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 Advanced Birding: Birding Challenges and How to Approach Them

Kenn Kaufman
Kenn Kaufman (Illustrated by)

Covers 35 of the most difficult groups of birds. Includes 105 line drawings.


A Field Guide to Feeder Birds: Eastern and Central North America


Covers 124 species of birds. Includes 34 color plates with multiple illustrations.


A Field Guide to Hawks of North America:


Covers all 39 species of North American hawks and diurnal raptors. Includes 40 color plates with multiple illustrations.


A Field Guide to Hummingbirds of North America:


Covers 31 North American species. Includes more than 220 color photographs.


A Field Guide to Mexican Birds: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador


Covers more than 1,000 species of birds. Includes over 700 color paintings by Roger Tory Peterson.


A Field Guide to Warblers of North America:

Kimball Garrett
Jon Dunn
Sue A. Tackett (Guest Editor)
Larry O. Rosche (Guest Editor)
Cynthia House (Illustrated by)
Thomas R. Schultz (Illustrated by)

Covers 60 species in detail. Includes 32 plates with multiple illustrations.

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