Posts Tagged ‘Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America’
I love going through new fields guides to see what has changed: new species added, maybe some new illustrations, more features. So I’ve spent a little time going though the new Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America, Second Edition page-by-page, comparing it against the previous edition (which was, surprisingly, published about 12 years […]
Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America, Second Edition by Roger Tory Peterson From Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: For decades, the Peterson Field Guide to Birds has been a popular and trusted guide for birders of all levels, thanks to its famous system of identification and unparalleled illustrations. Since the American Birding Association has expanded […]
There’s already quite an impressive selection of bird books set to be published in 2020. Here are the ones that have caught my eye. Apparently, 2020 is the Year of the Bird-Behavior-and/or-Senses Book. These topics are endlessly fascinating, so I’m certainly not complaining. I’m really looking forward to all of these: What It’s Like to […]
More bird-book-review goodness. A big thanks to all who post reviews online. As always, if you have written one not included here, please post a link in the comments or otherwise let me know. Pale Male and the Infertile Girl Bourbon, Bastards and Birds Birdwatching With Your Eyes Closed The Well-read Naturalist Birds of Southern […]
The only thing better than bird books is cheap bird books! Here are some bargains I’ve found on Amazon. FYI: some of these are remaindered, so there may be a sticker on the cover, or a black mark on the bottom. I’ve bought remaindered books from Amazon before, though, and these have yet to be […]
Hopefully, you’ve gotten all of your Christmas shopping done by now. But just in case, here are some suggestions for any bird bibliophile in your life. Field Guides No birder will ever mind getting another field guide. I don’t think it’s even possible to have too many! Here are the latest for North America. National […]
Here are some bird book reviews that I’ve come across recently. Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America The House and other Arctic musings Opposable Chums – a documentary on the World Series of Birding 10,000 Birds Picus Blog Who Killed the Great Auk? Great Auk – or Greatest Auk? A Supremely Bad Idea: […]
Here are some bird book reviews from magazines and journals published in September, 2008 (along with one I forgot to include in the last installment – oops). Birding – July/August2008 (Vol. 40, No. 4) Birds of Peru, by Thomas S. Schulenberg, Douglas F. Stotz, Daniel F. Lane, John P. O’Neill, and Theodore P., III Parker […]
Roger Tory Peterson’s recent birthday did not go unnoticed around the web. Here are links to many recent reviews of books by and about Peterson. I had meant to publish this list this past week while on vacation, but never found the time. It was just as well, as I discovered many more today after […]
Congratulations to Jared Mizanin, who won a copy of the new Peterson guide with his story of how Roger Tory Peterson has impacted his life. However, it doesn’t appear that anyone took a crack at the second copy, which is a shame since it was the easiest way to enter. You didn’t even need your […]
