Herons and Egrets of the World: A Photographic Journey [Anglais] [Broché]

"The book is well edited and easy to read."

"A lovely, species by species account of the heron family. The photos are the highlight of this book..."

"...wonderful little book that will grace any library shelf it rests on and will obviously be well read and cherished..."

"I found the concise listing of all species and sub-species particularly useful. This is a book by a man who has travelled the globe in a labor of love. In those travels, [Hancock] has amassed an insight on this long-legged family of water birds that few people have achieved for any group of birds. [This] is a volume that I am happy to have on my bookshelves and I am pleased to draw it to the attention of all those who share the author's love of herons and egrets.

In this book, the only complete review of the world's herons currently in print, James Hancock distills his knowledge into a concise review of all 47 species and recognized subspecies. The text comprises a thumbnail sketch, including descriptions of the appearance, distribution, conservation status, feeding, and breeding ecology of each species. Over 150 wonderful color photographs, most by the author, show all the recognizable forms of each species, illustrating the variety and beauty of these birds. As a valuable reference and a fine photo collection, this book will find a place on the shelves of bird lovers everywhere.

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 author of Birds of the Wetlands and Herons and Egrets of the World and 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 Her Majesty 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.