He was a lovely, quiet modest man. And his bird art was exquisite.
> On 4 Jun 2020, at 8:56 pm, Philip Veerman <> wrote:
>
> Yes, you and many others. I recall being inspired when he gave a talk at the
> BOC monthly meeting in 1970, (I was 13) to introduce his V1 field guide (non
> passerines). The style of the field guide he introduced then was a radical
> change from what had been before. With many practical ideas like consistent
> flying and perched pictures of many groups of birds, such as raptors, waders
> & waterbirds and close ups illustration of heads when that was the most
> useful thing to show and beak outlines of seabirds. He did some terrific bird
> photography too, when this was difficult. Then it was a long wait till 1975
> when the V2 FG (for the passerines) came out. For many years those two were
> the books we all had and they laid the foundation for all the others that
> came later. He continued to innovate as others also added to the choice of
> available references.
>
> I have also today received my usual email from Andrew Isles Natural History
> Books, called A TRIBUTE TO PETER SLATER. No need for me to copy or repeat
> what Andrew has given. More information available there.
>
> Philip
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Graeme Clifton
> Sent: Thursday, 4 June, 2020 7:42 PM
> To: chatline
> Subject: [canberrabirds] Peter Slater
>
> It is being reported that Peter Slater has died.
>
> I remember graduating from What Bird is That by Caley to Peter’s 2 volumes in
> the 70’s. He had a massive influence on my bird identifying success rate.
>
> Farewell Peter.
>
> Graeme Clifton
>
> Sent from my iPad
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