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Sibley Birds East & Sibley Birds West: A Review

10,000 Birds

These changes are, of course, also reflected in the second edition of The Sibley Guide to Birds (though only up to the 54th supplement, 2013), but to dedicated users of the regional editions, there is going to be a learning curve in knowing where to open the book up to without using the index. Font: It is amazing what you can do with a font.

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The Crossley ID Guide: Raptors – A Book Review

10,000 Birds

I’m not going to try to explain why people are fascinated by hawks; human-to-avian psychology is not my specialty. Princeton University Press, 2013. And, a shorebird is not the image leading off the introduction to The Colbert Report. It’s a Bald Eagle, a hawk. I just happen not to enjoy anthropomorphic bird essays. 34 color maps.