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BOOKS by Roger Tory Peterson

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Birds of Eastern and Central North America

Birds of Eastern and Central North America more books like this

by Roger Tory Peterson, Virginia Marie Peterson (Preface by)

Peterson's magnum opus, now in its fifth edition, created the trail for countless field guides to follow. This is a culmination of more than 60 years of observing, painting, and writing about the fine-feathered friends who take to the air. 153 photos.

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A Field Guide to Insects: America North of Mexico

A Field Guide to Insects: America North of Mexico more books like this

by Donald J Borror (Illustrator), Roger Tory Peterson (Editor), Richard E White

Detailed descriptions of insect orders, families, and many individual species are illustrated with 1,200 drawings and 142 superb color paintings. Illustrations - which use the unique Peterson Identification System to distinguish one insect from another - include size lines to show the actual length of each insect. A helpful glossary explains the ...

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A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs: Of Eastern and Central North America

A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs: Of Eastern and Central North America more books like this

by Steven Foster, James A Duke, Roger Tory Peterson (Editor)

At a time when interest in herbs and natural medicine has never been higher, the second edition of this essential guide shows how to identify more than 500 healing plants. 300+ color photos.

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Peterson First Guide to Insects of North America

Peterson First Guide to Insects of North America more books like this

by Roger Tory Peterson

Peterson First Guides are the first books the beginning naturalist needs. Condensed versions of the famous Peterson Field Guides, the First Guides focus on the animals, plants, and other natural things you are most likely to see. They make it fun to get into the field and easy to progress to the full-fledged Peterson Guides.

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Birding by Ear: Eastern and Central North America

Birding by Ear: Eastern and Central North America more books like this

by Richard K Walton, Robert W Lawson, Roger Tory Peterson (Editor)

Owls, thrushes, woodpeckers, and the maddeningly confusing sparrows and warblers--the songs and calls of these and other Eastern US birds (85 in all) are presented in this three-CD set. Using mnemonic devices and descriptions, the authors make it easy to identify them all. Their presentation is sensibly organized around similar sounds and similar ...

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Peterson Field Guide(r) to Eastern Birds: Fourth Edition

Peterson Field Guide(r) to Eastern Birds: Fourth Edition more books like this

by Roger Tory Peterson

By popular demand, the revolutionary binding used on the 50th anniversary edition--the Flexibook--is back! This Flexi Peterson edition is the ultimate bird guide, inside and out, featuring birds east of the Rockies. Full color.

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A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern and Central North America

A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern and Central North America more books like this

by Roger Tory Peterson (Illustrator), Lee Allen Peterson (Photographer)

This time-tested guide to wild plants, released with a colorful new jacket, uses detailed illustrations to pinpoint key field marks for quick species identification.

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Field Guide to Western Birds

Field Guide to Western Birds more books like this

by Roger Tory Peterson

This classic guide includes all species found in North America west of the 100th meridian and north of Mexico. With 165 color paintings showing more than 1,000 birds from 700 species, with summer and winter ranges, breeding grounds and other data on easy-to-read maps.

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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

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 more books like this

by Roger Tory Peterson

This updated volume of the bestselling Peterson Field Guide Series features the unique Peterson Identification System covering all birds of North America west of the 100th meridian and north of Mexico, shown in full color and described in detail. Summer and winter ranges, breeding grounds, and other special range data are shown on easy-to-read ...

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A field guide to the birds of Britain and Europe

A field guide to the birds of Britain and Europe more books like this

by Roger Tory Peterson

For nearly 40 years, the Paterson Guide has been the standard field guide to British and European birds. No other book provides such a simple, concise guide to the essential features of bird recognition, enabling precise identification based on comparisons with other species and on distinctive field marks. The Fifth Edition has been completely ...

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Wild America; the record of a 30,000 mile journey around the continent by a distinguished naturalist and his British colleague more books like this

by Roger Tory Peterson, James Fisher

On an April day in 1953, renowned American ornithologist, author, and illustrator Roger Tory Peterson met his British friend James Fisher, an authority on seabirds, in Newfoundland. There they began a strenuous and thrilling hundred-day field trip around the edge of the continent. Part travelogue, part epic natural adventure, their richly ...

