The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior - Hardcover

Sibley, David; Elphick, Chris; Dunning, John B., Jr.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679451234 ISBN 13: 9780679451235

Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2001

Synopsis

Created in association with the National Audubon Society, a valuable reference to basic information about the biology, life cycles, and behavior of birds covers the eighty bird families of North America in stunning detail. 100,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

"Regardless of one's reasons for watching birds, learning about their lives can greatly enhance the pleasure of watching their behavior--as well as markedly improve one's ability to identify them in the field. The new "Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior" will help with both. Like Sibley's popular field guide, it will undoubtedly become a principal source to answer questions on avian taxonomy, habitat, behavior, and distribution. Sibley's numerous colored illustrations are alone, sufficient reason to purchase this guide, but in addition, it summarizes an impressive amount of useful information. The text is beautifully written and the chapters are consistently well organized. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in understanding the life and behavior of birds."
--Dr. Wm. James Davis, editor of the Interpretive Birding Bulletin.

About the Author:

David Allen Sibley began seriously watching and drawing birds in 1969, at age seven. Author and illustrator of the nationally acclaimed National Audubon Society: The Sibley Guide to Birds, he lives in Concord, Massachusetts.

Chris Elphick, editor and contributing author, holds a Ph.D. in Ecology and Conservation Biology from the University of Nevada, Reno. He is currently a research scientist at the University of Connecticut, where he focuses on the conservation of waterbirds, especially shorebirds. He lives in Storrs, Connecticut.
John B. Dunning, Jr., editor and contributing author, earned a Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of Arizona. He is an Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology at Purdue University and lives in Lafayette, Indiana.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0679451234
• ISBN 13: 9780679451235
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 588