About this title: One of the foremost painters of American birds, David Allen Sibley, provides everything birders need to identify birds--by shape, size, color, and habits--and illustrates it with his incomparable paintings.
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Knopf, New York
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780375709661ISBN:0375709665
Description: Near Fine. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. 154pp. Color and black & white illustrations by author. Edges slightly rubbed but clean & sniny. French flaps. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780375709661ISBN:0375709665
Description: 1st printing, f, stiff colded covers. How to identify birds, using the clues in feathers, habitats, behaviors, and sounds; 1st editions are 1st printings unless noted. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780375709661ISBN:0375709665
Description: Very Good Plus. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Like New-Crisp Bright, and Unmarked. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, New York
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780375709661ISBN:0375709665
Description: Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First Softcover Edition. Fine. Stiff paper wraps; french flaps; 154pp.; illustrated in color; clean and crisp. read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780375709661ISBN:0375709665
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. BRAND NEW BOOK! ORDER WITH CONFIDENCE FROM JOHN THE BOOKMAN-HAPPY ENDINGS ALWAYS GUARANTEED! Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 168 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780375709661ISBN:0375709665
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. BRAND NEW BOOK! ORDER WITH CONFIDENCE FROM JOHN THE BOOKMAN-HAPPY ENDINGS ALWAYS GUARANTEED! Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 168 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
Date Published: 2002-09-01
ISBN-13:9780375709661ISBN:0375709665
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780375709661. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780375709661ISBN:0375709665
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"What an interesting and informative book. I learned things about birds that I never suspected before. I may have to re-read this one should I decide to go birdwatching this fall. Seems very relaxing."
"As a beginning birder, I needed a book to get me started at birding. It seems intuitive to me that before I can identify a bird in the field accurately, I have to know the necessary pieces of information that need to fit together into an identification. What do I have to look for while birding? I knew it isn't about just alternating between staring through binoculars and staring at a page in a field guide with a stupid look on my face. I had to know how to think while birding. That's why I picked out this book, and I wasn't disappointed.
I found a lot of information and ideas in this book, thin as it is. It covers a wide range of topics designed to make it easier to identify birds properly in the field, from bird shapes and feather structures to sounds and optical illusions. The individual sections are brief, but my impression is that this is intended to present the material in a length so that it's digestible.
This guide gave me a lot of fresh ideas about factors that I hadn't considered. As some examples, birds' feathers can look drastically different depending upon the position of the sun and can be influenced by reflections of light off of other surfaces. Molting and the effects of wear on feathers can also be useful indicators of a species--or, in other cases, can be misleading. There are numerous ways a bird can be misidentified and simply being aware of them should lead to greater accuracy. The numerous illustrations are also quite helpful.
Overall, I do think it could be fleshed out a bit more, but I still recommend it for anyone who wants to brush up on their bird skillz."
"i learned from this book that i'm a big nerd. really, who gets into birdwatching at 30? don't you have to be at least retired? hi, my name is missy, and i've been getting into birdwatching in a big way.
this book is rilly good for big nerds starting out, like me."
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