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Birders deal with feathers - Day 08 - 30 Days of Me

Jul 04, 2011 09:46

Day 08 - A Non-Fictional Book

The Sibley Guide to Birds by David Allen Sibley

Not sure how to choose a non-fiction book about which to write, so I went to my LibraryThing page and pulled up all the books I've ever given 5 stars (the highest possible rating; I only give these out occasionally). Of the non-fiction that appeared there, this is the book ( Read more... )

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emperor_fool July 4 2011, 18:45:43 UTC

We're clearly birding sisters. :-)

I too shun Audubon becuase of the photos. I too prefer NG over Peterson's. I too adore Sibley. But, of course, sisters always have disagreements too. Sibley is just to darn bulky for me to carry in the field, so NG is still my go-to book for birding expeditions, and Peterson's lives in my car, where its even-smaller-than-NG-size makes it the right choice to throw into a pocket or bag when I make an unexpected birding stop. Sibley is the one I peruse at home when I'm dreaming of a future birding trip or trying to figure out what that LBB (little brown bird) I saw was...

here_be_dragons July 4 2011, 20:25:03 UTC

No, you're absolutely right. Sibley is too big to carry in the field. So I have a copy of Sibley's Western Birds, which is about the same size as Peterson. That's carryable. :). I also have the Sibley app for my iPad, which I've actually used quite a lot, mostly because of the bird song recordings. Darn it. I need to get out and do some birding. I haven't gone on a dedicated bird walk in months, at least. I did see some great birds up at our turtle field site, though, so that was nice. Still, I should definitely get out and do some birding this summer.

edda July 6 2011, 20:06:22 UTC

My bird lore is pitiful, except that a lot of them taste good, but since you didn't leave a comment option on the last post (The Haunted Mountain), I thought I'd interject that you might want to read, if you haven't already, Diana Wynne Jones's Fire and Hemlock and The Folk Keeper by Franny Billingsley (and I know one of my friends on LJ has read those but I can't recall who). Faerie stuff, the former in more modern times ('60s? '70s?), the latter set around the early 1900's (I think).

Anyhoo, good to see you again!