Sibley Birding Notebook Set

Elevate your next bird-watching adventure with this set of four field notebooks housed in a handsome slipcase and featuring striking bird portraits and birding tips from preeminent birding authority David Allen Sibley.

This boxed set of 5 x 7-inch notebooks with a handsome illustrated slipcase features David Allen Sibley’s iconic bird artwork on the cover of each journal. Inside each journal, you’ll find his tips and tricks on birding, identifying birds, and keeping a birding field journal along with plenty of space to write and sketch. Use them as a field diary for sketching birds, to plan your next nature adventure, to capture the happenings from your bird watching trips, or just as an everyday diary for jotting down notes. With two lined and two unlined notebooks for notetaking and drawing, this is a must-have gift for fans of Sibley as well as birders everywhere.

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