Roger Tory Peterson

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August 28, 1908 in Jamestown, New York, The United States

died

July 28, 1996

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http://www.rtpi.org/

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Roger Tory Peterson was an American naturalist, ornithologist, artist, and educator, and held to be one of the founding inspirations for the 20th century environmental movement.

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	A Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America 4.31 avg rating — 248 ratings — published 1947 — 10 editions	My rating:
	A Field Guide to Western Birds: A Completely New Guide to Field Marks of All Species Found in North America West of the 100th Meridian and North of Mexico by Roger Tory Peterson, Virginia Marie Peterson (Editor) 4.33 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 1941 — 10 editions	My rating:
	A Field Guide to Wildflowers: Northeastern and North-central North America by Roger Tory Peterson, Margaret McKenny 4.19 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1968 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Wild America: The Record of a 30,000 Mile Journey Around the Continent by a Distinguished Naturalist and His British Colleague by Roger Tory Peterson, James Fisher 4.00 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1997	My rating:
	Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America by Roger Tory Peterson, Lee Peterson (Foreword by), Lee Allen Peterson (Foreword) 4.69 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	All Things Reconsidered: My Birding Adventures by Roger Tory Peterson, Bill Thompson III (Editor) 3.74 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Peterson First Guide to Birds of North America 3.68 avg rating — 31 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Audubon's Birds Of America by Roger Tory Peterson, Virginia Marie Peterson 4.62 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1827 — 4 editions	My rating:
	A Field Guide to the Birds of Texas: and Adjacent States 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe by Roger Tory Peterson, Guy Mountfort, P.A.D. Hollom 3.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1954 — 10 editions	My rating:

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“The other creatures with which we share this world have their rights too, but not speaking our language, they have no voice, no vote; it is our moral duty to take care of them.”
― Roger Tory Peterson

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