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Peregrine Falcon by Roger Tory Peterson- Framed consignment.  Mill Pond Press.

PEREGRINE FALCONS BY ROGER TORY PETERSON. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION 950 edition A fantastic picture by the renowned artist and naturalist. Roger Tory Peterson. Image is 20 x 27 and is Framed as shown from a private collection.

“Roger Tory Peterson (August 28, 1908 – July 28, 1996) was an American naturalist, ornithologist, artist, and educator, and held to be one of the founding inspirations for the 20th century environmental movement.Peterson was born in Jamestown, New York, August 28, 1908. His father, Charles Peterson, was an immigrant from Sweden, coming to America as an infant.Peterson’s first work on birds was an article “Notes from field and study” in the magazine Bird-lore , where he recorded anecdotally two sight records from 1925, a Carolina Wren and a Titmouse”.

“In 1934 he published his seminal Guide to the Birds , the first modern field guide, which sold out its first printing of 2‚000 copies in one week, and subsequently went through 6 editions. He co-wrote Wild America with James Fisher, and edited or wrote many of the volumes in the Peterson Field Guide series, on topics ranging from rocks and minerals to beetles to reptiles. He developed the Peterson Identification System, and is known for the clarity of both his illustrations of field guides and his delineation of relevant field marks”.