http://www.birderslibrary.com/quick_picks/first-look-trogons.htm Book Reviews for Birders, and More... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:31:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.birderslibrary.com/quick_picks/first-look-trogons.htm/comment-page-1/#comment-7134 Grant McCreary Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:58:27 +0000 http://www.birderslibrary.com/?p=875#comment-7134 The Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) is a series of 16 volumes (of which 13 have been published thus far) that will cover every species of bird in the world. These are easily the best bird books that I have ever seen. They give an overview of each family, profusely illustrated with photos. And then they have individual species accounts with painted plates. However, if you think the trogon book's price was bad, you haven't seen anything yet! Each volume retails for $265! And that's if you get them from <a href="http://www.buteobooks.com/hbw.html" rel="nofollow">Buteo Books</a>. They're even more from the publisher, due to the currency conversion (they're published out of Spain). I was lucky enough to find some on ebay for a relatively good price. I really want to get all the volumes, but that may take a long while. For more information, check out the <a href="http://www.lynxeds.com/catalog/hbw" rel="nofollow">HBW page</a> of the publisher. The Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) is a series of 16 volumes (of which 13 have been published thus far) that will cover every species of bird in the world. These are easily the best bird books that I have ever seen. They give an overview of each family, profusely illustrated with photos. And then they have individual species accounts with painted plates.
However, if you think the trogon book’s price was bad, you haven’t seen anything yet! Each volume retails for $265! And that’s if you get them from Buteo Books. They’re even more from the publisher, due to the currency conversion (they’re published out of Spain). I was lucky enough to find some on ebay for a relatively good price. I really want to get all the volumes, but that may take a long while.
For more information, check out the HBW page of the publisher.

]]> http://www.birderslibrary.com/quick_picks/first-look-trogons.htm/comment-page-1/#comment-7115 Bevson Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:40:27 +0000 http://www.birderslibrary.com/?p=875#comment-7115 Although the book looks lovely, the price was a shocker and too dear for me. The Handbook of the Birds of the World looks intriguing though. Is it like The Birders Handbook? Although the book looks lovely, the price was a shocker and too dear for me. The Handbook of the Birds of the World looks intriguing though. Is it like The Birders Handbook?

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