The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America

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The Sibley Guide to Birds has quickly become the new standard of excellence in bird identification guides, covering 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 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. Read The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America author David Allen Sibley – kino-fada.fr This is the definitive field guides for birds, in my humble opinion My copy is absolutely in tatters too, with notes and observations on nearly every page I suppose I need to buy a new oneHaving just written a review for Sibley s Birding Basics I thought I might as well write a review for his field guide Our family copy is pretty beat up at this point but it still gets a lot of use I love this book Not only for Sibley s illustrations, which are terrific, but for his field marks and guidance We ve used other guides in the past, the Peterson and the Audubon guides, for example I just prefer The Sibley For ease of use and insight, I don t think there s a better choice.In clo Having just written a review for Sibley s Birding Basics I thought I might as well write a review for his field guide Our family copy is pretty beat up at this point but it still gets a lot of use I love this book Not only for Sibley s illustrations, which are terrific, but for his field marks and guidance We ve used other guides in the past, the Peterson and the Audubon guides, for example I just prefer The Sibley For ease of use and insight, I don t think there s a better...This is my go to book that I carry with me while out birdwatching It has great drawings, descriptions and range maps I purchased this to replace the first edition that had been a staple in my hiking backpack for over ten years.The reason that I made this decision is that with the first edition I misidentified a bird I thought I saw a rare Winter Wren but, I had in fact seen acommon Pacific Wren After 10 years species change New ones are discovered or change their ranges It is a good This is my go to book that I carry with me while out birdwatching It has great drawings, descriptions and range maps I purchased this to replace the first edition that had been a staple in my hiking backpack for over ten years.The reason that I made this decision is that with the first edition I misidentified a bird I thought I saw a rare Winter Wren but, I had in fact seen acommon Pacific Wren After 10 years species change New ones are discovered or change their ranges It is a good move to stay updated and informed so you can get the most out of your birding experience.I highly recommend this book to any birder, weather you are new or experienced The layout is taxonomic so if you are unfamiliar with that all you need to do is flip through the book and read it to learn how the book is laid out Taxonomic means that is it laid out by...As I always say, photos are better than drawings however, this series is so beautifully drawn and well notated that one doesn t need actual photos.Pair it with this site you have an excellent resource set for any level of enthusiast.The best book yet for birding in the West.I ll be currently reading this masterpiece for years to come Beautiful field guide, field book The passion of the author is contagious Looking forward to many years and countless observations.This one will always be a current book My favorite bird guide for the illustrations, the information included, and the little mini index in front of each family of birds.Now the top of the line A terrific book Still waiting for the recorded calls next to each identifying picture little mini things, like in the greeting cards, sort of.An incredibly useful reference book for birding I appreciate all the detailed illustrations and feelconfident in my bird identification skills I ve already been putting it to useI can name all 9 bird species that come to or near my house cause of this book Its a cool feeling.

The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America
  • English
  • 10 May 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 473 pages
  • 0679451218
  • David Allen Sibley
  • The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America