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.
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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.
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.
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)
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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.
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This review is from: Peterson Field Guide: Eastern Birds' Nests (Paperback)
This is a highly recommended book for identifying bird's nests. It's amazing to see all the different types of nests that birds make. These creatures have true workmanship. It must have been a great challenge for the photographer(s) to find and photograph all the different nests throughout this fascinating book. You don't see many books out there on the market like this, so I recommend it.
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Unique and excellent resource for birders.,
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This book has information which to my knowledge cannot be found anywhere else. The photographs of nests and eggs must be seen to be appreciated. It is not difficult to identify a bird on the basis of its nest or egg using this book.
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Excellent for bird watchers,
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I was giving a class on monitoring bluebird boxes and I needed to show people the nests of predators and other birds that use the bluebird boxes. I wanted people to be able to see the difference between the nests built by bluebirds as compared to house sparrows, for instance. Also, I needed to show the different colors of eggs.
This book was absolutely essential for this. Once examining the photos in the book and reading the text, people were easily able to identify the different kinds of nests that had been built in the boxes we were monitoring.
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Breeding range: New England west through extreme n. U.S. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
feeds incubating mate, lined with rootlets, extending range northward, lined with fine grasses, lined with finer grasses, slight gloss, blotched with browns, breeding range, black rootlets, sexes excavate, incubating bird, lined with hair, female alone, dotted with browns, warbler eggs, bark shreds, female builds, dummy nests, loose colonies, marshy borders, weed stalks, little gloss, bulky structure, egg cavity, pale bluish white Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, New Jersey, Gulf Coast, New England, New Hampshire, Brown-headed Cowbird, Atlantic Coast, American Robin, Gulf of Mexico, Yellow Warbler, Gray Catbird, Wood Duck, Florida Keys, Great Lakes, Red-breasted Merganser, Rhode Island, Song Sparrow, Western Meadowlark, Wood Thrush, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Bank Swallow, Common Tern, Eastern Meadowlark, Black-capped Chickadee, Chipping Sparrow New!
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Breeding range: New England west through extreme n. U.S. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
feeds incubating mate, lined with rootlets, extending range northward, lined with fine grasses, lined with finer grasses, slight gloss, blotched with browns, breeding range, black rootlets, sexes excavate, incubating bird, lined with hair, female alone, dotted with browns, warbler eggs, bark shreds, female builds, dummy nests, loose colonies, marshy borders, weed stalks, little gloss, bulky structure, egg cavity, pale bluish white Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, New Jersey, Gulf Coast, New England, New Hampshire, Brown-headed Cowbird, Atlantic Coast, American Robin, Gulf of Mexico, Yellow Warbler, Gray Catbird, Wood Duck, Florida Keys, Great Lakes, Red-breasted Merganser, Rhode Island, Song Sparrow, Western Meadowlark, Wood Thrush, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Bank Swallow, Common Tern, Eastern Meadowlark, Black-capped Chickadee, Chipping Sparrow New!
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- Field Guide to the Birds; Eastern land and water birds by Roger Tory Peterson in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Birds of North Carolina; by Thomas Gilbert Pearson in Front Matter
- South Carolina (Gousha Fastmap) by Don Wood in Front Matter
- Owls of the World by John A Burton in Front Matter
- Field guide by Terry Collins in Front Matter
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- Birds of Field & Shore: Grassland and Shoreline Birds of Eastern North America by John Eastman in Back Matter
- Bird Tracks & Sign : A Guide to North American Species by Mark Elbroch in Back Matter
- Birds of Lake Pond & Marsh: Water and Wetland Birds of Eastern North America by John Eastman in Back Matter
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