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Pages: 544, Edition: 1, Vinyl Bound, Knopf

Pages: 472, Edition: 1, Turtleback, Knopf

From David Sibley, renowned artist and birder and heir to the mantle of Roger Tory Peterson, comes this landmark addition to Knopf's National Audubon Society publishing program: a field identification guide to North American birds containing his superbly lucid and comprehensive text and more than 6,500 of his paintings: beautiful, richly detailed, and brilliantly reproduced in full color.

Pages: 544, Edition: Reprint, Library Binding, Paw Prints 2008-06-26

* Complete coverage: 550 Eastern species, 650 Western. * More than 4,000 Sibley paintings, with at least six views of each species. * Clear, detailed bird descriptions, augmented with information on habitat and behavior (absent from most field guides). * All-new maps vetted by 90 experts who provided the most up-to-date and accurate range information ever available in a field guide. * Range: Each volume covers a larger area—especially along the dividing line between Eastern and Western regions...

The publication, in 2000 and 2001, of the huge and hugely acclaimed Sibley Guide to Birds and Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior gave birders encyclopedic sources of information about all the avian species they might see in North America. Now David Allen Sibley has prepared 2 guides, specifially designed for use in the field--and eminently portable. Information and thousands of illustrations culled from the first 2 books, plus many entirely new illustrations and newly drawn maps.

David Allen Sibley, America's most gifted contemporary painter of birds, is the author and illustrator of this comprehensive guide. His beautifully detailed illustrationsmore than 6,600 in alland descriptions of 810 species and 350 regional populations will enrich every birder's experience.

The Sibley Guide to Birds has an innovative design that makes it so user-friendly. Illustrations are arranged to facilitate comparison, yet still capture the unique character of each species. Discover a wealth of new information on the birds of Eastern and Western North America:Captioned illustrations show many previously unpublished field marks and revisions of known marks.Measurements for every species include length, wingspan, and weight.Subspecies and geographic variants are completely covered...

Birding is the fastest growing wildlife-related activity in the U.S., and even conservative estimates put the current number of U.S. birders at 50 million. According to the New York Times, some authorities predict that by 2050 there will be more than 100 million and the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America will be the essential reference for field identification and the cornerstone of any birder's library. This is the ultimate, indispensable bird field guide comprehensive...

The Sibley Guide to Birds is quickly becoming the guide most relied upon by birders everywhere. Complete with colored diagrams, range maps and detailed information, it is the ultimate tool for identifying common birds and rare species alike. Written and illustrated by David Allen Sibley, son of the well-known ornithologist, Fred Sibley; Vinyl Cover, 545 pages. Author: David Allen Sibley. Illustrated by: David Allen Sibley.

THE SIBLEY GUIDE TO BIRDS. Sibley. This massive 544 page field guide takes birding to a whole new level. Perfect for both the beginning and the more experienced birder, this is one fo the most comprehensive birding guides available. Includes over 6,500 full color paintings of 850 species and 350 regional populations. Comprehensive descriptions of bird shapes, forms, colors and key field marks. Range maps trace each species’ migration routes. For those who also bird by ear, calls are clearly described...

Before painting and writing the final draft David spent over 6 years working on the problems of layout and design. The challenge was to meet the goal of illustrating every species and every significant plumage variation; illustrating every species in flight from above and below; describing the complete range of vocalizations for each species; showing all significant subspecies variations; and doing it all in a format that is logical and easy to understand so that even beginners would not be overwhelmed...

DAS: Bird populations in North America have certainly changed dramatically since the 1500s, but it’s still possible to see almost all the same species, and in pretty much the same places and times, as the early European explorers saw them. But the tree landscape we see today is dramatically different from what our ancestors saw 500 years ago. Here in Massachusetts, there are only small patches of old-growth forest that have never been cut. Most have been cut multiple times during the last few centuries...

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. Introductory essays outline the principles of avian evolution, life cycle, body structure, flight dynamics, and more.

Sibley turns his attention from birds to the trees where they live in this superb field guide to 668 species of native and commonly planted trees north of the Rio Grande. Bark, leaves, twigs, fruit, flowers and silhouettes are all meticulously illustrated and the accompanying succinct descriptions display Sibley's usual wit and precision. A Longitude Best of 2009. (NAT176, $39.95)

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. Introductory essays outline the principles of avian evolution, life cycle, body structure, flight dynamics, and more.

Product Details The all-new, beautifully illustrated guide book to trees — from America's #1 best-selling nature author! "A beautiful, masterful, and much-needed work that will henceforth be our guide to North American trees." — Edward O. Wilson David Allen Sibley, the preeminent bird-guide author and illustrator, now applies his formidable skills of identification and illustration to the trees of North America. Monumental in scope but small enough to take into the field, The Sibley Guide to Trees...