Owls, Frogmouths and Nightjars of Australia

First Edition. Signed by Author. (inscription)
“It is an illustrated field guide to the owls, frogmouths and nightjars of Australia.”-The author has spent over twenty years observing and photographing them to produce an intimate and evocative picture of the lives of these mysterious birds. The book is richly illustrated with over 200 of the author’s photographs, taken in the wild and showing all aspects of the birds’ lives.
xii, 336 p. : ill. maps, ports. ; 30 cm. #200222
Owls — Australia — Identification | Podargidae — Australia — Identification | Caprimulgidae — Australia — Identification.
David Hollands is one of Australia’s best known natural history writers, with seven earlier successful bird books. A rural doctor for nearly forty years in East Gippsland, he took his first bird photograph aged eight and began writing nearly fifty years ago.