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Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, voices, and habitats of a variety of common birds, arranged by their color. Includes the Peterson System of identifying birds by their unique markings.

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Bibliographic Details
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 Co., 1999.
Series:	Peterson field guides for young naturalists
Subjects:	Birds > Juvenile nonfiction. Birds > Identification > Juvenile nonfiction. Field guides > Juvenile.
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Summary:	Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, voices, and habitats of a variety of common birds, arranged by their color. Includes the Peterson System of identifying birds by their unique markings.
Physical Description:	46 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
ISBN:	9780395922767 0395922763 9780395952108 0395952107
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. 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.