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| A Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America | 
| Creators: Roger Tory Peterson, Virginia Marie Peterson
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Category: Book
List Price: $30.00
Buy New: $19.80
You Save: $10.20 (34%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  54 reviews
Sales Rank: 432723
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 5
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 450
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0395740479
Dewey Decimal Number: 598.097
UPC: 046442740470
EAN: 9780395740477
ASIN: 0395740479
Publication Date: April 4, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 3 weeks
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| Customer Reviews:
 Birds, birds, birds July 22, 2008
For someone getting more into birdwatching (like me - not a birder yet!), this is an absolute must have. It distills an overwhelming amount of information into an extremely simple-to-use guide. Find "that bird" quickly through pictures or text. Arrows point out sometimes small, distinguishing characteristics that could be overlooked. All text is clear and concise. Flight style descriptions and silhouettes are extremely helpful. Range maps help clarify where you'd see each bird. Small enough to fit in the car's glovebox, a backpack or purse.
Guidebook info aside, the paintings of the birds themselves are breathtaking. To complete one or two bird paintings like those here would be an accomplishment; to complete all of the paintings for this guide, in addition to the other works he created, is stunning. To Roger Tory Peterson was an amazing artist and true genius.
Birds of Eastern and Central North America July 13, 2008
Contains detailed information and pictures. Also includes a section of range maps outlining the range of each species during each season. Very interesting!
A must for Bird watching June 9, 2008
If you like to watch birds - even from your window - this is a must have!!!
 Overtaken by the competition! June 5, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Great in its day but now far surpassed by the Sibley guides. The females of the species tend to be the tricky ones to identify so in a field guide why oh why hide them behind the males so that the features can't be seen in the plates.
A great guide 30 years ago but it is time to move on...
Simply The Best June 4, 2008
The Peterson Series is clearly the best. Other books may have quality real life pictures, but in the field our friends seldom look just like the pictures and we don't have time to view. So knowing the key markings makes it much easier and faster to identify the birds.
Excellent service from Amazon as well.
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