Birds of Paradise: Revealing the World's Most Extraordinary Birds

Birds of Paradise: Revealing the World's Most Extraordinary Birds
Tim Laman, Edwin Scholes
Hardcover: 228 pages
Publisher: National Geographic Society (23 Oct 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1426209584
ISBN-13: 9781426209581

"Birds of Paradise" is destined to be the first-ever popular book to reveal the most exotic birds on earth. Photographer and National Geographic grantee Tim Laman and co-author Edwin Scholes (ornithologist/leading authority) travelled to the most remote parts of the New Guinea wilderness - the only place these birds occur - to photograph and study their secret lives. The authors' documentation of the appearance, displays, and behaviours of these 39 species of birds has taken years of dedicated fieldwork. This high quality, large-format photography book will inform and enthral the book-buying public with images of astonishing beauty, solid yet approachable natural history, and a National Geographic message of conservation.