Waterfowl

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Summary: Great waterfowl identification guide
Review: "Waterfowl : An Identification Guide to the Ducks, Geese and Swans of the World" is a wonderful guide for waterfowl identification, with beautiful colored plates of all 155 species of ducks, geese, and swans. A really nice book for everyone who likes wild waterfowl. The only thing I miss are the screamers which are also a part of the anseriformes (waterfowl).

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Summary: Poor reprint quality ruins a great series
Review: Make a plate-by-plate comparison of the new Waterfowl or Shorebirds guides with the original hardcover editions and you'll see that the sofcover illustrations look like cheap color photocopies. All of the subtlety and detail that made the originals the best field guides of their kind has been lost. Save your money for the used bookstores.

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Summary: Steve Madge delivers again
Review: Maybe i'm a little biased but this is a great book.However trying to find a copy was something of a wild goose chase