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["Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>]

TN-Birders:

More info on the new Sibley's guides.
Enjoy....

Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN

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From: Harry Legrand <harry.legrand@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: carolinabirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <carolinabirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 8:39 AM
Subject: Sibley's "split" Eastern and Western guides


>Folks:
> As a reviewer of range maps for Sibley's bird guide published in 2000,
>I was sent copies (received yesterday) of the new 2003 "Sibley Field
>Guide to Birds of Eastern North America" and "Sibley Field Guide to
>Birds of Western North America".
>
>These are the pocket-sized (i.e., Nat. Geo, Peterson, Kaufman) guides
>that have the material from the big book divided into the smaller
>format. There are now generally 2 species per page, but top and bottom,
>not in slender vertical columns. The text is rewritten more like the NG
>or Kaufman guide, in a prose style, not clipped in lots of places as in
>the big book.
>
>The problem here is simple. If you already have the big book, which
>covers all of North America, I don't see a need to get either one of
>these. But -- for folks that don't have the big book yet (probably very
>few of you readers), I certainly recommend these books. Each has the
>same drawings, range map (slightly changes from the big book), etc. But
>-- also remember that the NG guide and the Kaufman guide are
>pocket-sized and manage to cover ALL of North America. So -- these two
>books can really ONLY be compared with the Peterson guides, which cover
>East and West.
>
>Also, I think most folks these days take field guides with them on trips
>(certainly on weekend trips) but leave the books in the car. How many of
>us REALLY take field guides in our pockets or backpacks? I don't want to
>beat up my books that way. Thus, go for the main "big" Sibley guide that
>covers all of North America, and take it with you on birding trips,
>leaving it in the car for reference. 
>
>These two Eastern and Western guides are excellent, but for most of us,
>a little bit too late (already a saturated market, and after the big
>book covering all of North America has been out).
>-- 
>Harry LeGrand
>NC Natural Heritage Program
>DENR   Office of Conservation and Community Affairs
>1615 MSC
>Raleigh, NC 27699-1615
>(919) 715-8687 (work)
>FAX: 919-715-3085
>e-mail: harry.legrand@xxxxxxxxxx


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