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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fugl" data-source="post: 1376988" data-attributes="member: 816">Another vote for the regional Sibleys vs the NG & Peterson guides.  I own the NG & several of the Petersons but seldom use any of them.  Not only IMO are the illustrations & layout better in the Sibleys than in the competition, but the Sibleys are the only modern FGs that give weights as well as linear measurements (weight in my experience is often a more useful criterion of relative size than wing span or overall length).  The big Sibley guide covering the whole country has a good deal more detail than the regional versions but is too big & heavy to carry around so I usually leave in at home or in the car.  I don't own any of the (modern) photographic guides but have looked at them in book stores & was not impressed.  Maybe it's just because of what I'm used to, but photos IMO often show field marks much less clearly than a good drawing does.</blockquote>