| The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America | 
 enlarge | List Price: $19.95
Buy New: $11.77
You Save: $8.18 (41%)
Buy New/Used/Collectible from $11.77
Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 63 reviews)
Sales Rank: 6130
Category: Book
Authors: David Allen Sibley, Rick Cech
Publisher: Knopf
Studio: Knopf
Manufacturer: Knopf
Label: Knopf
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 4.6 x 1.2
ISBN: 067945120X
Dewey Decimal Number: 598.097
EAN: 9780679451204
ASIN: 067945120X
Publication Date: April 29, 2003
Release Date: April 29, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
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 650 bird species plus regional populations found east of the Rocky Mountains. Accounts include stunningly accurate illustrations?more than 4,200 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 Eastern North America is an indispensable resource for all birders seeking an authoritative and portable guide to the birds of the East.
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 58 more reviews...
Handy Book December 28, 2008
This is my go to book of field guides. I have several different field guides but this is the one that actually goes out in the field with me. It's also the first book I give to anyone interested in bird identification. The Sibley is my favorite guide.
 sibley eastern guide December 6, 2008
Probably the best for intermediate to veteran birders who know their stuff. Finally portable and thorough enough for everyday in-the-field identification use.While the print size is smaller than one might like,the book is a fine compromise overall for size and content. If you need more species data, keep a larger desk reference at hand.Contains calendar plumage variation sketches with specific months of expected coloration-the only guide that has this I believe.Multiple drawings/views of a single species in flight AND perched are shown, including in flight sketches to show upper AND lower wing patterns-few guides show this much variation.Maps,while small, are of the entire North America land mass, not just of an arbitrary abbreviated eastern section, and show where the bird is rare nationwide as well.Rarity is noted in a gray green with isolated dots AND/OR entire areas of the country in the same gray green.Most guides(except Kaufman) don't do the rarity well, including the new NG Eastern/Western versions.Migration is shown in a yellow color and is much cleaner/clearer than the NG editions, which attempt this with dotted lines and arrows.Field marks are not only arrowed, like Peterson/Kaufman/NG 5th edition, but contain descriptive notes at the point of the arrow so you don't need to refer back to the text(New NG Regionals do have this now as well).Plumages sometimes appear as too pastel, and this has been noted in past reviews.Yet some of the competitive guides drawings often are too bright/over done and unnatural, and those guides featuring photos have limited views and plumage.Suggestions for improvement would include: a quick reference guide(ie.drawings of the bird families & page #) at the front or back cover to get you to the bird section of interest(Kaufman and new NG Regional guides have it), referenced color tabs for the families and/or thumb tabs(like newer NG's) in the book margins.Lastly, I'd wish for an even smaller abbreviated guide(a mini version)thats truly portable and fits in any of my pockets-few guides have yet done it.There is no hardcover version,only the flex/turtle bound 1st edition has been published.
easy for quick identification November 3, 2008
I think this is a terrific book because it is easy to quickly identify birds with their well laid-out information, quick identification tips and specific tips as to what to look for when identifying a bird. Some of the tips are paying attention to bird stance, beak shape, crown feathers etc ... They also show birds that look similar to other birds so you can compare the possibilities of who just flew away. And they have easy color guides of what birds are seasonally-where on the map; the one draw-back is that they have birds that would never come to the North East, not many, but they are in the guide. I keep this book on the window sill by my feeder and enjoy it all winter long! I will also but one for my mom.
great field guide on birds all over north america not just the east June 8, 2008
This is an outstanding field guide, easy to use and understand.I live in the mountains of western North Carolina and many species of birds migrate through here and also there are many year round species that I have identified with this bird guide. I highly recommend this guide if your looking for a bird field guide that is easy to tote in the field for a quick reference for any unusual birds you may want info on readily.
Better than.... May 20, 2008
Love my new Sibley Field Guide. It's better than the old standard guide I've used for years. It's easy to navigate, and I love the varied views of individual birds, flying, perched etc.. It stays on my kitchen table for constant reference!!
|
|
|
