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Two new Peterson guides for spring birding

Spring is finally here, so we’re looking for more and more excuses to get outside. One of our favorite ways to experience the outdoors is to go birding. Luckily, there are two new Peterson guides to help you identify birds through song and sight, when you’re hiking or enjoying the great outdoors.

Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds of Western North America

This is a comprehensive field guide that uses an innovative Sound Index to teach readers how to quickly identify unfamiliar songs and bird calls in western North America. Read an excerpt. 

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Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America

Sparrows are as complicated as they are common. This is an essential guide to to identifying 76 varieties, as well as fascinating history of human interactions with them. Read an excerpt. 

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Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder talk with writer Lynell George about the making of their new album, GET ON BOARD: The Songs of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, out April 22 on Nonesuch Records. Video directed by Jeff Coffman.

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