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Almanac: A birdwatching trailblazer

One-hundred-and-eight years ago today, writer, painter and naturalist Roger Tory Peterson was born in Jamestown, New York. A bird lover, Peterson believed he could improve on overly-technical bird watching manuals of the time, launching the cherished "Peterson Field Guides to Birds." Charles Osgood reports.
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