Following in the pattern established with the ground-breaking first edition of The Sibley Guide to Birds (or, as it quickly became known, for obvious reasons, in many birding circles, “The Big Sibley”), David Sibley has now divided his even larger and more extensive second edition of that book into a western and eastern volume to allow for easier portability and use in the field.
Over the twenty-four years since the publication of Clay Sutton, Pete Dunne, and David Sibley’s Hawks in Flight back in 1988, it has become just short of holy scripture for all those wishing to learn how effectively to identify airborne raptors in North America – particularly those seen at a great distance. Now, nearly a quarter […]
In addition to true love’s kiss, praise of one’s native land, and longing for one’s absent beloved, birds have long been the one of the most popular subjects for poetry. From Catullus’ sparrow through Poe’s raven, birds have been admired, envied, questioned, debated, tasked, consulted, and meditated upon in verse for centuries. The reasons for […]