Synopsis
The book covers the 245 bird species recorded in Península Valdés and its surroundings: Golfo Nuevo, Golfo San José, Golfo San Matías and the region between Puerto Lobos, Puerto Madryn and Punta León. More than 600 photographs and species descriptions cover identification, behaviour, abundance, conservation and nesting.
Bilingual Edition – 24×17 cm – 276 pages.
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“For visitors to the Peninsula Valdes, site of a famous Magellanic Penguin colony, swirling clouds of Red Knots, and the enigmatic Magellanic ‘‘Plover,’’ this book is a long-awaited and stunning photographic introduction to the peninsula and coastal Chubut Province. The gorgeous photos delight the eye for their artistic beauty and composition, offer accuracy for help in identifying species encountered, and capture spectacular behavioral displays. The book’s emphasis is on the birds of the area, but the keen naturalist author could not resist tossing in photos of several mammals and herps as well. Painstaking search of the literature and records of museum specimens, published sightings, eBird, and personal correspondence makes this volume a valuable, updated documentation of the Valdes/Chubut avifauna.”
DOUGLAS E. GILL
The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, USA
THE AUTHOR
PATAGONIA-BASED BIRDING GUIDE, FIELD ORNITHOLOGIST & WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER
Agustín Esmoris is a Patagonia-based birding guide, field ornithologist and wildlife photographer. He is the author of Birds of Península Valdés, a bilingual photographic field book built from local field records, photography and natural-history work in coastal Chubut.
He has extensive experience guiding birdwatchers, naturalists and wildlife photographers around Puerto Madryn, Península Valdés, the Patagonian coast, the Andes, central Argentina and the Falkland Islands. His published field work includes bird records, nesting records and behavioral observations from northeastern Patagonia.
Agustín also serves as an eBird regional reviewer for five departments in Chubut, eastern Patagonia. His wildlife photography is represented by Minden Pictures and has appeared in National Geographic books, the NG Learning Series, Natural History Magazine, Lynx Edicions, Le Monde and other editorial outlets.
The book reflects the same field-based approach used in Birding Puerto Madryn tours: local records, seasonal observation, habitat reading and practical natural-history work in coastal Patagonia.
