I can't see an issue in my copy. Would anyone be willing to pick out a few species we should compare with the 1st edition to see if we have a bad copy?
Thanks Rick Taylor Colorado Springs El Paso County On Thursday, March 20, 2014 5:13:59 PM UTC-6, Peter Burke wrote: > > 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]<javascript:> > > 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] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> 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/43cdf2b1-f7ea-42c5-b4a5-d8f83c4753cd%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
