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What's your Spark Bird?

For Roger Tory Peterson it was an unexpectedly intimate encounter with a northern flicker that sparked his lifelong passion for birds. RTPI is a proud founding sponsor of The Spark Bird Project, a scientific research initiative to gather and share the stories of people's passion for birds.

The Peterson Collection

RTPI is home to the largest collection of Roger's original artworks, films, photographs and related archival materials. To explore the Peterson Collection is to join Roger as he traveled the world in search of birds and other fauna and flora to paint, photograph, film, and in many instances, protect.

Trained as an artist and impassioned by birds, Roger Tory Peterson was the father of the modern field guide.

As a living embodiment of the Peterson guide, RTPI uses art as the lens through which to inform, inspire, and illuminate about the natural world.