gthang
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No, I'm not saying that the Sibley books are bad. They're awesome.
It's just that I've had the Eastern guide for quite a while now, and only yesterday did I go out and buy the Western version.
The differences were noticeable right away. 40 more pages in the Western than Eastern (473 vs 433); Western has drawings of the western plummages of birds, also shows maps for the birds "that barely enter Eastern N.A. in Black Hills, South Dakota"; among other things.
But what really irks me is the Identification helpers, such as the foraging techniques, diving motions, Osprey feeding habits, Drinking methods of pigeons and doves, gaping mouth of nightjars, and Downy/Hairy Woodpecker subspecies variation, are in the Western version, but not the Eastern version.
What gives? I didn't know about the nightjar's gaping mouth until i got the Western? couldn't the information have been in the Eastern? I'm thinking that there was a page limit, or something that prevented Sibley from having other useful information in the Eastern book.
Sorry to rant, but that's kept me up all night...
It's just that I've had the Eastern guide for quite a while now, and only yesterday did I go out and buy the Western version.
The differences were noticeable right away. 40 more pages in the Western than Eastern (473 vs 433); Western has drawings of the western plummages of birds, also shows maps for the birds "that barely enter Eastern N.A. in Black Hills, South Dakota"; among other things.
But what really irks me is the Identification helpers, such as the foraging techniques, diving motions, Osprey feeding habits, Drinking methods of pigeons and doves, gaping mouth of nightjars, and Downy/Hairy Woodpecker subspecies variation, are in the Western version, but not the Eastern version.
What gives? I didn't know about the nightjar's gaping mouth until i got the Western? couldn't the information have been in the Eastern? I'm thinking that there was a page limit, or something that prevented Sibley from having other useful information in the Eastern book.
Sorry to rant, but that's kept me up all night...