Sibley Backyard Birding Postcards: 100 Postcards
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (671 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0770433960 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 100 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-04 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Housed in an elegant keepsake box, these postcards are ideal for mailing to friends and family, framed and used as décor, or attached to presents as unique gift tags. . This handsome box set of 100 postcards features original watercolor illustrations from David Sibley, America’s leading ornithologist.Culled from The Sibley Field Guide to Birds, each bird is lovingly rendered in watercolors by David Sibley and chosen with their individual beauty and prominence in the country (with special focus on backyard birds) in mind
Terrible quality - I'm disgusted. Charli I bought these to send through Postcrossing and they are so flimsy I'm not sure they'll survive an international mail journey. They're about as heavy as the cover of a fashion magazine. I have several other boxed sets of 100 postcards including Vintage DC Comics, James Bond 50th Anniversary, Vintage Vanity Fair Covers, The Art of Instruction, Greetings from the Ocean's Sweaty Face, The Onion, and Classic Ladybird Covers. All of those sets come in the same size. Amazon Shopper said Beautiful Cards, Thin Cardstock. Like the previous poster, I, too, have been waiting months for these cards to be available. They arrived yesterday and I was horribly disappointed when I felt how thin the cardstock was. The drawings are beautiful. The cards alternate between a pale blue and pale green background, with the mail and female of each species on the front. I was hoping these cards would be like a Sibley's daily calendar I had, which had each bird and facts about it printed on the f. Very High Quality! I was skeptical before ordering these after reading the reviews. However, I ordered them anyway. I am glad I did! These are beautiful! To me, the paper quality is amazing and you get 100 of these! I purchased them, knowing that I would not only decorate with them, but also use them for mailing personal notes to family and friends. The box they come in is very nice as well, and I have already found a spot to place even the box with the postcards inside as a dec
. DAVID SIBLEY is a leading ornithologist and author of the essential SIbley Birding Field Guides. He began his career illustrating personal field guides before publishing his successful series. He lives in Concord, Massachusetts, with his wife and two children
About the Author DAVID SIBLEY is a leading ornithologist and author of the essential SIbley Birding Field Guides. He lives in Concord, Massachusetts, with his wife and two children. . He began his career illustrating personal field guides before publishing his successful series