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A Peterson Field Guide To The Birds Of Eastern And Central North America: Large Format Edition (Peterson Field Guides) - Softcover
Explore the Expanding Peterson Line. Leave your reading glasses behind. Now Roger Tory Peterson's classic Field Guide to Eastern Birds has been reissued in a larger format specially produced for those who don't want to take their reading glasses into the field. Peterson's treasured illustrations have been reproduced in beautiful color. Species descriptions include only the most important identification elements -- size, voice, and habitat -- in large, easy-to-read type. Color range maps, conveniently located next to the species accounts, have been updated specifically for this book. Roger Tory Peterson's original text has been revised and updated by Virginia Peterson, who worked closely with her husband and created the maps for the fourth edition of the Field Guide to Eastern Birds; Noble Proctor, a professor of biology who was a close friend of Roger Tory Peterson's and led natural history tours for twenty-five years; and Pete Dunne, vice president of the New Jersey Audubon Society and director of the Cape May Bird Observatory, as well as the author of many books on birding. The maps have been updated by Virginia Peterson and Paul Lehman, past editor of Birding magazine and a bird tour leader who has traveled extensively around North America studying bird distribution and identification and has written many articles on these subjects.
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ROGER TORY PETERSON, one of the world’s greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and conservation as well as numerous honorary degrees, medals, and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars.
ROGER TORY PETERSON, one of the world’s greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and conservation as well as numerous honorary degrees, medals, and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars.
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ROGER TORY PETERSON, one of the world’s greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and conservation as well as numerous honorary degrees, medals, and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars.
Veteran birders will know how to use this book. Beginners, however,
should spend some time becoming familiar in a general way with the
illustrations. They are not arranged in systematic or phylogenetic
order as in most ornithological works but are grouped in 8 main
visual categories:
(1) Swimmers — Ducks and ducklike birds
(2) Aerialists — Gulls and gull-like birds
(3) Long-legged Waders — Herons, cranes, etc.
(4) Smaller Waders — Plovers, sandpipers, etc.
(5) Fowl-like Birds — Grouse, quail, etc.
(6) Birds of Prey — Hawks, eagles, owls
(7) Nonpasserine Land Birds
(8) Passerine (Perching) Birds
Within these groupings it will be seen that ducks do not
resemble loons; gulls are readily distinguishable from terns. The
needlelike bills of warblers immediately differentiate them from the
seed-cracking bills of sparrows. Birds that could be confused are
grouped together when possible and are arranged in identical profile
for direct comparison. The arrows point to outstanding "field marks"
which are explained opposite.
should spend some time becoming familiar in a general way with the
illustrations. They are not arranged in systematic or phylogenetic
order as in most ornithological works but are grouped in 8 main
visual categories:
(1) Swimmers — Ducks and ducklike birds
(2) Aerialists — Gulls and gull-like birds
(3) Long-legged Waders — Herons, cranes, etc.
(4) Smaller Waders — Plovers, sandpipers, etc.
(5) Fowl-like Birds — Grouse, quail, etc.
(6) Birds of Prey — Hawks, eagles, owls
(7) Nonpasserine Land Birds
(8) Passerine (Perching) Birds
Within these groupings it will be seen that ducks do not
resemble loons; gulls are readily distinguishable from terns. The
needlelike bills of warblers immediately differentiate them from the
seed-cracking bills of sparrows. Birds that could be confused are
grouped together when possible and are arranged in identical profile
for direct comparison. The arrows point to outstanding "field marks"
which are explained opposite.
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- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0395963710
- ISBN 13 9780395963715
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