The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior
“Once in a great while, a natural history book changes the way people look at the world. In 1838, John ames Audubon’s Birds of America was one...In 1934, Roger Tory Peterson produced Field Guide to the Birds...Now comes The Sibley Guide to Birds.”
Thus did The New York Times, in 1999, greet David Allen Sibley’s monumental book, which has quickly been established nationwide as the peerless, standard bird identification guide.
The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior is the new landmark book from David Allen Sibley. Designed to enhance the birding experience and to enrich the popular study of North American birds, the book combines more than 795 of his full-color illustrations with author... More >>
- ISBN13: 9781400043866
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
December 20th, 2009 - 15:55
A wonderful companion to my Sibley Guide to Birds. A fasinating ornithological read with easy to digest/retain information. A wonderful knowledge base for beginner and advanced birdwatchers.
Rating: 5 / 5
December 20th, 2009 - 17:03
News flash: we Boomers are finally growing up. A favorite childhood game, ‘Simon Says,’ has been displaced by ‘Sibley Says.’ Ask seasoned birders for assistance with bird IDs and chances are they will refer to David Allen Sibley. Just as The Sibley Guide to Birds is a classic starting point for building birding skills, The Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior is a very good companion reference, useful for understanding birds in the context of the environments they frequent, their behavior, anatomy, and much more. Sometimes a scan of current environmental conditions is more useful in identifying a bird than having a good photo, and this book offers a much deeper treatment than is provided by most field guides, the Sibley Guide to Birds included.
This book is mostly written by renowned ornithologists whose biographies are helpfully available in the appendix. Sibley has performed his usual magic illustrating the book throughout, and the format is nicely organized for the lay reader. The well-written introduction is a fine orientation to bird names, classifications and conservation efforts. Part 1 is an excellent ‘Ornithology 101,’ Part 2 a comprehensive collection of nicely written essays on specific North American bird families.
Whenever somebody asks what I want from Santa I say Sibley. I have several of his books and they are top shelf.
Rating: 5 / 5