The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America: Second Edition (Sibley Guides) David Allen Sibley. He is the author and illustrator of The Sibley Guide to Birds (and several other books about birds), as well as the Sibley Guide to Trees. Sibley's Birding Basics: How to Identify Birds, Using the Clues in Feathers, Habitats, Behaviors, and Sounds (Sibley Guides) David Allen Sibley. global distribution Accessibly written, superbly designed and organized, and brilliantly illustrated, The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior is an indispensable source of information on the avian life around us. The son of ornithologist Fred Sibley, he began watching and drawing birds at a very young age, and spent most of the 1980s and 90s traveling all over the North American continent in search of birds. Among the subjects covered and illustrated are: -molts and plumages The 80 family-by-family chapters describe the amazing range of behavior dictated by birds' biology and environment. Introductory essays outline the principles of avian evolution, life cycle, body structure, flight dynamics, and more. Designed to enhance the birding experience and to enrich the popular study of North American birds, The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior combines more than 795 of Sibley's beautiful full-color illustrations with authoritative text by 48 expert birders and biologists. F rom the New York Times best selling author of the peerless bird identification guide The Sibley Guide to Birds, a landmark exploration of how birds live and what they do.
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