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Not just spin-offs from the famed Sibley Guide to Birds, these field guides are specifically designed to tote along on outings. The maps are new.
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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 contributed by 110 regional experts across the continent.

The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America is an indispensable resource for all birders seeking an authoritative and portable guide to the birds of the West.

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Turtleback: 472 pages
Publisher: Knopf; 1 edition (April 29, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0679451218
ISBN-13: 978-0679451211
Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 4.7 x 1.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (57 customer reviews)

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3.0 out of 5 stars A disappointing compromise, May 12, 2003

By	Carpalis (Tucson, AZ) - See all my reviews

Of the making of many books there is no end, and so here we have another volume from David Sibley, author of the (large) Sibley Guide, hands-down the best field guide available to North American birds. Even that book has its disadvantages, though, and Sibley (or rather, one is forced to suspect, his publishers) has sought to remedy two of them--namely, its physical weight and misleading range maps--by dividing it into two considerably more portable volumes. Unfortunately, while the book now fits into generously proportioned pockets, and while the maps are tremendously improved (residents of BC, AB, and Nunavut may disagree...), the new layout made necessary by the smaller format essentially vitiates the original guide's great advantages. Gone are the startlingly large-scale images, replaced by what are for most species literally thumbnail-sized illustrations (well, I've got biggish thumbs); for most species, the images now float in the gutters and margins next to the text. The captions to these images still provide a tremendous amount of information, in a few cases even more information or more clearly stated than in the "big" Sibley. But the cramped layout means that it is impossible to compare some similar species without flipping pages; Western and Cassin's Kingbirds, for example, are on different openings. The great strength of the original guide was the vertical orientation of the species accounts, and now that that is gone, the book barely holds its own against the more traditionally designed and meatier NatGeo. I suspect that birders sophisticated enough to use this volume efficiently will not need it; and those who need it will find it frustratingly cluttered.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not great for the field, May 30, 2005

By	Starry Vere (Silver Lake OH USA) - See all my reviews

While the Big Sibley Guide mostly deserves the praise it has received, the smaller Field Guides are a disappointment. They don't have the great knack that Peterson's, for example, has for giving you the precise few things you need for quick identification in the field.
For instance, I recently visited southern California for the first time and saw cormorants with blue throat patches. My Sibley Field Guide was not particularly helpful. Upon returning home, I saw that my other guides, Peterson, National Geographic, Golden, made it clear that it was Brandt's cormorant in its breeding plumage. A fine point, perhaps, but an unforgivable omission in a book that aspires to be a standard reference. I won't take it out into the field anymore.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional, April 11, 2004

By	Christopher Lamonica "LaMonica, PhD" (Wellington, NZ) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The larger Sibley field guide caused quite a stir but it was also a bit of a bear, in terms of size. The smaller guides that focus on east and west, are much easier to carry. Everything about them is, really, as good as it gets: the paintings, the maps, the descriptions - a top quality product.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Birding Field Guide
I have the Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America as well and I have to say that these are fantastic field guides for identifying birds in the wild. Read more

Published 4 months ago by Steven R. Martin

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty useful guide
I liked this guide. I am new to birding, and there are some other guides which list by color which I initially found more useful; however, as I got a hang of watching and... Read more

Published 5 months ago by Andrew

5.0 out of 5 stars The definitive bird identification guide
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Published 5 months ago by Meridee F. Stclaire

5.0 out of 5 stars The BEST field guide
We loved this book and bought copies for everyone we know who likes bird watching. The drawings make it so much easier to identify a bird as compared to using real photos. Read more

Published 8 months ago by Lovely Rita

1.0 out of 5 stars Very Overrated in general
First off, the book is too big to fit in a sorta big pocket.. Too heavy and bulky to be handy.

The pictures do a bad job a depicting the bird as you see it... Read more

Published 11 months ago by L. AQUINO

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of the best for birding
I chose the Sibley guide from other excellent field guides principally because of the notes accompanying each drawing. Read more

Published 11 months ago by Dr. J

5.0 out of 5 stars Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America
This is an awesome book for birders with a lot of detail and illustrations on each type of bird. I would recommend it.

Published 15 months ago by Hikeguru

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!
I think this is an excellant bird guide. I'd recommend it to anyone who is just starting out as a birder or is a lifetime lover of birds.

Published 15 months ago by Hello

5.0 out of 5 stars The perfect gift!
I purchased this book for my fiance's birthday, as we're new to the birdwatching world. It's aboslutely wonderful, and we'll use it for many years to come.

Published 17 months ago by Claire Estrella

5.0 out of 5 stars The very best!
I bought this book for my little brother in California for his birthday. He has just started getting in to watching the different birds and trying to identifying them by there... Read more

Published 17 months ago by George F. Graham

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