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Dewey Decimal Number: 598.097 EAN: 9780618966141 ISBN: 0618966145 Label: Houghton Mifflin Co Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Co Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 544 Publication Date: August 01, 2008 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Sales Rank: 8805 Studio: Houghton Mifflin Co Related Items:
Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: Product Description 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 Click on each image below to see a larger view
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 Rating:  - great by!This is the best field i.d. book i have seen. It has many different views for each species of bird and all the info needed about each. Couldn't ask for a better field guide. Rating: - Peterson Field GuideExceptional guide. Link to pod cast is easy to access. Maps easy to follow. Rating: - The new Peterson guide is a winnerOver many years I have prefered the Peterson field guides to birds over all the other authors. What I like best are the arrows that simplify identification. The arrows are especially useful for beginners. I also believe that Peterson's illustrations are superior to any other guide. In this new edition the illustrations are bigger and better than ever. I also appreciate the larger range maps that are included on each page (in addition to bigger maps in the back). Now too, one will no longer have ... Read More Rating: - A fitting tribute to America's most popular Birdwatcher.There is no disputing the fact that Roger Tory Peterson did more than any other person in bringing Birdwatching to the attention,passion and popularity of so many people during his lifetime. It was by using his skills as an artist, and marrying it with his great love of birds and searching for and identifying birds that led him to creating his "Field Guide to the Birds" in 1934, at the young age of 26.What he did was to use his skills to produce a book that took the difficult job of identifying ... Read More Rating: - Peterson Field GuideThe book was just what I was looking for. The beautifully detailed pictures help me pick out the birds I'm looking at.
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