Can anyone recommend a good guide for North American birds - I'm looking for an equivalent to my well loved 'Birds of Britain and Europe'. I'm looking through lists and lists and getting very confused!! Is there just one book or am I going to need several to cover different areas? It doesn't need to be a small book as I'm not going to be travelling with it, just learning and dreaming. Thank you...
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best field guide for north america? (1 Viewer)
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scary-canary
Canaries forever... and i'm not always scary, some
The Sibley Guide to Birds, published by National Audubon Society
It's the best by miles.
Chris
It's the best by miles.
Chris
bitterntwisted
Graham Howard Shortt
See my comment, and J.Moore's excellent reply, in this thread... http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=175326&highlight=sibley (Posts 7 and 8)
Graham
Graham
dantheman
Bah humbug
Welcome to Birdforum ...
As mentioned, the different field guides are, well, different, and different people will have different preferences. If it's a case of 'window shopping' in the books themselves, rather than actually using it in the field, the copy of National Geographic is more interesting artistically than the Sibley I have IMO, although I do have older editions of both. Some book selling websites allow you to view inside the pages ... maybe this would help?
(eg here )
As mentioned, the different field guides are, well, different, and different people will have different preferences. If it's a case of 'window shopping' in the books themselves, rather than actually using it in the field, the copy of National Geographic is more interesting artistically than the Sibley I have IMO, although I do have older editions of both. Some book selling websites allow you to view inside the pages ... maybe this would help?
(eg here )
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