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Title: National Geographic Field Guide To The Birds Of North America, 4th Edition by National Geographic Society ISBN: 0-7922-6877-6 Publisher: National Geographic Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.71 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Very Good Birding Book
Comment: I have many different bird field guides, but always take this one along on my trips. I have read reviews by others that state this book is too big to carry in the field. Nonsense. I like having a bird book with all the North American birds between the covers. You never know when you may see a stray bird hundreds of miles away from its usual locations. The illustrations are very detailed. The raptors in flight section is another bonus of this book. Don't get me wrong, Sibley's books are magnificent, but this one is good as well. The only drawback is the sparrow section. While they are good, they don't do the birds justice. However, no book is perfect. My birding friends and I all agree that this is probably the best field guide at the moment.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Field Guide
Comment: This is a very good field guide. Breif description accompanies every illustration. One thing though - it doens't break it down according to states. Other than that, you will be able to spot birds in your local area with this wonderful guide.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good, but not great
Comment: Just like many other reviewers, this is one of my many field guides to birds, but this one is not my favorite.
Plusses:
It's got all the latest revisions (e.g. Wilson's Snipe and Black-crested Titmouse) which the other books do not yet have.
It's got more birds, so if you're going somewhere where you might see Steller's Sea-Eagle or an Eurasian Kestrel, you'll need this book.
I personally think the maps in this addition are pretty accurate.
Minuses:
Other field guides have illustrations all by the same person. This guide has a bunch of artists. Therefore, I like how some of the birds are shown, but not others. You can't develop a feel of the artist's style and figure out how the typical bird is shown.
Some people may like how the birds are painted in natural habitats, but for me, I'm trying to get a good look at the bird, I don't care if it's up in some flowery tree, I want to see the bird. In other guides you can easily compare birds because they have the same posture, but often similar birds in this book are pictured doing different things.
It's too big to carry around easily. So if you want to carry one around, take Peterson, but if you're going to carry one that's too big for your pocket, you might as well take Sibley, it has more illustrations.
So, if you're into birding, you might as well pick this up, for the extra birds it offers if nothing else. But if you're not looking to collect a bunch of guides I find Peterson easier to use if you are beginning and Sibley better for more advanced birders.
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Title: Sibley's Birding Basics by David Allen Sibley ISBN: 0375709665 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Sibley Guide to Birds by David Allen Sibley ISBN: 0679451226 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 03 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America by David Allen Sibley ISBN: 0679451218 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 29 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: A Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America by Roger Tory Peterson ISBN: 0395740460 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 04 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America by David Allen Sibley ISBN: 067945120X Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 29 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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