by Roger Tory Peterson
This combination of the Peterson guides to Eastern and Western North America has been extensively updated and enhanced. These changes, and the wonderful art, create a guide that is worth checking out.
Archive for July, 2008
For the most part, the new Peterson guide uses the same plates that Roger Tory Peterson had prepared for his Eastern and Western regional guides. However, some significant changes have been made. Some new species have been added, most due to taxonomic splits, but others because of new records. Conversely, some species have been [...]
Here are some bird book reviews from around the web.
Oology and Ralph’s Talking Eggs: Bird Conservation Comes Out of Its Shell - Living the Scientific Life
Return to Warden’s Grove: Science, Desire, and the Lives of Sparrows - Living the Scientific [...]
As you can see, the new Peterson guide (in the middle) is significantly larger than the last edition of the eastern regional guide. It even approaches the “large Sibley” in size. Naturally, since this new book covers all the species in North America, you would expect it to be thicker. But the trim size has [...]
August of 2008 marks the centennial of the birth of Roger Tory Peterson, one of the 20th century’s most influential people. To commemorate the event, Houghton Mifflin is publishing a new version of Peterson’s field guide to birds, a book whose importance to birding and conservation cannot be overstated. This volume combines the previously separate [...]
It started over a month ago. A friend at work prototypes and designs some internal websites, so I thought I’d get his opinion on this site’s design. Well, let’s just say the reaction wasn’t favorable. Thus began a long discussion on the design and many hours spent trying to make it work.
And finally, the results [...]
July 3, 2008
The Wind Masters: The Lives of North American Birds of Prey
Reviews/Books/Family Guidesby Pete Dunne
Birding’s master storyteller reveals the lives of the North American raptors.
