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Title: A Field Guide to the Birds: A Completely New Guide to All the Birds of Eastern and Central North America (Peterson Field Guides) by Roger Tory Peterson ISBN: 0-395-91176-1 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 15 June, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.61 (28 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: the best I looked at
Comment: I looked at nine or ten bird books over the weekend before finally deciding on this one. I like it's compact size, durable cover and it's very complete index. The most important reason for my decision, however, is the fact that it shows pictures of both male and female birds where the female bird's plummage and head differ from that of the male. None of the other books I checked showed female birds or only showed them in very rare instances. I also like this book because it shows most birds in both standing or swimming positions and also in flight. There are also occasional drawings of chicks.
The text that accompanies the pictures is necessarily brief but covers: Latin and common names, description, food, range, migratory pattern, habitat, voice and similar species. Also included is a "Systematic Checklist" so you can keep a "life list" of all the birds you've seen. There is a guide to identifying birds by visual categories (swimmers, birds of prey, waders, perching birds, etc), size, tail and wing patterns. The last part of the book contains maps illustrating each bird's range which makes it easy to compare the habitat of, for example, an Olive-Sided Flycatcher with an Acadian Flycatcher.
Obviously this is a guidebook and not the type of book you sit down and read through, but I have found myself reading the entries for the often amusing "voice" sections. Here's the one for the Chestnut-Sided Warbler: "Song, similar to Yellow Warbler's; 'see see see see Miss Beech'er' or 'pleased pleased pleased to meet'cha;' penultimate note accented, last note dropping." Hey, someone who knows what "penultimate" really means!
Rating: 5
Summary: Best regional bird field guide on the market
Comment: The Peterson Field Guide to Eastern Birds is the best such guide you will find. The nice thing about birds and birding is that there are few enough species out there that you can get virtually all of them in one regional guide.
This book is outstanding. It relies on illustrations rather than photographs to show markings and other details used to ID birds in the field. I find that photos are often sub-standard, not showing characters essential for identifying birds due to the position of the bird, markings of the individual chosen for inclusion in the book, etc.
In this book each entry includes a bird's common and scientific names, a brief physical description of the body and coloration, a drawing(s) of the bird, a brief description of habitats where they are likely to be seen, a blip about their geographic distribution, notes on their song, and reference to similar species (if any). The entry also refers the reader to a map number that shows the summer and winter ranges for each bird.
This is "the bird book" to have for birds that live east of the Rockies for the novice and experienced birder alike. If you've never had much luck figuring out which birds you are looking at try this book.
5 stars all the way!
Note: if you travel much throughout the USA, you ought to pick up the Peterson Guide to Western Birds as well -- it is the sister book to this one. With both of those books in hand you will be in good birding shape.
Alan Holyoak, Dept of Biology, Manchester College, IN
Rating: 5
Summary: Simply the best bird book for the backyard bird lover in MI
Comment: This book is great. It gives you detailed pictures, silhoutte shapes and habitat areas. As a complete moron when it comes to bird identity, this book is very helpful.
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Title: Peterson First Guide to Wildflowers of Northeastern and North-Central North America (The Peterson Field Guide Series) by Roger Tory Peterson ISBN: 0395906679 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 01 February, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Butterflies (Peterson Field Guide Coloring Books) by Roger T. Peterson, Robert M. Pyle ISBN: 0395346754 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 28 October, 1983 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: A Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America by Roger Tory Peterson ISBN: 0395740460 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Pub. Date: 04 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Peterson Field Guide to Feeder Birds of Eastern North America by Roger Tory Peterson, Virginia Marie Peterson, Noble Proctor ISBN: 061805944X Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Pub. Date: 14 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America by David Sibley, David Allen Sibley ISBN: 067945120X Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Pub. Date: 29 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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