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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Nice and well priced. I gave this to a friend as a ‘gift’. She commented to me she’s used it to look up a bird that recently visited her feeder and she was unfamiliar with it. I have other bird books and this is very comparable. The pictures are in color and details about the birds are very good.
Great Book My dad’s eyesight is limited and this book is terrific for him. Large print, large photographs. Detailed descriptions. Very good detail with focus on variants of species.It’s a great combination with his bird feeders. He uses it every day.I highly recommend.
Great, large-format bird book! I bought this as a gift for my sister. I am very familar with Petersen’s guides but my sister was not. She loves the large format and the aids identifying similar species. Great book and great service!