The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America

• The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America
• A Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America
• National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Fifth Edition (National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America)
• Sibley's Birding Basics
• The Sibley Guide to Birds

Juvelniles and females depicted. The one criticism that I have heard and will agree with is that some of the drawings are a bit "dull" in comparison to other guides. I both watch and study birds and absolutely adore these guides. Other unique characteristics noted or depicted (e.g. diagnostic flight patterns or other movements). Having said that, this has never deterred from my ability to identify a bird in the field.

Probably the best feature to me is how each species is depicted in flight as well as percing. Everyone who I've spoken to agrees that these books are excellent. I love the Sibley guides. (Western edition too). Arrows highlight key features to look for. Wonderful.

My son was elated. He has been intrigued by their characteristics and songs. The illustrations, "(more than 4200 total)" are smaller but plenty large enough to see each bird's features. Everything about each bird is all on one page.

Uncle Max's love for birds and nature, and the spirit that has been passed on to my son through his artwork, lit the spark. Max White and David Sibley have encouraged my son's passion for birds; a love that will last a lifetime. Max White, gave my son a hand-crafted peanut butter feeder that he'd made and stained. My son's enthusiasm for bird watching has been fueled by referencing David Sibley's meticulous and inspiring work, THE SIBLEY FIELD GUIDE TO BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA.

We decided to add a birdseed feeder, a woodpecker feeder, a finch feeder, and a hummingbird feeder to his collection. He was in heaven. We hung the feeder outside my son's window and within three days the birds started to arrive. He explained to his great-nephew, in specific detail, the kinds of birds he would start to see.

My son has discovered a vast array of birds in our area. We put a songbird clock on the wall next to his window so he could compare the birds he saw with it until we received the field guides we ordered from Amazon. It is informative and concise. We purchased the National Geographic guide and The Audubon Backyard guide, but THE SIBLEY FIELD GUIDE TO BIRDS of EASTERN NORTH AMERICA is by far the best. My Uncle, G.

We love the way we can look at the characteristics of the bird, the detailed descriptions and a map showing where the bird thrives all on the same page. We are able to see the bird's appearance from juvenile to adult and breeding or non-breeding. Together, G.

This is a compact field guide derived from David Allen Sibley's highly regarded _The Sibley Guide to Birds_. Most species accounts include fewer visual representations than the corresponding accounts found in the Guide to Birds, but the illustrations selected are usually quite sufficient.Remarkably, the text associated with many species accounts is more informative than the information found in the larger guide: more information about habitat preferences, behavior, and description.I have noticed some separation from the binding near the middle of each of the two field guides I have (eastern and western) but in neither instance is it really a problem. This may be heresy, but in this instance the derivative surpasses the original, and that is no mean feat.Most notably, it is compact enough to carry into the field, and that's where birders try to sort through as many diagnostic puzzles as possible. This isn't going to be my primary North American guide (I'll still rely on the National Geographic field guide for that purpose) but if I carry two guides into the field this will often be the second.

The Sibley field guides are the current standards of birding in North America. Nothing else needs to be said. If you're going to buy one birding field guide - this is the one.

This and its companion volume are excellent choices for one of the guides and I highly recommend them. to an area, nesting, behavior, food and feeding, and voice description. A birder needs to compare the information and illustrations of two or more field guides. One is that if there is some interesting or noteworthy characteristic about a bird or group of birds, Sibley put in a text box. The inside of the back cover provides a map of the USA and Canada, i.e., what counts as North America for birding purposes. The inside of the front cover gives a quick reference guide to the parts of a bird and what the various colors mean on the range maps. This arrangement is particularly helpful when confronted with the terrible and mysterious LBJs or little brown jobs.

This means that there is room for large detailed, beautiful illustrations with field marks for the diagnostic features. Since it covers only part of North America, it is lighter than single volume field guides covering all of North America. As with any bird field guide, the user wants comprehensive, easily accessible, clear information that make identifications quick and indisputable. The Eastern volume covers the 650 bird species found east of the Rocky Mountains. The other feature is, if a species is more common in the east say rather than the west, then the Eastern volume will have more illustrations and adjusts the text to reflect more about the species. For example, there is a text box on Woodpecker Climbing Motions explaining the roll of the feet and tail in climbing.

For example, in the Western volume, the Blue Jay has four illustrations and the text starts with "uncommon", while in the Eastern volume the Blue Jay has five illustrations and the text starts out with "common". These marks are extremely helpful for the new birder to show what to look for and how to distinguish one species from another. Sibley's field guides cover all the species within the range of the volume arranging the birds in vertical columns on the page with most two-page spreads showing four species. The text covers key identification characteristics and field marks on the illustrations, whether the species is common, uncommon, rare, etc. The reader can make quick comparisons between similar species.

The Sibley field guides have two exceptional features. Accompanying the text is an excellent range map showing the bird's full North American distribution. The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America is the companion volume to The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America. The volume is compact enough to fit into a hip pocket with a bit of manoeuvring. The first leaf inside the back cover is a Quick Index to allow the user relatively fast access to the groups of species.

A single field guide is never sufficient.