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Binding: TurtlebackDewey Decimal Number: 598.097 EAN: 9780679451211 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0679451218 Label: Knopf Manufacturer: Knopf Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 472 Publication Date: April 29, 2003 Publisher: Knopf Release Date: April 29, 2003 Studio: Knopf Editorial Review: Product Description: 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. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North AmericaThis is an awesome book for birders with a lot of detail and illustrations on each type of bird. I would recommend it. Rating: - Loved it!I think this is an excellant bird guide. I'd recommend it to anyone who is just starting out as a birder or is a lifetime lover of birds. Rating: - The perfect gift!I purchased this book for my fiance's birthday, as we're new to the birdwatching world. It's aboslutely wonderful, and we'll use it for many years to come. Rating: - The very best!I bought this book for my little brother in California for his birthday. He has just started getting in to watching the different birds and trying to identifying them by there calls. He really loves this guide book. For any body woh getes in to bird watching, Sibley field guide is a must have... Rating: - The BEST field guideI own every book on bird identification that I have been able to find for birds of the western United States. This is by far the one I use the most. I've purchased it for several of my birding friends, keep a copy at my home site and one in my truck. One of the points that makes Sibley's guide so useful is that there are no actual photographs of birds. He has drawings that give the "more common" colorations of each species. Photographs seldom yield such a wide spectrum of coloration. I use ... Read More |
