David Allen Sibley (Author of The Sibley Guide to Birds)

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David Allen Sibley's Blog

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Western Grebes can walk!

Western Grebe walking. Ocean Shores, WA. 7 Mar 2012. Photo copyright Larry Engles.

In the Sibley Guide to Birds I wrote that Western and Clark’s Grebes are “incapable of walking”. I thought they could only push themselves along on their bellies, but I should have known that I was flirting with danger by writing such an absolute statement. Soon after the book was published I heard that they are...

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Books by David Allen Sibley

Average rating: 4.51 · 1,357 ratings · 166 reviews · 28 distinct works

	The Sibley Guide to Birds by David Allen Sibley, National Audubon Society 4.65 avg rating — 475 ratings — published 2000	My rating:
	The Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior by David Allen Sibley, National Audubon Society (Editor), John B. Dunning (Editor) 4.43 avg rating — 214 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Sibley Field Guide To Birds Of Eastern North America 4.64 avg rating — 193 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America 4.69 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Sibley's Birding Basics 3.98 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Sibley Guide to Trees 4.25 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	The North American Bird Guide 4.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Geographies of Exclusion 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Sibley Trees of North America Eighteen Card Set 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Sibley Backyard Birding Flashcards: 100 Common Birds of Eastern and Western North America 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	My rating: