"In this country, no one has done more to promote an interest in living creatures than Roger Tory Peterson, the inventor of the modern field guide..."

For decades, the Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Eastern and Central North America has been a popular and trusted guide for birders of all levels, thanks to its famous system of identification and unparalleled illustrations. 

Trade Paperback. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing. 1980. Fourth Edition.

Written by Roger T. Peterson