Field Guides By
Series

On Our Website: Video Podcasts!

Richly illustrated with paintings, photographs, and sound recordings of featured birds, these video podcasts are an entertaining and educational supplement to the Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America. You may view and download three hours of podcasts from our web site. Choose from the cateogries below:

Family Overviews Species Profiles Biography Tutorials

A Field Guide to Western Birds' Nests: of 520 Species found breeding in the United States west of the Missisppi River


Covers 520 species. Includes more than 400 photographs of nests and eggs in their typical habitats.


A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe:


Covers 548 species of European birds. Includes 96 color plates with multiple illustrations.


A Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America: Large Format Edition


Covers more than 400 species. Includes over 125 color plates with multiple "large format" illustrations.


A Field Guide to the Birds of Texas: and Adjacent States


Covers 542 species of birds. Includes 60 plates (b/w and color) with multiple illustrations.


Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Sixth Edition paperback:



Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America:


195 color plates

Introducing the founder of our field guide series:
Roger Tory Peterson

Roger Tory Peterson, the artist, the photographer, the writer, the guide who turned the skies into a cathedral for the worship of living things ... [is] one of America's most talented men.

- PETER JENNINGS, ABC World News Tonight, recognizing Roger Tory Peterson as Person of the Week.

Learn More About Roger Tory Peterson