South Africa Birds (Nature Observation International)

what a great pocket guide! great color images to help identify the birds in South Africa! fits into my camera bag with no weight to it! Glad i bought it and will vie on my next trip to Kruger National Park!

I bought this to bring on safari in Botswana. It obviously doesn't have all the birds, but it does have quite a few. Everyone I was traveling with loved it, and kept borrowing it. It was a great reference tool, and was much easier to use than the several hundred page bird book!

i got this for safari in south africa and botswana. it had many birds, but not all birds. the plastic folding nature of it is great for travel and a day pack use, but there were many times the birds i saw were not on it. maybe good for kids as it is easier to handle than a book, but the books are still the best for certainty in identifying birds in the wild

perfect in that it covers all the main birds one sees on safari, and with minimal weight and bulk. But it is just the basics. Any serious birder will want something far more comprehensive.

This entire series is very well done, and this guide is no exception. I order it in groups of 10-15 copies and provide one to every traveler that signs up for my group Africa safaris. We are very limited on packing weight due to the small planes we fly on, so even my field guides never make the cut. This guide covers the most common birds we are likely to see, the lamination makes it very durable to use in the rain or toss in a backpack. I always leave mine behind for the guide or Land Cruiser driver to give to a school. and despite the suggestion they do the same, my travelers always take it back home to use in identifying the birds in their photos. Its not meant to substitute for a full sized field guide, and it doesn't. But on a game drive, you mostly want to ID what you see, you can learn the life history later. Great bang for the buck!

Great easy viewing bird booklet

Perfect for traveling! Fits in a pocket or purse. Great photos for identification.

It's coated so it should withstand moisture. It's colorful. It shows a lot of birds. It will be handy to review at the end of a day of game drives or observing, when you know what a bird looks like but might not remember the name. The pictures are OK. Not great, not awful, just OK. If you've seen an actual Egyptian Goose you can look at this picture and say: "Yes, I can see the similarity". But if you didn't already know what to look for or what to call it you might not make the match. Same for Hammerkop or Maribou Stork, etc. I'll take it along on our next trip to Africa because it is lightweight and so easy to carry, and because it shows so many birds at the same time, grouped by the type of setting you're most likely to see them.

Más bien un folleto pequeño plastificado. Nuestra amiga viene con nosotros de vacaciones y a ser su primera vez estas imágenes (dibujados medianamente bien) la ayudarán para reconocer los animales más importantes. Nosotros nos compraremos una buena guía más detallada en Johannesburgo. Mejor y más barato ahí.

This is a nice small and extremely portable laminated folding naturalist guide. Great for day trips as a quick reference. Each bird is listed by its common name and scientific name and its size in Imperial and metric with a brief description of the bird as well. Good for the price. Great to have when you don't feel like lugging the book with you!

So handy just gives you enough detail and information on the most seen birds in the area

Un petit fascicule très pratique et qui sera glissé dans mon sac à dos ! Une liste des espèces présentes en Afrique du Sud (les principales). Cela ne remplace pas un livre avec des infos détaillées, mais cela permet d'avoir les noms en anglais et donc de communiquer avec les personnes sur place :)

Perfect for our trip, easy to carry