Shorebirds

A field guide to shorebirds in the air, on the water, on the ground, and in the grass, including gulls, coots, sandpipers, and egrets.

Main Author:	Latimer, Jonathan P.
Other Authors:	Nolting, Karen Stray., Peterson, Roger Tory, 1908-1996. (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin, 1999.
Series:	Peterson field guides for young naturalists
Subjects:	Shore birds > Juvenile nonfiction. Shore birds > Identification > Juvenile nonfiction.

Summary:	A field guide to shorebirds in the air, on the water, on the ground, and in the grass, including gulls, coots, sandpipers, and egrets.
Item Description:	Includes index.
Physical Description:	48 p.: ill.
ISBN:	0395952123 (CL) 039592278X (PAP)
Author Notes:	Roger Tory Peterson, one of the world's greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and conservation as well as numerous honorary degrees, medals, and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars. These editions include updated material by Michael O'Brien, Paul Lehman, Bill Thompson III, Michael DiGiorgio, Larry Rosche, and Jeffrey A. Gordon. Specialists in the natural and physical sciences, Karen Stray Nolting and Jonathan Latimer have written more than twenty books together. They have written books for adults, as well as both novels and nonfiction for children.