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    Beginners bird identification
    Beginners bird identification
    Beginners bird identification
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    Beginners bird identification

    By Sebastian Ngasoma

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     This book aims to provide birders especially beginners with as guide to be able to identify species without much difficultly in the field. All the information included in this edition was collected during five years of research experience with Frontier-Tanzania, Nature Kenya, College of African Wildlife Management, Mweka and Royal Society for Protection of Birds (RSPB). In most cases this information enables the species to be identified by size, plumages, voice, habit, habitat and shape or colour or length of legs and beaks. Also this book shows that many birds? species plumage variations, body size, body outgrowth and behavioural display could be quite marked as a result of age and the sex of the species.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFred Grifitth
    Release dateJul 1, 2017
    ISBN9781386969297
    Beginners bird identification
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    Sebastian Ngasoma

    Sebastian Ngasoma and Fred Griffith have been involved with birds’ surveys for over 6 years and have participated in many research expeditions within African countries and Europe including Volunteer in Annual Waterfowl Counts in Kenya, (monitoring the ecological status of the wetlands through understanding the distribution and trend of water birds). This program was coordinated by the Ornithology Section, Zoology Department of the National Museums of Kenya in collaboration with Kenya Wildlife Service and Nature Kenya, Beginner’s bird identification at the Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Newport Wetland Nature Reserve, United Kingdom. Ecological monitoring, Field Skills, general Wildlife Management and field bird identification in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Mkomazi National Park and Arusha National Park-Tanzania. Worked as bird expert and community Liaison officer for Frontier Tanzania Savannah Research Programmes prior to a position as field research assistant in bird Surveys over 3 years. Also worked on several bird projects: Kilombero valley teak company (KVTC) and World Wildlife Fund in Nanganje Forest Project. They currently planning to start masters in conservation biology. Their special interest is the birds’ behavior and has considerable experience in the field.

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      Beginners bird identification - Sebastian Ngasoma

      All pictures and illustrations thanks to Viviane Evans, Cris Meredith, Adam brown, Sebastian Fabian John Ngasoma, Emanuel Matembe and Hanns Watrinet.

      Page cover and book designed by Sebastian Ngasoma and Fred Griffith.

      Front page cover picture, Malachite Kingfisher (Alcedo cristata) by Viv Evans.

      Grammar edited by Marisa Lipsey.

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      We wish to express our sincere thanks to those colleagues who in one way or another helped in the preparation of this book. We are gratefully to Ben Sobcowiak, Richard Login, Philly Dyson, Paula Louise Cullen, Gemma Hawes, Marisa Lipsey, Adam Brown, Viviane Evans, Cris Meredith, Matteo-De Besi, Mr. Mwigune( Malezi education center-Mbeya), Nizar Kilale and without forgeting Emmanuel Doka, My Aunt Reticia Doka, My late grandmother Emmilia Ngasoma and My late mother Claudia Doka as they taught me some birds calls and songs before their death, Their assistance has been invaluable.

      Also we wish to express our sincere thanks to Birds lecturers Henry Keneth Njovu, late Baldwin Jacob Angyelile Atupele Mwakamela. Joseph Mackubi who gave us copies of birds list and other useful materials and the administration of College of African Wildlife Management, Mweka which supplied various items of information about birds.

      Finally a big thank you to Frontier Tanzania Savannah Research programme, Royal Society for the protection of Birds (RSPB) and Nature Kenya for giving us an opportunity to volunteer and work with them on different bird’s project since 2007 and they left us with the skills, knowledge and attitudes necessary for identifying and classify different birds and understand different anatomical, physiological and behavioral adaptive features of birds. Thanks to Omary Mkangi our faithful driver, Our game guides  Pitter Msangameno , Jacob Ndimbo, Cristopher Nchimbi and Aron Mtutui for making sure we were safe in the field and Mr. John Makota the District Game Officer for providing us with firearms and permission to camp and doing research on Ulanga district land for more than five years.

      INTRODUCTION

      This book aims to provide birders especially beginners with as guide to be able to identify species without much difficultly in the field. All the information included in this edition was collected during five years of research experience with Frontier-Tanzania, Nature Kenya, College of African Wildlife Management, Mweka and Royal Society for Protection of Birds

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