Peterson Field Guide: Eastern Birds' Nests

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Product Description
This guide includes the nest and eggs of 285 species found in the 26 states east of the Mississippi River. Descriptions of breeding range and time, habitat, and nests and eggs are enhanced by 222 color photographs.

About the Author
Roger Tory Peterson (August 28, 1908 – July 28, 1996), was an American naturalist, ornithologist, artist, and educator, and held to be one of the founding inspirations for the 20th century environmental movement.


Peterson was born in Jamestown, New York. After graduating from high school‚ Peterson moved to New York City‚ where he attended the Art Students League (1927-1928) and the National Academy of Design (1929-1931). He then taught science and art at the Rivers School in Brookline, Massachusetts. In 1934 he published his seminal Guide to the Birds, the first modern field guide, which sold out its first printing of 2‚000 copies in one week, and subsequently went through 5 editions. He co-wrote Wild America with James Fisher, and edited or wrote many of the volumes in the Peterson Field Guide series on topics ranging from rocks and minerals to beetles to reptiles. He developed the Peterson Identification System, and is known for the clarity of both his illustrations of field guides and his delineation of relevant field marks.


Peterson received every major American award for natural science, ornithology, and conservation, as well as numerous honorary medals, diplomas, and citations from America and elewhere, including the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Order of the Golden Ark of the Netherlands. He died in 1996 at his home in Old Lyme, Connecticut. The Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History in Jamestown, New York is named in his honor.

Hal H. Harrison is a published author of several Field Guides. Listed below are some of the publications:
1998 - A Field Guide to the Birds' Nests : United States east of the Mississippi River (Peterson Field Guides(R)) 1988 - Field Guide to Western Birds' Nests
1979 - A Field Guide to Western Birds' Nests : Of 520 Species Found Breeding in the United States West of the Mississippi River
1975 - A Field Guide to the Birds' Nest in the United States East of the Mississippi River (Peterson Field Guide Series)
Wood Warblers' World
1998 - A Field Guide to the Birds' Nests : United States east of the Mississippi River (Peterson Field Guides(R))
1988 - Field Guide to Western Birds' Nests
1979 - A Field Guide to Western Birds' Nests : Of 520 Species Found Breeding in the United States West of the Mississippi River
1975 - A Field Guide to the Birds' Nest in the United States East of the Mississippi River (Peterson Field Guide Series)
Wood Warblers' World


E. Stanley "Ned" Smith was born October 9, 1919 in Millersburg, Pennsylvania., a small town on the Susquehanna River north of Harrisburg. A self-trained artist and naturalist, in his 46-year career he created thousands of astonishingly accurate drawings and paintings of wildlife for books, magazines and other publications, as well as dozens of limited edition prints.


Mada Harrison is a contributor for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt titles including: A Field Guide to the Birds' Nests.