the sibley guide to bird life & behavior

Other entries were too long or not of interest to me so I did not feel guilty to flit through the pages. I was shocked to learn that James Audubon killed thousands of birds in order to get just the right poses for his drawings! This was before photography and high-resolution binoculars provided a more-humane method. Some were entertaining some were sad in describing man's cruelty to these creatures, the closest to angels on earth. This book is a collection of stories, mythology, poems and illustrations all about. Among the subjects covered and illustratedĪccessibly written, superbly designed and organized, and brilliantly illustrated, The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior is an indispensable source of information on the avian life around us. The 80 family-by-family chapters describe the amazing range of behavior dictated by birds’ biology and environment. Introductory essays outline the principles of avian evolution, life cycle, body structure, flight dynamics, and more. In this new guide Sibley takes us beyond identification, to show us how birds live and what they do. 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. The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior is the new landmark book from David Allen Sibley. 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. In 1838, John ames Audubon’s Birds of America was one.In 1934, Roger Tory Peterson produced Field Guide to the Birds. “Once in a great while, a natural history book changes the way people look at the world.

The sibley guide to bird life & behavior