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DAVID ALLEN SIBLEY is the author and illustrator of the series of successful guides to nature that bear his name, including the New York Times best seller The Sibley Guide to Birds. He has contributed art and articles to Smithsonian, Science, The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, Birding, BirdWatching, and North American Birds, and wrote and illustrated a syndicated column for The New York Times. He is the recipient of the Roger Tory Peterson Award for Lifetime Achievement from the American Birding Association and the Linnaean Society of New York's Eisenmann Medal. He lives in Concord, Massachusetts.
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Product details
Paperback: 504 pages
Publisher: Knopf; 2nd edition (March 29, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0307957926
ISBN-13: 978-0307957924
Product Dimensions:
4.9 x 1.1 x 7.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.6 out of 5 stars
124 customer reviews
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#10,476 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
2016 edition. Book is smaller than the North American edition: 7.8 inches tall instead of 9.8 inches tall, so it is more portable, but it does require that the nice illustrations are also smaller - often smaller than the range maps. But still a very useful field guide.Errata:Page 119 – Whimbrel is on page 132, not 133; Rock Sandpiper is on page 138, not 136.Page 184 – South Polar Skua is on page 188, not 186.Page 193 – Ancient Murrele should be Ancient MurreletPage 206 – Greater Roadrunner is on page 207, not 201Page 210 – Flammulated Owl is on page 219, not 211Page 254 – Aplomado Falcon is on page 257; Gyrfalcon 255; Prairie Falcon 257, Peregrine (not Pregrine) 256; American Kestrel 258; Merlin 259; Crested Caracara 254Page 266 – Great Crested Flycatcher and Brown-crested Flycatcher are on page 279.Page 267 – Scissor-tailed and Fork-tailed Flycatchers are on page 284.Page 365 – Black-throated Gray Warbler is on page 386.Page 420 – Western Tanager is on page 423.I just hope that the illustrations are not misplaced!
I ordered this book the day after I was hired to survey birds in National Park properties through out the Chihuahuan Desert. The second edition of "Birds West" is the first Sibley publication I've owned and I can not deny it has been a spectacular investment in the field. Up until this point I have relied on National Geographic's field guide to Western Birds and have been referencing both through out the season. What sets Sibley apart is not necessarily his artwork (which is exceptional regardless), but his knack for providing extraordinarily helpful information in a brief format.The Nat Geo guide attempts to cram visual, behavioral, and habitat information into a small paragraph which allows maximal room for illustration. Sibley, on the other hand, has developed a format geared to maximize the recognition of diagnostic traits in the field. Each section is prefaced with a reference page showing each species, grouped into genus, side by side. This really helps you recognize the shared traits of a genus which can make all the difference when you're in a location with 6 wren species coming from 6 different genus. On the individual pages, Sibley gives more than adequate descriptions of the habitat you're likely to find each bird in and his comprehensive illustrations and sketches high light even the least expected diagnostic features. Thanks to this I was able to initially ID a Black-chinned Hummer from its display flight pattern alone.The only short-coming of this regional field guide is a trivial one unique to the situation I find myself in. Surveying areas that fall right on the border that divides Sibley's Western guide from his Eastern, he has chosen to exclude some rarities, like the Great Kiskadee and Ringed Kingfisher, that would've been helpful. These are also excluded from my Nat Geo guide, however I have no doubt Sibley has included them in his comprehensive field guide. For the price, artwork, and the quality and breadth of information provided, this is definitely the book I'd recommend highest to any serious birder looking to gain familiarity with Western species.
Sibley, has great plates. Much more accurate than the plates in my nat geo bird book.This book is also nice and small. Easier to take into the field than the full sized one. Just know that this one (Sibley's west) has slightly less information than the full size one. Both have description, call, habitat, and range maps; however, it seems like in Sibley's west (this one), all the written info is combined into one paragraph with the less vital information left out. Plates are most just slightly smaller in this one (some are more noticeably smaller than others).
I bought this thinking it was going to be an improved and updated edition to my 2003 copy of The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America. As soon as I opened it I saw trouble. My eyes immediately went to the range map--which was of the Eastern US! Much preferred the illustrations of parts of birds along with range map on fly leaves. The new edition--in addition of having the wrong range map--has keys to species and group accounts squeezed into space with a font too small for easy reading. I also do not like the glossy paper. Normally I would sit and compare editions side by side but I am not going to bother since its defects are so enormous to me that keeping it as a useful guide is not an option. If one takes only one field guide for a day or year of birding my choice would be National Geographic's, which has recently come out with its 7th edition that includes the advancement in DNA to properly classify birds. In the car I also carrying Sibley's big guide for comparison.
I received my copy this morning and can only comment on one aspect of the guide at this time. First let me say that I have a "newer" version of the original 2002 guide. Friends with the original 2002 edition have a handy "quick finder" index in the inside of the front cover. Not only is the new 2nd edition guide missing this index, but it also moved the quick index feature (swallows, owls, finches, etc.) from the upper outside corner of each page to the lower inside edges and in much smaller typeface. As a 3 1/2 year birder, I should know my taxonomy structure better, and I'm sure I will get used to this new edition. (edited after being shown where the "quick index" feather had been moved)
Tiny font and tiny plates make this field guide more difficult to use than would be optimal. It also appears that this printing runs a bit faint. I prefer the larger plates and bolder print found in the National Geographic's field guides.
I've always carried the full sized Sibley bird guide with me as my bird field guide of choice, but the new smaller Western guide covers all of the species in my area, is updated, fits into a smaller storage space (such as a vehicle door pocket), has updated artwork, and folows the latest bird family and species order.
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