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 The
Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior, Chris Elphick, John B. Dunning, Jr.
& David Allen Sibley, Editors
“Once in a great while, a natural history book changes
the way people look at the world. In 1838, John James Audubon’s
Birds of America was one...In 1934, Roger Tory Peterson produced
Field Guide to the Birds...Now comes The Sibley Guide to Birds.”
Thus did the New York Times, in 1999, greet David Allen Sibley’s
monumental book, which has quickly been established nationwide as
the peerless, standard bird identification guide. The
Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior is the landmark book from
David Allen Sibley. Designed to enhance the birding experience and
to enrich the popular study of North American birds, the book
combines more than 795 of his full-color illustrations with
authoritative text by 48 expert birders and biologists. In this
guide Sibley takes us beyond identification, to show us how birds
live and what they do.
Introductory essays outline the principles of avian evolution, life
cycle, body structure, flight dynamics, and more. The 80
family-by-family chapters describe the amazing range of behavior
dictated by birds’ biology and environment. Among the subjects
covered and illustrated are: molts and plumages; habitats; food and foraging; vocalizations and displays; courtship and breeding; rearing of young; migration and movements; scientific groupings; introduced species; accidental species; anatomy; flight patterns; nests and eggs; conservation; global distribution.
Accessibly written, superbly designed and organized, and brilliantly
illustrated, The Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior is an
indispensable source of information on the avian life around us.
608 pages, 6 1/8 x 9 3/4
inches, flexibound. Full-color illustrations.
1-4000-4386-7
The Sibley
Guide to Bird Life & Behavior $39.95
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