Flexibound
Now completely revised and updated–the indispensable resource for all birders seeking an authoritative guide to the birds of the East in a portable format they will want to carry into the field.
Compact and comprehensive, this guide features 650 bird species, plus regional populations, found east of the Rocky Mountains. Entries include stunningly accurate illustrations–more than 4,601 in total–with descriptive captions pointing out the most important field marks. Each entry has been updated to include the most current information concerning frequency, nesting, behavior, food and feeding, voice description, and key identification features. Here too are more than 601 updated maps drawn from information contributed by 110 regional experts across the continent, and showing winter, summer, year-round, migration, and rare ranges.
NEW AND IMPROVED:
• Updated habitat, description, behavior, and conservation text for each species account and all family pages (drawn from the second edition of The Sibley Guide to Birds and tailored for the specific region).
• All illustrations, including new and revised illustrations of species and regional forms, are taken from the rescanned and meticulously color-corrected second printing of the second edition of the Sibley Guide.
• New design reflects the layout of The Sibley Guide to Birds, Second Edition. All species accounts are now presented in columns, rather than stacked, allowing for better comparison and more illustrations and text for each species.
• Current taxonomic order and up-to-date common names.
• All maps revised to reflect the most current range information.
• More species and rarities included.
Knopf Botched it again. I feel sorry for David SIbley Knopf Publishing has managed to botch a David Sibley Guide,once again. As many of you will know, “The Sibley Guide to Birds” Second Edition, First Printing (March 2014) was reprinted in July 2014 in response to negative feedback from purchasers of the Guide. The print was too light,and the colors of a number of the birds was off.
looks like another text issue, otherwise pretty good Well it looks like there is another text issue with the second edition unfortunately. The text is a size six font still but it doesn’t seem dark enough and it appears to be the same as the second edition first printing. It was a little bit hard to read. Definitely not the same as the second printing. I feel bad for David Sibley that this has happend again.
Liked Flexibound Sibley Enough at First Blush to Pay Full-Price! NOTE: I’m a novice birder but reasonably experience outdoorsy-type, and this is not just my first field guide to birds, but also my first bird guide. I pair my Flexibound Sibley with Nikon Monarch 7’s in 8 x 42.