The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America
by David Allen Sibley
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Author: David Allen SibleyEdition: Turtleback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-04-29
ISBN: 0679451218
Number of pages: 472
Publisher: Knopf
Book Reviews of The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America
Book Review: Very Overrated in general
Summary: 1 Stars
First off, the book is too big to fit in a sorta big pocket.. Too heavy and bulky to be handy.
The pictures do a bad job a depicting the bird as you see it in the field.
The ratio seem off and can be confusing some times.
The charts it has for distinguishing one warbler from others is inefficient and confusing because there is too much to look at.
It doesn't compare one birds that are similar so that you can be like how do I know if it's not this? The pictures are ugly to look at.
If you saw a sparrow somewhere and you don't know anything about sparrows so that you need a book. You will not be able to figure it out using sibleys because their chart is insane.
It maybe a good bird book for wildlife biologist or people who know everything already for reference sometimes, but for normal people who might need to figure out what the bird they saw was, it is not the book to use..
If you are a birder or becoming one, the blue book, A guide to field identification BIRDS of north america. It even has sonograms for some calls. There are charts comparing all the warblers.. etc by their heads so that you can pick out the one you saw between two birds if not immediately.
The pictures are great. I can only say that the wrentit picture is kinda off but that bird is very unique so it's kinda hard to draw.
It is a sight for sore eyes compared to the sibleys. It is better on your eyes because the pictures and organization are not ugly.
In some of the pictures it has terrain in which the bird might be found sometimes.
Well I am talking too much about it. Just buy BIRDS of north america because it's what all the kool kids have and sibleys sucks and is lame.
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Summary of The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America
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.
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