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Sibley Birds East & Sibley Birds West: A Review

10,000 Birds

I purchased my first Sibley— The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America —in 2003. Here’s a look at Sibley Birds East and Sibley Birds West (the books’ cover titles), feature by feature: Size & Cover: The new field guides are the roughly the same size as the 2003 editions, a bit higher, wider, and heavier.

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The Crossley ID Guide: Raptors – A Book Review

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Sometimes, I’ll reply with a story about the sparrows found in a local grasslands preserve. I’m not going to try to explain why people are fascinated by hawks; human-to-avian psychology is not my specialty. What is it about raptors that fascinates so many people? Or, I’ll wax poetic over a Hooded Warbler. It’s a Bald Eagle, a hawk.