author
Steven R. Peterson
Best known for revising a classic U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service guide to bird migration, this writer helped make a complex natural phenomenon clear and engaging for general readers. The surviving public record is sparse, but his name remains closely tied to one of the most widely circulated introductions to how and why birds travel.
1 Audiobook
Migration of Birds (1979)
by Frederick Charles Lincoln, Steven R. Peterson
About the author
Steven R. Peterson is most clearly documented as the 1979 reviser of Migration of Birds, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service publication originally written by Frederick C. Lincoln. That edition updated the book's treatment of topics such as migration, orientation, navigation, weather, and changing scientific understanding of bird behavior.
Publicly available biographical information about Peterson himself is limited, so it would be risky to say much more with confidence. What can be said is that his contribution helped keep a respected wildlife reference useful for a newer generation of readers, students, and bird enthusiasts.
Because of that work, his name continues to appear alongside Lincoln's on later listings, reprints, and digital editions of Migration of Birds. For many readers, that book is the main window into Peterson's role as a science writer and editor connected with ornithology.