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Hawks In Flight, Second edition: A Review of a New Version of a Birding Classic

10,000 Birds

Second, it abandoned the standard format for field guides established by Roger Tory Peterson (who wrote the book’s Forward), succinct lists of field marks and arrows pointing them out, to engage in long paragraphs discussing how a hawk soaring above might be identified. Published in 1988, Hawks in Flight was unique for its time.

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The Sibley Guide to Birds, Second Edition: A Review of an Iconic Guide in a New Edition

10,000 Birds

(The phrase is also used in the Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America and The Shorebird Guide by O’Brien, Crossley, and Karlson, so it hasn’t been totally abandoned.). In a huge improvement, Sibley Two includes page references for each species (see Falcons introductory page above).