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The Sibley Guide to Birds»rank: 25339by: David Allen Sibley
: :David Allen Sibley, America's most gifted contemporary painter of birds, is the author and illustrator of this comprehensive guide. His beautifully detailed illustrations—more than 6,600 in all—and descriptions of 810 species and 350 regional populations will enrich every birder's experience.The Sibley Guide's innovative design makes it entirely user friendly. The illustrations are arranged to facilitate comparison, yet still capture the unique character of each species.The Sibley Guide to Birds provides a wealth of new information:—Captioned illustrations show many previously unpublished field marks and revisions of known marks—Nearly every species is shown in flight—Measurements include length, wingspan, and weight for every species—Subspecies and geographic varients are covered thoroughly—Complete voice descriptions are ... |
The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America»rank: 3764by: David Allen Sibley, Rick Cech
: :The Sibley Guide to Birds has quickly become the new standard of excellence in bird identification guides, covering more than 810 North American birds in amazing detail. Now comes a new portable guide from David Sibley that every birder will want to carry into the field. Compact and comprehensive, this new guide features 650 bird species plus regional populations found east of the Rocky Mountains. Accounts include stunningly accurate illustrations—more than 4,200 in total—with descriptive caption text pointing out the most important field marks. Each entry contains new text concerning frequency, nesting, behavior, food and feeding, voice description, and key identification features. Accounts also include brand-new maps created from information ... |
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The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America»rank: 19070by: David Allen Sibley
: :The Sibley Guide to Birds has quickly become the new standard of excellence in bird identification guides, covering more than 810 North American birds in amazing detail. Now comes a new portable guide from David Sibley that every birder will want to carry into the field. Compact and comprehensive, this new guide features 703 bird species plus regional populations found west of the Rocky Mountains. Accounts include stunningly accurate illustrations—more than 4,600 in total—with descriptive caption text pointing out the most important field marks. Each entry contains new text concerning frequency, nesting, behavior, food and feeding, voice description, and key identification features. Accounts also include brand-new maps created from information ... |
Sibley: The Birder's Year 2009 Daily Boxed Calendar (Calendar)»rank: 50805by: David Allen Sibley
: :Hailed as a modern-day John James Audubon, David Allen Sibley has quickly become one of North America's most famous bird illustrators. Each day will feature reproductions of his finely detailed species portraits along with a range map, wingspans and common and Latin names. A must for Birders! |
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Sibley's Birding Basics»rank: 43056by: David Allen Sibley
: :“I wrote and illustrated this book to help every inquisitive birder, from novice to expert. Whether you can identify six birds or six hundred, you’ll be a better birder if you have a grounding in the real nuts and bolts of what birds look like, and your skills will be even sharper if you know exactly what to look for and how to record what you see.” —David Allen Sibley The Sibley Guide to Birds and The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior are both universally acclaimed as the new standard source of species information. And now David Sibley, America’s premier birder and best-known bird artist, takes a new ... |
The Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior»rank: 16821by: David Allen Sibley
: :“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 ... |
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Hawks in Flight: The Flight Identification of North American Migrant Raptors»rank: 73792by: Clay Sutton, Peter Dunne
: :This guide shows how to recognize hawks the way we recognize friends at a distance: by body shape, movements, and locale. |
The Wind Masters: The Lives of North American Birds of Prey»rank: 213807by: Peter Dunne
: :Even people with little interest in birds will stop in their tracks at the sight of a hawk soaring overhead or a falcon perched on a window ledge. Birds of prey have an aura that few other creatures have. In the acclaimed Hawks in Flight, Pete Dunne showed what birds of prey look like. In The Wind Masters, he shows what it is like to be a bird of prey. He takes us inside the lives and minds of all thirty-four species of diurnal raptors found in North America -- hawks, falcons, eagles, vultures, the osprey, and the harrier -- and shows us how each bird sees the world, hunts its prey, finds and ... |
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Sibley: The Birder's Year 2008 Weekly Engagement Planner»rank: 454084by: David Allen Sibley
: :Now fans of renowned bird illustrator David Allen Sibley can spend a year viewing the artists beautiful watercolors. Fifty-two bird portraits with descriptions of behavior, and key identification marks make this the perfect planner for the bird enthuriast. |
A Guide to Bird Finding in New Jersey»rank: 2411275by: William J., Jr. Boyle
: :New Jersey is one of the smallest and most densely populated states, yet the remarkable diversity of its birdlife surpasses that of many larger states. Well over 400 species of birds have been recorded in New Jersey and an active birder can hope to see more than 300 species in a year. William J. Boyle has updated his classic guide to birding in New Jersey, featuring all new maps and ten new illustrations. The book is an invaluable companion for every birder - novice or experienced, New Jerseyan or visitor. A Guide to Bird Finding in New Jersey features: * More than 130 top birding spots described in detail * ... |