References for the book: BIRDS AND HUMANS: who are we?
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Photos by John Hunt at mapperou.com

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ii          Swan landing (Alex Hunt)
2          Green-throated Carib, Barbados
10        Twelve bird montage
14        Guillemot in the Farne Islands,
16        Swimming penguin, Woburn Safari Park
18        Young gannet, Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire
19        Herring gull, Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire
20       Gannet up-stroke, Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire
21        Swan taking off, Milton Keynes (Alex Hunt)
42        Swallow nest, Lindisfarne Island, Yorkshire
43        Duck family, Christchurch, New Zealand
43        Puffins, Farne Islands, Northumberland
44        Peacock feather detail, Brownsea Island
48        Kittiwake family, Farne Islands
49        Mass flocking, New Zealand
53        Young Spanish sparrows, Lanzarote
53        Pair of swallows, Majorca
54        Oyster catchers, South Australia
58        Emus, near Cairns, Australia
74        Peacock, Brownsea Island, Dorset
74        Fledgling chaffinch, Yorkshire
82        Pair of young crows, Farne Islands
87        Fairy wren, Western Australia
91        Xmas robin, Cornwall
91        Hope Peace card, Milton Keynes
92        Troupial oriole, Aruba, Caribbean
97        Pelicans, Caribbean
97        Sunset, Caribbean
106      Greenfinch on feeder, Milton Keynes
106      Robin, Western Australia
107       Macaw parrot, Woburn Safari Park
108       Seagull attack, Sydney, Australia
109       King pigeon, North Island, New Zealand

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