Maybe it's a "lot" or "batch" and not the entire first publication?
Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://coloradobirder.ning.com/ Mobile: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/m On Thursday, March 20, 2014 12:01:29 PM UTC-6, Charles Hundertmark wrote: > > I am a huge fan of *The Sibley Guide to Birds*. I bought an extra-large > fanny pack just so I could carry it on field trips. It simply illustrates > more plumages of North American birds than any other field guide. I > frequently find on field trips that I can illustrate this to participants > when they can’t find a bird we’re looking at in another field guide. We can > find it, however, in the Sibley guide. > > > > You can imagine then that, like many other birders, I have been waiting > with excitement for the second edition of the guide. That edition was > released on March 11, and I received my preordered copy over the weekend. > On Tuesday night I looked through it closely and was disappointed to find > that it suffered from what in bird plumage would be called melanism. Many > of the illustrations are simply too dark. This, I believe, is a printing > problem and not a problem with David Allen Sibley’s fine illustrations. If > the printing problems are corrected for the next printing, this will be an > outstanding field guide, with a significant number of species added as well > as other improvements. > > > > Until the next printing, however, I would suggest holding off on > purchasing this guide unless you want to invest in it as a curiosity like a > coin minted with an error. As a field guide, however, the printing > distortions render the first print less than useful. If you are unsure, you > can check a copy at The Tatter Cover, Boulder Book Store, or your favorite > local book seller. > > > > Brook MacDonald’s excellent review of the second edition can be found here > http://naturetravelnetwork.com/book-review-sibley-guide-birds-second-edition/and > my review will be posted shortly on the DFO web site > www.dfobirders.org. > > > -- > Chuck Hundertmark > 2546 Lake Meadow Drive > Lafayette, CO 80026 > 303-604-0531 > Cell: 720-771-8659 > [email protected] <javascript:> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/91b798ef-7079-4fb7-bad2-48936af6d709%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
