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Roger Tory Peterson (August 28, 1908 – July 28, 1996) was an American naturalist, conservationist, citizen scientist ornithologist, artist and illustrator, [1] educator, [2] and a founder of the 20th-century environmental movement, where he was an inspiration for many.
The Peterson Field Guides (PFG) are a popular and influential series of American field guides intended to assist the layman in identification of birds, plants, insects and other natural phenomena. The series was created and edited by renowned ornithologist Roger Tory Peterson (1908–1996).
The Peterson Identification System is a practical method for the field identification of animals, plants and other natural phenomena. It was devised by ornithologist Roger Tory Peterson in 1934 for the first of his series of Field Guides [1] (See Peterson Field Guides.) Peterson devised his system "so that live birds could be identified readily ...
In about 1927, Roger Tory Peterson joined the club as its eleventh member, the club having waived its unwritten rule that only Bronx residents could join. [2] [9] Peterson, who later wrote A Field Guide to the Birds and contributed to nearly 50 other books, was also the last living member of the club.
Roger Peterson may refer to: . Roger Tory Peterson (1908–1996), ornithologist; Roger Peterson (musician) (born 1980), Aruban-Dutch musician Roger Peterson (pilot) (1937–1959), pilot of the plane that crashed killing Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and Jiles Perry Richardson (The Big Bopper)
The Field Guide to the Birds by Roger Tory Peterson is regarded as the key birding book of the 20th century, due to its impact on the development and popularisation of birding. Atlas of Breeding Birds of the West Midlands, produced in 1970 by the West Midland Bird Club; [3] the first modern bird atlas. [4]
A Field Guide to Western Birds, by Roger Tory Peterson and Virginia Marie Peterson (editor), Houghton Mifflin, revised 1990 The current incarnations of the seminal A Field Guide to the Birds, the first modern field guide published by Peterson in 1934; The Sibley Guide to Birds, by David Allen Sibley, Alfred A.Knopf, 2000
The wide publication in 1934 of the first modern field guide by Roger Tory Peterson truly revolutionized birding. However, in that era, most birders did not travel widely. The earliest known continent-wide Big Year record was compiled by Guy Emerson, a traveling businessman, who timed his business trips to coincide with the best birding seasons for different areas in North Americ