The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior

Sibley, David; Elphick, Chris; Dunning, John B., Jr.

ISBN 10: 0679451234 / ISBN 13: 9780679451235

Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2001

Dust jacket is price-clipped else the book is As New in all respects, clean and unmarked. Bird and egg illustrations to front endpapers and map rear eps. First printing no others noted. A must have for the serious birder. Accessibly 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. From Wikipedia: "David Allen Sibley is an American ornithologist. He is the author and illustrator of The Sibley Guide to Birds, considered by many to be the most comprehensive guide for North American field identification. A largely self-taught bird illustrator, he was inspired to pursue creating his own illustrated field guide after leading tours in the 1980s and 1990s and finding that existing field guides did not generally illustrate or describe alternate or juvenile plumages of birds." 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Tracking number and estimated delivery always provided. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 2005581

Inhaltsangabe:

Created in association with the National Audubon Society, a valuable reference to basic information about the biology, life cycles, and behavior of birds covers the eighty bird families of North America in stunning detail. 100,000 first printing.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: David Allen Sibley began seriously watching and drawing birds in 1969, at age seven. Author and illustrator of the nationally acclaimed National Audubon Society: The Sibley Guide to Birds, he lives in Concord, Massachusetts.

Chris Elphick, editor and contributing author, holds a Ph.D. in Ecology and Conservation Biology from the University of Nevada, Reno. He is currently a research scientist at the University of Connecticut, where he focuses on the conservation of waterbirds, especially shorebirds. He lives in Storrs, Connecticut.
John B. Dunning, Jr., editor and contributing author, earned a Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of Arizona. He is an Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology at Purdue University and lives in Lafayette, Indiana.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior
Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
Einband: Hardcover
Illustrator: Sibley, David
Zustand: As New
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New
Auflage: 1st Edition