| View Larger Image | The Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior | Hardcoverby David Allen Sibley (Author)
| List Price: | $45.00 | |
| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | Knopf | | Edition: | 1st Edition | | Page Count: | 608 Pages | | Publication Date: | October 01, 2001 | | Sales Rank: | 210,613th |
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
“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 authoritative text by 48 expert birders and biologists. In this new guide Sibley takes us beyond identification, to show us how birds live and what they do. Introductory essays outline the principles of avian evolution, life cycle, body structure, flight dynamics, and more. The 80 family-by-family chapters describe the amazing range of behavior dictated by birds’ biology and environment. Among the subjects covered and illustrated are:--molts and plumages--habitats--food and foraging--vocalizations and displays--courtship and breeding--rearing of young--migration and movements--scientific groupings--introduced species--accidental species --anatomy--flight patterns --nests and eggs--conservation--global distributionAccessibly written, superbly designed and organized, and brilliantly illustrated, The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior is an indispensable source of information on the avian life around us. |
Amazon.com Review
From the creator of the seminal field guide, The Sibley Guide to Birds, comes another indispensable book for bird watchers. This veritable bible to the world of birds is the collaborative effort of 48 expert birders and biologists, who combine scientific accuracy and detail with an easily readable and well-organized format. How does a tiny chickadee survive subzero temperatures? How do flocks of birds synchronize their flights? How can an albatross cross miles of ocean without flapping its wings? Which bird brains are actually intelligent? It's all here in essays giving an overview of avian evolution, biology, and the aerodynamics of flight and in chapters devoted to the 80 bird families of North America, each one detailing taxonomy, habitats, feeding, breeding, vocalizations, migrations, and more. Concerned about declining populations, Sibley also discusses the conservation status of each species and the factors that threaten them. This fascinating source of information is destined to be a well-thumbed companion. -- Lesley Reed |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 32 reviews)
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Too many pencil and ink marks. by KatiDid (Arizona)  3 Stars
October 13, 2009
There were way more pencil marks in this book than I expected based on the comments from the seller. I'm learning to live with them. The book arrived very quickly, though, so I did not waste any time getting my homework done.
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Way too much info by Sharon S. Seabrook (Los Angeles) 3 Stars
June 07, 2009
I wanted info about birds of the Northeast...
buying this book was a big mistake...very
heavy to carry around, and hard to find the
birds I am interested in just because there
is soooo much info here. On the other
hand, if you want an encyclopedia, this is
your book./
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Great by Naturalist (richmond, va)  5 Stars
May 03, 2009
Great book for the serious birder. More like a college text book but yet answers many of the common questions of the backyard birdwatcher.
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Great guide along with Sibley's Field Guide by Aimiable (NH) 5 Stars
January 11, 2009
Great book for inquiring minds about Birds. It's a great addition with Sibley's Field Guide!
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A Chilean opinion by Gonzalo A. Olea Stranger (Valparaiso, Chile) 5 Stars
April 21, 2008
This book is very usefull even for forign bird watcher as my self, it contents almost every family that exist in south america with mthe exception of pinguins.
Very nice writen.
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