Hello: I bought the Sibley 2nd edition and in hind sight after looking at the bird plates and also reading the reviews of many knowledgeable birders on the Internet, I should of held off on buying this first printing of David Sibleys book. I heard there will be some changes in the bird plates and the font size in the second printing. I am not saying not to buy the book right now but for myself I should of held off for awhile. The font size is rather small and hard to read, the bird plates especially the reds are way off. The gull section in regards to the plates have some issues. ( Iceland Gull mantle is darker vs Thayer's, Thayer's legs on adult birds show a gray color color vs pinkish red, red spot on adult gulls look reddish purple and etc. I assume all they errors discussed on the Internet will be fixed in the 2nd printing.
Just sharing some of the reviews I been reading. Mike On Wednesday, March 19, 2014, Jim <[email protected]> wrote: > An interesting aside from a conversation today with David Sibley about his > new book and his April 2 speaking engagement at the Bell Museum: He said he > believes he sold more of the first edition of his Sibley Guide to the Birds > in the Twin Cities than anywhere else. "There a lot of birders there," he > said. The full interview will appear in the Variety section of the > StarTribune on Wednesday, April 26. > > Tickets for the event: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/583888 > > Jim Williams > Wayzata > birding blog at > http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/homegarden/blogs/Wingnut.html > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > -- *Mike Hendrickson* *Mike Hendrickson Guiding <http://mikehendricksonguiding.com>* *Sax-Zim Bog <http://www.sax-zimbog.com>* ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
