A Field Guide to Western Birds: A Completely New Guide to Field Marks of All Species Found in North America West of the 100th Meridian and North of Mexico

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The Birder s Bible for than 60 years, Roger Tory Peterson s classic Field Guide to Western Birds includes all species found in North America west of the 100th meridian and north of Mexico Featuring the unique Peterson Identification System, Western Birds contains 165 full color paintings that show than 1,000 birds from 700 species Summer and winter ranges, breeding grounds, and other special range data are shown on easy to read range maps. Read A Field Guide to Western Birds: A Completely New Guide to Field Marks of All Species Found in North America West of the 100th Meridian and North of Mexico By Roger Tory Peterson – kino-fada.fr My first bird guide and my old stand by It has accompanied me onhikes than my husband and been baptized in the waters of the West Walker River Sure, the colors are often quite off , the owl pages are bad and it s a bummer it doesn t show the birds in their most likely habitat But, like the husband, just because it has its faults, it doesn t make me want to toss it Its frayed edges and waterlogged state become all theendearing as the years pass You will have to pry this bird guid My first bird guide and my old stand by It has accompanied me onhikes than my husband and been baptized in the waters of the West Walker River Sure, the colors are often quite off , the owl pages are bad and it s a bummer it doesn t show the birds in their most likely habitat But, like the...A Field Guide to Birds of Western North America Fourth Edition , attributed to Roger Tory Peterson, was most recently published in 2010 Peterson Field Guides compete directly with The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America and Princeton Field Guides on similar areas of focus, although there may not be a direct equivalent for North American birds from Princeton Field Guides It also competes to a degree with the National Audubon Society s field guides, which are actually in a narr A Field Guide to Birds of Western North America Fourth Edition , attributed to Roger Tory Peterson, was most recently published in 2010 Peterson Field Guides compete directly with The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western ...Overall, this guide is just ok My main problem with it is that I don t like Peterson s drawings They just do not look like the birds do to me in real life whereas I look at Sibley s drawings, then I look at the bird, and I say oh yes that s exactly how it looks to me I do like the layout of the book for the most part and the color coding of the pages and the species groupings he puts at the bottom bar of each page I do not like much of his drawings and the distinct lack of variations in s Overall, this guide is just ok My main problem with it is that I don t like Peterson s drawings They just do not look like the birds do to me in real life whereas I look at Sibley s drawings, then I look at the bird, and I say oh yes that s exactly how it looks to me I do like the layout of the book for the most part and the color coding of the pages and the species groupings he puts at the bottom bar of each page I do not like much of his drawings and the distinct lack of variations in species and subspecies he shows He does not do a very good job of showing or noting variations but rather seems to prefer showing type species But a Dark eyed junco in Oregon is not the same as Dark eyed junco in the Southwest and while he DOES show variations, I don t feel they are very clear Sibley does a much nicer job of drawing realistic subspecies as well as clearly labeling right next to the Oregon subspecies that it is Oregon rather than my having to refer to the te...As with many birders, I started with this guide to help identify common backyard birds in college sure beat studying for exams I will always remember the old Peterson bird guide because it contained a separate section for Introduced Hawaiian land birds For the life of me I could not figure out an unidentifiable backyard bird until the Rare Bird Alert manager returned my message to tell me that the my rare bird was the female house sparrow, only illustrated in the Hawaii section of the f As with many bi...I like the content of the book, but the actual publication of it isterribleI am a living room bird watcher, and as such the book has never been outside, but the pages are falling out of it as if I had beaten it to an inch of its life Poor, poor public...This is our favorite bird identification book because it is the easiest one to use All the pix of the birds are in the center, so you can flip through them to find the bird you re looking for, then look up the description.Getting old and raggedy just like all well loved guide books shouldA great book for any birdwatcherOh, Peterson, ohCovers over 1,000 birds from over 700 species in the western United States This full color reference book is great for bird watchers of all ages.

A Field Guide to Western Birds: A Completely New Guide to Field Marks of All Species Found in North America West of the 100th Meridian and North of Mexico
  • English
  • 14 July 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 432 pages
  • 0395911745
  • Roger Tory Peterson
  • A Field Guide to Western Birds: A Completely New Guide to Field Marks of All Species Found in North America West of the 100th Meridian and North of Mexico