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, they are portable but also beautifully illustrated. Photographs, while modern looking and colorful, capture just one moment in time. The paintings in these guides, 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.
As you expect from all Peterson field guides, A Field Guide to Western Birds 4th Edition features the unique Peterson Identification System which has never been surpassed as a tool for field identification and is available only in Peterson Guides. The Birders Bible for over sixty years, this terrifc volume features 165 full color paintings displaying more than 1,000 birds from 700 species...every species found west of the Great Plains. With 441 range maps, identify summer and winter ranges, breeding grounds and other special range data shown on easy-to-read range maps. Tthis is the most accurate, precise and legible in any field. Easy-to-use facing-page format.
