The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America: Second Edition (Sibley Guides)

Bought this for a coworker of mine. She is new to bird watching and it’s the perfect size for a small bag or back pack. Very detailed pictures and descriptions. Great for anyone learning how to bird or wanting a nice guide to bring into the field.

Best guide out there. I think I have bought 4 copies now as I often give them as gifts to new or interested birders.

I like that it gives the ages of the birds.

Love this bird guide! Easy to look up birds you’ve spotted to identify! Nice photos and descriptions!

The type is absolutely miniscule. Wish there was a large print edition because this is an excellent guide.

Don't know why people have complained about size/boldness of the text - seems perfectly legible to me and appropriate for fitting so much information into a small book. I'm reading it inside the house- don't know if reading it outside (in the field, so to speak) would change that assessment. I'm just assuming that there are a lot of older folk who are birdwatchers and therefore a disproportionate amount of people with bad eyes. Don't know how you could see the actual birds well enough if you can't even read this book inches from your face! Other than that, nice artwork, quality binding, and lots of good info. IMO, sized appropriately to be able to travel well but I'm sure there are nit pickers on that front too.

Easy to figure out how to use this field guide. Arrived in perfect shape.

I plan to visit the United States this summer for two weeks (Illinois, Virginia, Ohio) also California, as usual I have to read about the birds and the areas which I will visit to be ready for know any bird when I see it in the field( I don't have enough time for id )also know birds habitat and habits , some people might say that the opinion about birds guide should be after use in the field !! It's right , but i can say that i am used many guides before for a different areas and I now have the experience enough to issue a decision also I've tested myself and a comparison between this guide illustrations with some photos or videos for some different birds , so after that i can say that this nice guide has many positives (size, weight, price, planning, print, colours, clear maps, many illustrations for each bird including flight mode ,song,call and up to date ), the only negative that I see (just for me) is a measure (an inch) I'm used to the metric.but its not big problem ended If I understand the conversion between the two scales.

Um livro realmente completo, informações bem explicadas e tópicos muito bem divididos.

Acheté pour le Québec, mais très intéressante lecture.

Very good field guide. Easy to use. Has a great introduction with bird anatomy and more. Regional maps, good illustrations and multiple plumage types for male and female birds included on each page. Highly recommend

Sehr gute Übersicht und hilfreiche Detailzeichnungen. Praktische Größe für Exkursionen. Solide Ausführung. Insgesamt sehr nützlich. Den Sibley Field Guide kann ich nur weiterempfehlen!

We took the book on our trip to New England where we found it to be invaluable helping us identify the birds we saw. Many of which we were unfamiliar with.