With all-new range maps, updated text and 40 new paintings, the completely revised editions of two classic Peterson Field Guides are sure to be valuable additions to any birder's pocket or daypack. At a trim size of 5 x 8, this edition is portable but also beautifully illustrated. Photographs, while modern looking and colorful, capture just one moment in time. The paintings in this guide, however, show all of a bird's key field marks and use the Peterson Identification System to make bird identification easier for beginning and intermediate bird watchers.
More than seventy years ago, Roger Tory Peterson created the flagship book of the Peterson Field Guide series. Four editions later, the best selling field guide of all time continues to be the benchmark against which other field guides are measured. This must have, authoritative birder's reference includes classic Peterson art that captures the essence of each bird. Illustrations, species descriptions and maps are all in one place for convenient identification. Coverage of eastern North America west to the Rockies, including the Lower Rio Grande Valley. A foreword by Robert Bateman. By combining the tireless observation of a scientist with the imaginative skills of an artist and writer, Peterson created a field guide that Robert Bateman, in his foreword to the fifth edition, says was the doorway for millions of people into the wonderland of natural history. The Peterson Identification System has been used in the more than fifty books that make up the Peterson Field Guide series.
