The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America

by David Allen Sibley
The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America
published
April 29th 2003 by Knopf
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binding
Turtleback, 432 pages

isbn
067945120X   (isbn13: 9780679451204)

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...more





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Liz
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02/08/08

bookshelves: nature-guides
This is the bird book I use most often. I agree with the previous reviewer that its main flaw is that it's very liberal in its interpretation of "Eastern" and I often have to wade through several birds I have almost zero chance of seeing here to compare the similar ones that I am likely to see. However, overall the book is an excellent guide, and the one I am most likely to give as a gift to friends who want a good guide for identifying birds while hiking/etc.
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Blaine
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09/07/07

bookshelves: birds
The field guide I use most often, this book has great visual identifying cues (thick beak, white eyebrow, rounded tail, etc.). There is a flaw in that Sibley decided to be very inclusive in his designation of "Eastern," so that many birds are included that I have very little chance of seeing in Northern Virginia. I would have preferred a much narrowly tailored field guide.
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Karen V.
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10/14/08

bookshelves: homeschool
Fabulous resource book for bird watchers.
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Diana
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09/16/08

Field guide for Eastern North America. You don't need another field guide.
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John
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12/28/07

bookshelves: booksforbirding
I finally have this long-coveted field guide. It was a Christmas gift from my sister. I'm going to be good at spotting birds now. I will. I will ...
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Crystal
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09/23/08


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09/02/08

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Jon
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06/03/08

Read in June, 2008
I'll have this listed as currently reading forever. Best bird book I have ever seen.
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Kevin
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04/03/08

Read in January, 2004
I completely suck at birding, but I still enjoy it.
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