by Roger Tory Peterson; Lee Allen Peterson (Foreword by)

Vinyl Bound; 544 pages
Publication Date: 08/28/2008
Illustrations: 195 color plates

Description:
In celebration of the centennial of Roger Tory Peterson’s birth comes a historic collaboration among renowned birding experts and artists to preserve and enhance the Peterson legacy. 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.

40 new paintings
Digital updates to Peterson’s original paintings, reflecting the latest knowledge of bird identification
All new maps for the most up-to-date range information available
Text rewritten to cover the U.S. and Canada in one guide
Larger trim size accommodates range maps on every spread
Contributors include: Michael DiGiorgio, Jeff Gordon, Paul Lehman, Michael O’Brien, Larry Rosche, and Bill Thompson III
Includes URL to register for access to video podcasts

Author/Illustrator Bio:
Lee Allen Peterson grew up in Old Lyme, Connecticut, and is the younger son of Roger Tory Peterson. After graduating from Johns Hopkins University, Lee wrote the Peterson Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants and spent years photographing plants and giving natural history lectures at colleges and nature centers. He and his wife, Courtney, live in southeastern Pennsylvania