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Field Guide to the Birds more books like this

by Roger Tory Peterson

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A Field Guide to Wildflowers: Northeastern and North-Central North America more books like this

by Roger Tory Peterson (Illustrator), Mariner Books, Margaret McKenny

Grouped by color and by plant characteristics, 1,293 species in 84 families are described and illustrated. Included here are all the flowers you're most likely to encounter in the eastern and north-central U.S., westward to the Dakotas and southward to North Carolina and Arkansas, as well as the adjacent parts of Canada.

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A Field Guide to Eastern Trees: Eastern United States and Canada, Including the Midwest more books like this

by Roger Tory Peterson (Editor), Mariner Books, George A Petrides

Features detailed descriptions of 455 species of trees native to eastern North America, including the Midwest and South.

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Audubon Backyard Birdwatcher: Birdfeeders & Bird Gardens more books like this

by Robert Burton, Stephen W Kress, PH.D., Roger Tory Peterson (Adapted by)

Illustrated with plentiful, detailed color photographs, this handbook provides guidance on attracting birds to birdfeeders, including species profiles, a behavior guide, and bird survival. It also addresses landscaping for birds, including planting advice, supplemental feeding, water in the garden, and a regional guide to plants and birds.

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Audubon's Birds of America more books like this

by Roger Tory Peterson, Virginia Marie Peterson

All of John James Audubon's brilliant bird engravings are graced by illuminating commentary by Roger Tory Peterson, one of America's best-known ornithologists, in this diminutive, yet lavish volume. 435 engravings. 900 illustrations, over 470 in full color.

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Peterson first guide to rocks and minerals more books like this

by Frederick H Pough, Roger Tory Peterson (Editor)

Written and designed for the beginner, this book describes and illustrates the most common and interesting rocks and minerals, from simple sandstone to exotic gems. Illustrated with dozens of beautiful color photographs, it tells how these rocks and minerals formed and how to identify them--and includes tips on collecting. 175 color photographs, ...

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A Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes: North America North of Mexico more books like this

by Roger Tory Peterson (Editor), Lawrence M Page, Mariner Books

The first comprehensive field guide to freshwater fishes - covers all 790 species known in the United States and Canada. More than 700 illustrations, most in color, show identifying marks. Also includes 377 distribution maps and additional drawings of key details.

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Peterson First Guide to Caterpillars of North America more books like this

by Amy Bartlett Wright, Roger Tory Peterson (Editor)

Here is the first and only guide to a subject of great interest to gardeners, small children, and lepidopterists: caterpillars, the immature form of butterflies and moths. This guide describes 120 common species of these fuzzy creatures. All the caterpillars, their adult forms and many of their host plants are illustrated.

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Peterson First Guide to Butterflies and Moths more books like this

by Paul A Opler, Mariner Books

Peterson First Guides are the first books the beginning naturalist needs. Condensed versions of the famous Peterson Field Guides, the First Guides focus on the animals, plants, and other natural things you are most likely to see. They make it fun to get into the field and easy to progress to the full-fledged Peterson Guides.

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A Field Guide to Mushrooms: North America more books like this

by Roger Tory Peterson (Editor), Mariner Books, Kent H McKnight

More than 1,000 species of mushrooms described in detail. Over 700 paintings and drawings reveal subtle field marks that cannot be captured into photographs.

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Manual of Ornithology: Avian Structure and Function more books like this

by Noble S Proctor, Mr. Patrick J Lynch, Roger Tory Peterson (Foreword by)

This book - a visual guide to the structure and anatomy of birds - is one of the most heavily illustrated ornithology references ever written. A concise atlas of anatomy, it contains more than 200 specially prepared accurate and clear drawings that include material never illustrated before. The text is as informative as the drawings; written at a ...

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Birds of North America more books like this

by Roger Tory Peterson

This new book combines the "Peterson Field Guide to Eastern Birds" and "Peterson Field Guide to Western Birds" into one volume, filled with accessible, concise information and including almost three hours of video podcasts to make bird watching even easier.

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The birds more books like this

by Roger Tory Peterson

An illustrated survey of bird life, describing evolution, physiology, migration and flight patterns, wing and body communication, nesting, feeding, and family life.

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A Field Guide to Pacific States Wildflowers: Washington, Oregon, California and Adjacent Areas more books like this

by Roger Tory Peterson (Editor), Mariner Books, Theodore F Niehaus

"The Peterson Identification System," Roger Tory Peterson's unique system shows exactly what features to look for to tell one species from another.

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