Peterson Field Guides

Fifth Edition

by Roger Tory Peterson

 

By combining the tireless observation of a scientist with the imaginative skills of an artist and writer, Peterson created a field guide to birds that was the doorway for millions of people into the wonderland of birding. The Peterson identification system has been used in the more than 50 books that make up the acclaimed Peterson Field Guide series that followed. It is fitting that Peterson's final work—a culmination of more than 70 years of observing, painting, and writing—should be this one, a revision of the guide that started his legacy.