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4.1 AVERAGE
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Mr. Sibley has done a great job here. The book is a very useful introductory guide, explaining (in a rather basic but still engaging way) the main components to look out for while bird-watching. I enjoyed it a lot.
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This book is truly the "basics" because there are very few examples or explanations. It is great to hear that beak shape is a key way to ID a bird, but it would have been great to see many beaks! I am guessing I need to buy his "Birds and Their Habits" book.
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Sibley's Birding Basics is a book for people like me – those who aren't birders but who like the idea of becoming birders. I'm not yet able to identify a Dark-eyed Junco in the wild, nor am I likely to pinpoint where in the molt cycle a particular Western Sandpiper is. To do that I'll need a lot more experience and probably a few other books. But what this book has given me, I think, are the tools I need to begin the process of becoming a birder.