{"product_id":"the-sibley-guide-to-bird-life-behavior","title":"The Sibley Guide to Bird Life \u0026 Behavior","description":"\u003cp\u003eOnce in a great while  a natural history book changes the way people look at the world. In 1838  John ames Audubons Birds of America was one...In 1934  Roger Tory Peterson produced Field Guide to the Birds...Now comes The Sibley Guide to Birds.  Thus did The New York Times  in 1999  greet David Allen Sibleys monumental book  which has quickly been established nationwide as the peerless  standard bird identification guide.  The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior is the new landmark book from David Allen Sibley. Designed to enhance the birding experience and to enrich the popular study of North American birds  the book combines more than 795 of his full-color illustrations with authoritative text by 48 expert birders and biologists. In this new guide Sibley takes us beyond identification  to show us how birds live and what they do.  Introductory essays outline the principles of avian evolution  life cycle  body structure  flight dynamics  and more. The 80 family-by-family chapters describe the amazing range of behavior dictated by birds biology and environment. Among the subjects covered and illustrated are:  --molts and plumages --habitats --food and foraging --vocalizations and displays --courtship and breeding --rearing of young --migration and movements --scientific groupings --introduced species --accidental species --anatomy --flight patterns --nests and eggs --conservation --global distribution  Accessibly written  superbly designed and organized  and brilliantly illustrated  The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior is an indispensable source of information on the avian life around us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44983981277237,"sku":"ByrdShop_0679451234","price":33.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780679451235.jpg?v=1770817528","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-sibley-guide-to-bird-life-behavior","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}