species.

The text includes non-technical notes on where you may see the bird, its diet and more. There are some curious colour bars for each species, and it took me a while to figure out what they meant. They look like flags from some unknown countries.

“Meeting with Birds” is a nice concept and it has been well executed.

Some of the subjects in this publication

Kelp Gull - Page: 19
Grey-headed Gull - Page: 20
Cape Gannet - Page: 21
Little Grebe - Page: 22
Reed Cormorant - Page: 23
Red-knobbed Coot - Page: 24
Grey Heron - Page: 25
Black-headed Heron - Page: 26
Cattle Egret - Page: 27
Hamerkop - Page: 28
White Stork - Page: 29
Abdims Stork - Page: 30
Blue Crane - Page: 31
African Sacred Ibis - Page: 32
Hadeda Ibis - Page: 33
Greater Flamingo - Page: 34
Egyptian Goose - Page: 35
Yellow-billed Duck - Page: 36
Secretarybird - Page: 37
Cape Vulture - Page: 38
Black-shouldered Kite - Page: 39
Verreauxs Eagle - Page: 40
African Fish-Eagle - Page: 41
Coqui Francolin - Page: 42
Swainsons Spurfowl - Page: 43
Helmeted Guineafowl - Page: 44
Southern Black Korhaan - Page: 45
Three-banded Plover - Page: 46
Crowned Lapwing - Page: 47
Spotted Thick-knee - Page: 48
Speckled Pigeon - Page: 49
Cape Turtle-Dove - Page: 50
Laughing Dove - Page: 51
Grey Go-away-bird - Page: 52
Red-chested Cuckoo - Page: 53
Diderick Cuckoo - Page: 54
Burchells Coucal - Page: 55
Barn Owl - Page: 56
Pearl-spotted Owlet - Page: 57
Spotted Eagle-Owl - Page: 58
Fiery-necked Nightjar - Page: 59
White-rumped Swift - Page: 60
Barn Swallow - Page: 61
Lesser Striped Swallow - Page: 62
Speckled Mousebird - Page: 63
Pied Kingfisher - Page: 64
Malachite Kingfisher - Page: 65
Brown-hooded Kingfisher - Page: 66
Little Bee-eater - Page: 67
Lilac-breasted Roller - Page: 68
African Hoopoe - Page: 69
Green Wood-Hoopoe - Page: 70
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill - Page: 71
Southern Ground-Hornbill - Page: 72
Black-collared Barbet - Page: 73
Crested Barbet - Page: 74
Cardinal Woodpecker - Page: 75
Red-throated Wryneck - Page: 76
Rufous-naped Lark - Page: 77
Fork-tailed Drongo - Page: 78
Black-headed Oriole - Page: 79
Pied Crow - Page: 80
Arrow-marked Babbler - Page: 81
Dark-capped Bulbul - Page: 82
Kurrichane Thrush - Page: 83
Familiar Chat - Page: 84
Cape Robin-Chat - Page: 85
Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler - Page: 86
Neddicky - Page: 87
Black-chested Prinia - Page: 88
Fiscal Flycatcher - Page: 89
African Paradise-Flycatcher - Page: 90
Cape Wagtail - Page: 91
African Pipit - Page: 92
Cape Longclaw - Page: 93
Common Fiscal - Page: 94
Crimson-breasted Shrike - Page: 95
Bokmakierie - Page: 96
Common Starling - Page: 97
Common Myna - Page: 98
Violet-backed Starling - Page: 99
Cape Glossy Starling - Page: 100
Red-winged Starling - Page: 101
Red-billed Oxpecker - Page: 102
Cape Sugarbird - Page: 103
White-bellied Sunbird - Page: 104
Amethyst Sunbird - Page: 105
Cape White-eye - Page: 106
Cape Sparrow - Page: 107
Cape Weaver - Page: 108
Southern Masked-Weaver - Page: 109
Southern Red Bishop - Page: 110
Yellow-crowned Bishop - Page: 111
Red-collared Widowbird - Page: 112
Long-tailed Widowbird - Page: 113
Blue Waxbill - Page: 114
Common Waxbill - Page: 115
Pin-tailed Whydah - Page: 116
Yellow-fronted Canary - Page: 117
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting - Page: 118

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