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Sibley Birds East & Sibley Birds West: A Review

10,000 Birds

David Sibley notes in the Introduction that the order has been changed in some places so similar species could be placed next to each other for comparison purposes. Species accounts include common name, scientific name, measurements, text, images, and range maps. “Ethics” includes a lengthy discussion on playback.

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The Crossley ID Guide: Raptors – A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Families do not hike up mountains to sit all day on pointy rocks to watch woodpeckers. I’m not going to try to explain why people are fascinated by hawks; human-to-avian psychology is not my specialty. It’s hawks they pant and wait to see. And, a shorebird is not the image leading off the introduction to The Colbert Report.