All: I too received a "Dark Morph Sibley" whether part of a bad batch, or the whole first print I don't know. -pb
Peter Burke Editor, *Colorado Birds* *Colorado Field Ornithologists* 935 11th St. Boulder, CO 80302 (973) 214-0140 CFO <http://www.cfobirds.org/> Flickr<http://www.flickr.com/photos/pgburke/> LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/peter-burke/5/788/a62> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 12:39 PM, The "Nunn Guy" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] >> > -- > 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<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/91b798ef-7079-4fb7-bad2-48936af6d709%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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/CACjv0GZzNsOYLPrg-x8V%3Dsr3zhOpTNRPJOwPHVrLsgxEn6GiUQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
