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 The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America :: 0679451218
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The Sibley Guide to Birds has quickly become the new standard of excellence in bird identification guides, covering more than 810 North American birds in amazing detail. Now comes a new portable guide from David Sibley that every birder will want to carry into the field. Compact and comprehensive, this new guide features 703 bird species plus regional populations found west of the Rocky Mountains. Accounts include stunningly accurate illustrations—more than 4,600 in total—with descriptive caption text pointing out the most important field marks. Each entry contains new text concerning frequency, nesting, behavior, food and feeding, voice description, and key identification features. Accounts also include brand-new maps created from information contributed by 110 regional experts across the continent.
The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America is an indispensable resource for all birders seeking an authoritative and portable guide to the birds of the West.Editorial Descriptions are usually submitted by the manufacturers, publishers and authors. Contact us if you are one of them, and wish to change the above description. |
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Author: Guest
We have all the guide books here at the field station, and after looking through them all, Sibleys is definitely my favourite (and has been praised by everyone else too). I've gone and ordered both Western & Eastern books myself. Having read the comments from other reviewers, it's true that some of the drawings may seem slightly duller than the real bird or drawings/paintings in other guides, but this hasn't caused me any identification problems. What really hooked me on this guide was how it illustrates the bird not only perched, but also in flight (below and above views), and illustrates differences between sexes and between adults and juveniles. Also, for some species, characteristic flight patterns and other important diagnostic features are highlighted and/or illustrated. Finally, features are pointed out on the drawing with arrows so one knows what to look for specifically.
Overall, an excellently organised guide book, standard "field guide" size, without the feeling of there being a loss of information. We have the big book here too (for all of NA) and it seems to contain the same information so bigger isn't neccessarily better! I recommend the two regional guides instead: less birds to decipher between and easier to carry with you in the field!
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Author: Guest
Sibley's is simpley the new standard for bird books. I have many other bird books, but this is the only one I cary to the field.
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Author: Guest
I've been using this as my guide default guide for over a year now, after hearing from fellow birders that it is the "new standard". I agree with that assessment, but recently I've been gravitating back to carrying Peterson's guide as well. The strength of Sibley is inclusion of range maps on the same page as the bird; a real frustration in using Peterson. However, "similar species" are rarely indicated, whereas Peterson always includes this; a very handy tool when trying to ID a difficult bird. Sibley also frequently fails to note a key field marking in the illustration (and even in the text, which needs be sparse, due to the small size of the book.) If you are going to buy ONLY one field guide, buy Sibley. If you are serious about birds, you'll have several; I have four others for Western NA, but rarely carry them into the field. Guides with photos instead of illustrations can be useful as well, but do not buy one as your only guide.
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Author: Guest
This book is very detailed and in depth ....and the pictures are accurate... best bird guide on the market!!
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Author: Guest
Already had the Eastern version and liked it very much. I'm no expert, but I think these books are setup really nice for identifying birds.
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