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| Creators: Roger Tory Peterson, Virginia Marie Peterson
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Category: Book
List Price: $24.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 159641
Format: Large Print
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 6.4 x 0.7
ISBN: 0395963710
Dewey Decimal Number: 598.097
UPC: 046442963718
EAN: 9780395963715
ASIN: 0395963710
Publication Date: June 1, 1999
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| Customer Reviews:
 Perfect book for the older birder January 30, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased this book for my mother, who is in her 70s. She recently started birding so this was her first field guide-easy to read, large pictures make identification very easy for the beginning birder of any age.
 The first and the best September 30, 2004
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Peterson first published his revolutionary field guide in 1925, and ever since it has been the trusty companion of amateur and advanced birder alike. The popularity of his field guide was based on the system that he devised whereby he included coloured plates of each bird, and noted key identifying features of each bird, thus allowing the birder to make quick and confident identifications. The system is not fool-proof, of course, as some species closely resemble one another, but oversall, the tricks one learns from the Peterson field guide provides an excellent foundation for the aspiring birder. A number of other guides have come along, but I still find this one more than suitable, and therefore the one that I continue to rely on.
Simply the best bird book for the backyard bird lover in MI September 26, 2002
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is great. It gives you detailed pictures, silhoutte shapes and habitat areas. As a complete moron when it comes to bird identity, this book is very helpful.
Have Binoculars and the Peterson Guide in Hand December 12, 2001
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
This guide offers excellent photographic representations of every bird you can imagine in a well designed format. Accompaning each picture is a brief written decsription of the bird which include differentiating features from similiar birds. Each birds range is illustrated with maps at the back of the book. Searching through the pictures to make an identification can be tedious at times. However, I have never closed this book without finding my subject. On the trail or sitting in your backyard, you will find this book exceptionally helpful.
the best I looked at December 5, 2001
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
I looked at nine or ten bird books over the weekend before finally deciding on this one. I like it's compact size, durable cover and it's very complete index. The most important reason for my decision, however, is the fact that it shows pictures of both male and female birds where the female bird's plummage and head differ from that of the male. None of the other books I checked showed female birds or only showed them in very rare instances. I also like this book because it shows most birds in both standing or swimming positions and also in flight. There are also occasional drawings of chicks.The text that accompanies the pictures is necessarily brief but covers: Latin and common names, description, food, range, migratory pattern, habitat, voice and similar species. Also included is a "Systematic Checklist" so you can keep a "life list" of all the birds you've seen. There is a guide to identifying birds by visual categories (swimmers, birds of prey, waders, perching birds, etc), size, tail and wing patterns. The last part of the book contains maps illustrating each bird's range which makes it easy to compare the habitat of, for example, an Olive-Sided Flycatcher with an Acadian Flycatcher. Obviously this is a guidebook and not the type of book you sit down and read through, but I have found myself reading the entries for the often amusing "voice" sections. Here's the one for the Chestnut-Sided Warbler: "Song, similar to Yellow Warbler's; 'see see see see Miss Beech'er' or 'pleased pleased pleased to meet'cha;' penultimate note accented, last note dropping." Hey, someone who knows what "penultimate" really means!
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