The 80 family-by-family chapters describe the amazing range of behavior dictated by birds' biology and environment. Introductory essays outline the principles of avian evolution, life cycle, body structure, flight dynamics, and more. In this new guide Sibley takes us beyond identification, to show ushow birds live and what they do. Designed to enhance the birding experience and to enrich the popular study of North American birds, the book combines more than 795 of his full-color illustrations with authoritative text by 48 expert birders and biologists. The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavioris the new landmark book from David Allen Sibley. In 1838, John ames Audubon'sBirds of Americawas one.In 1934, Roger Tory Peterson producedField Guide to the Birds.Now comesThe Sibley Guide to Birds." Thus didThe New York Times, in 1999, greet David Allen Sibley's monumental book, which has quickly been established nationwide as the peerless, standard bird identification guide.
"Once in a great while, a natural history book changes the way people look at the world.
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