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A new clue for separating Common Ringed Plover from Semipalmated Plover

The breastband of Common Ringed Plover may or may not be thicker than Semipalmated, but it always extends farther forward onto the throat, and the difference is most obvious in flight! With the recent spate of records of Common Ringed Plover across North America (August 2026 — including first state records for Minnesota, Arizona, and […]

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Average rating: 4.43 · 10,954 ratings · 1,026 reviews · 68 distinct works • Similar authors

	What It's Like to Be a Bird: From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing—What Birds Are Doing, and Why 4.42 avg rating — 2,627 ratings — published 2020 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America 4.67 avg rating — 1,611 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior 4.47 avg rating — 1,161 ratings — published 2001 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America 4.72 avg rating — 1,085 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sibley's Birding Basics 4.26 avg rating — 1,054 ratings — published 2002 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sibley Guide to Trees 4.44 avg rating — 494 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sibley Birder's Life List and Field Diary 4.56 avg rating — 62 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Birds of Instagram: Extraordinary Images from Around the World 4.26 avg rating — 47 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What It's Like to Be a Bird (Adapted for Young Readers): From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing--What Birds Are Doing and Why 4.26 avg rating — 31 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Trees of North America: Michaux and Redouté's American Masterpiece by David Allen Sibley (Afterword), Gregory Long (Foreword), Marta McDowell (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 4.41 avg rating — 29 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The Peregrine Falcon is the fastest animal in the world, capable of speeds of at least 242 miles per hour and potentially more than 300 miles per hour, and is able to make turns that generate 27 Gs (one G is the force of gravity, and humans lose consciousness at 9 Gs).”
― David Allen Sibley, What It's Like to Be a Bird: From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing—What Birds Are Doing, and Why

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“Birds can sleep with one eye open, resting one half of their brain at a time. Some birds spend the entire winter in the air, and even sleeping while flying.”
― David Allen Sibley, What It's Like to Be a Bird: From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing - What Birds Are Doing, and Why

tags: biology, birds, nature

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“It can be difficult to accept the fact that a lot of birds have to be identified as “possible” or “probable.”
― David Allen Sibley, Sibley's Birding Basics

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David Allen Sibley Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America

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Roger Tory Peterson A Field Guide to Birds of Eastern and Central North America

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Kenn Kaufman Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America

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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America

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