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In celebration of the centennial of Roger Tory Peterson's birth comes a historic collaboration among renowned birding experts and artists to preserve and enhance the Peterson legacy. This new book combines the Peterson Field Guide to Eastern Birds and Peterson Field Guide to Western Birds into one volume, filled with accessible, concise information and including almost three hours of video podcasts to make bird watching even easier.
• 40 new paintings
• Digital updates to Peterson's original paintings, reflecting the latest knowledge of bird identification
• All new maps for the most up-to-date range information available
• Text rewritten to cover the U.S. and Canada in one guide
• Larger trim size accommodates range maps on every spread
• Contributors include: Michael DiGiorgio, Jeff Gordon, Paul Lehman, Michael O'Brien, Larry Rosche, and Bill Thompson III
• Includes URL to register for access to video podcasts
Excerpts from Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America
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Colorful songbirds with heavy, seed-crushing bills, cardinals and grosbeaks are popular at feeders.
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In North America, the Orchard and Baltimore Orioles are fairly widespread in the East; Bullock's is widespread in the West; and the Spot-breasted Oriole is limited to South Florida.
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Peterson sometimes painted over figures on a plate and sometimes even cut them out. Canyon Wren was missing from the original art. Michael O'Brien painted a new Canyon Wren for inclusion in the new field guide.
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The Orange Bishop is native to Africa but has been introduced in California. Peterson had not painted this bird for his field guides, so Michael O’Brien painted this one.
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Thumbnail maps help you determine at a glance if a bird is likely to be in your region.
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Large maps in back give detailed range information.
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Average Customer Rating:   PETERSON FIELD GUIDE TO BIRDS OF N. AMERICA Got it for hubby who saw it at a friends home and HE LOVES IT, uses it every time a bird flies into the yard!! ***** ROGER TORY PETERSON "WROTE THE BOOK" ON BIRDWATCHING ***** On the 2008 edition:
Coming from a family of avid amateur naturalists we have always had the RTP Field Guide to Eastern Birds in our homes and this, the latest edition, which is for the entire continent, is the fitting successor in a series whose originator literally "wrote the book" on birdwatching.
With excellent field guides also now available from National Geographic, Sibley, Audubon, Smithsonian & Kaufmann; perhaps Peterson's greatest legacy is the popularization of this foundational natural history avocation to the point that it's devotees can and do support such diversity and quality.
TIP: The one page index inside the front cover really makes for that crucial speed that we all need for successful bird identification. Good illustrations, but some confusion Pros: Bigger format, bigger pictures, arrows pointing to major identification characteristics, some subspecies and color variations.
Cons: Some pages too crawded, so it is not obvious which name/description goes to which picture (that might be a problem for a begginer), different order of groups (book starts with geese, most other guides start with loons), few pictures not very accurate (bill shape on some warblers). Peterson North America The used price on this new book (2009) is amazing. The book is in nearly-new condition. The binding appears to be bound signatures, not just glue-bound pages. At this used price, I bought two copies! Excellent!! Service was fast and the book was in great condition. My grandson loved the book, "thank you." |  |
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