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inlägg gjort av Sean191 vid 9:11 am (EST) Jan 12, 2009
Thanks again!
inlägg gjort av herebebooks vid 5:02 pm (EST) Jan 11, 2009
Just checking in to see if you received your SantaThing books yet.
-cheers!
inlägg gjort av Sean191 vid 10:32 am (EST) Jan 7, 2009
There is only one book I know of that intentionally covers all the birds of Afghanistan. That book is "Birds of South Asia - Volume 1: Field Guide" by Rassmussen and Anderton, 2005, (ISBN 8487334652). This is an excellent book with outstanding illustrations of all species between Afghanistan east through India, Nepal, and over to eastern Myanmar (aka, Burma). Volume 1 contains exclusively the 180 color plates and Volume 2 holds all the text and species accounts. This set of two books is a bit pricey, starting at US$100. The cheapest purchase site I've found is at http://www.hbw.com/lynx/en/lynx-edicions... --
I can recommend two other cheaper books:
1) The Birds of Kazakhstan by Wassink and Oreel, 2007 (ISBN 9789081146210). This country borders Afghanistan on the north.
2) Field Guide to the Birds of the Middle East by Porter, Christensen, and Schiermacker-Hansen, 1996 (ISBN 0856610763). This book does not specifically cover Afghanistan, but it does cover all of Iran, which sits on the western border.
These three additional books include all the birds in Pakistan, which borders you on the east:
1) Field Guide to Birds of the Indian Subcontinent by Kazmierczak, 2000 (ISBN 0300079214)
2) Birds of India by Grimmet & Inskipp, 1999 (ISBN 0691049106)
3) A new book coming out in November 2008 is Birds of Pakistan by Grimmet and Inskipp (ISBN 0713688009)
Lastly, here is a very good website for photos of birds in Kazakhstan. A large percentage will be in common with Afghanistan. -- http://www.birds.kz/photosonlye.html --
Just as a little factoid, there is only one bird endemic to Afghanistan, the Afghan Snowfinch (Montifringilla theresae).
Best of luck to you.
inlägg gjort av Soleglad vid 2:05 am (EST) Jun 25, 2008
I did find this list of birds seen around the Kandahar base by someone who may have been a Dutch soldier (not sure) during a six-month period in 2006-2007:
http://www.surfbirds.com/trip_report.php...
inlägg gjort av tropics vid 9:28 pm (EST) May 25, 2008
Cheers!
inlägg gjort av tropics vid 10:46 pm (EST) May 24, 2008
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inlägg gjort av tropics vid 4:18 pm (EST) May 24, 2008
Recently I stumbled upon this site - Russian soldiers describing their tours of duty in Afghanistan (in translation, with photos):
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=h...
inlägg gjort av tropics vid 6:19 pm (EST) May 23, 2008
inlägg gjort av tropics vid 12:20 pm (EST) May 23, 2008