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A Field Guide to the Birds: A Completely New Guide to All the Birds of Eastern and Central North America (Peterson Field Guides(R)) | 
| Creators: Roger Tory Peterson, Virginia Marie Peterson
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Category: Book
List Price: $18.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 647263
Media: Paperback
Edition: 4
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 4.8 x 0.7
ISBN: 0395911761
Dewey Decimal Number: 598.297
EAN: 9780395911761
ASIN: 0395911761
Publication Date: June 15, 1998
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Roger Tory Peterson, one of America's pre-eminent artist-naturalists and arguably the inventor of the field guide, made people love birds like no one since John James Audubon. A Field Guide to the Birds, first published in 1934, remains his most famous and wonderful work. The manual stood instantly apart from the dichotomous keys zoologists used to identify species, since Peterson grouped paintings of related species together and used arrows to, as he explained, "pinpoint the key field marks." This way, watchers could spot birds from a distance and avoid, as he archly put it, "the bird-in-hand characters that the early collectors relied on." Birders could use the guide where they needed it most--outdoors--on living birds flitting quickly by. In addition to detailed illustrations, Peterson offers charming (and useful) descriptions of each avian citizen's appearance, behavior, voice, and range. There is also priceless anecdotal information, based on decades of field experience, as in this description of the common house sparrow (Passer domesticus): "Familiar to everyone. Sooty city birds often bear little resemblance to clean country males with the black throat, white cheeks, chestnut nape." His transliterations of song are just as quietly marvelous. For instance, Pluvialis squatarola, or the black-bellied plover, makes things clear with "a plaintive slurred whistle, tlee-oo-eee or whee-er-ee (middle note lower)." Peterson's original handbook covered birds of Eastern North America, and has since been followed by guides to Western birds, animal tracks, butterflies, and many other natural wonders. He and his team updated "The Birders' Bible" as new species were discovered and classifications modified. Generations of enthusiastic watchers owe Peterson a debt of gratitude for making ornithology accessible. But equally important, he showed scientists that finding beauty in living animals, and not just cataloging the measurements of dead ones, was crucial. Roger Tory Peterson died in 1996. He will be remembered as a passionate naturalist, a keen observer of living things, and a gifted artist and teacher. --Therese Littleton
Product Description
The updated volume of the bestselling Peterson Field Guide Series features the unique Peterson Identification System covering all birds of eastern and central North America, shown in full color and described in detail. Summer and winter ranges, breeding grounds, and other special range data are shown on 390 complete, easy-to-read range maps.
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 A Field Guide to the Birds: A Completely New Guide to All the Birds of Eastern and Central North America May 19, 2008
This is a tried and true reference book author for a newby or pro enthusiast.I have worn out two copies of the Tory Peterson books over my lifetime. Every so often, the colors used in the illustrations are slightly off. But since they are illustrations, not photographs, that is unavoidable. It's a great, great book that every person who loves birds should have in their library.
Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Bird, Large Format Edition July 27, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This easy on the eyes large format edition is a great book for all ages and levels of bird watching. The soft cover makes it light to handle or take with you in the field. The large format makes identifying birds much easier and quicker. Well layed out and practical.
 Peterson Field Guides March 16, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
It took almost 3 weeks to get this item. Very disappointed in comparison to other items I've ordered through Amazon.
 Not your father's Peterson Guide January 12, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I mistakenly thought that the large print version would be the same as my trusted old Peterson Guide, just in large print. Nope! The format is entirely different and greatly abbreviated. It's misleading to title this text the same as the original. This may be a nice guide for a novice bird watcher for bird feeder identification. I gave my copy away to a shut-in with minimal bird identifying experience.
 Misrepresentation June 25, 2006
2 out of 8 found this review helpful
This book was bundled with another bird book, and the offer appeared directly under the Peterson Field Guide book, which I thought I was ordering. It was not very obvious in the small thumbnail image and description that it was a child's coloring book. I did not get what I wanted and have since returned it.
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