Birding By Impression
The following is an excerpt from the Birding Community E-bulletin – July 2015 which is edited and distributed by Paul Baicich and Wayne Petersen. You can find the July 2015 edition here and all of Birding Community E-Bulletins here. BOOK NOTES: REVISITING BIRDING BY IMPRESSION (BBI) Practically all modern bird identification guides reflect a response to, or dialogue with, a 26-year-old Roger Tory Peterson who, in 1934, created a birding breakthrough with the creation of his A Field Guide to the Birds (1934). Does this claim sound exaggerated? Perhaps. But perhaps not. The young...
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