The New Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America

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 field guides to eastern and western birds of North America, and is thus the first edition of the Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America.

However, this new book is more than just the merger of the two regional guides. There are new features, species added and removed, and updates to all facets of the previous work. I will try to describe all of this in detail, as mentioned below.

On this page you will find links to everything I post concerning this guide. The coverage starts with a first look at the guide itself, as well as a couple of plates so that you can see some changes for yourself. A detailed list of changes will follow. Finally, a full review will be posted.

More Coverage:

• First Look – a quick look at the guide and some changes
• List of Changes to the Plates – I have compared the plates of this new guide with the latest editions of the Eastern and Western regional guides
• The Full Review

Posted by Grant McCreary on July 14th, 2008.