National Audubon Society Field Guide to California (National Audubon Society Regional Field Guides): Regional Guide: Birds, Animals, Trees, ... More (National Audubon Society Field Guides) - Softcover

Peter Alden

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0679446788 ISBN 13: 9780679446781

Publisher: Alfred A Knopf, 1998

Synopsis

Filled with concise descriptions and stunning photographs, the "National Audubon Society Field Guide to California" belongs in the home of every California resident and in the suitcase or backpack of every visitor. This compact volume contains:
An easy-to-use field guide for identifying 1,000 of the state's wildflowers, trees, mushrooms, mosses, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, butterflies, mammals, and much more;
A complete overview of California's natural history, covering geology, wildlife habitats, ecology, fossils, rocks and minerals, clouds and weather patterns and night sky;
An extensive sampling of the area's best parks, preserves, beaches, forests, islands, and wildlife sanctuaries, with detailed descriptions and visitor information for 50 sites and notes on dozens of others.
The guide is packed with visual information--the 1,500 full-color images include more than 1,300 photographs, 14 maps, and 16 night-sky charts, as well as 150 drawings explaining everything from geological processes to the basic features of different plants and animals.
For everyone who lives or spends time in California, there can be no finer guide to the area's natural surroundings than the "National Audubon Society Field Guide to California."

About this title

About the Author:

Peter Alden, principal author of this series, is a birder, naturalist, author, and lecturer. He has led nature tours to more than 100 countries and is the author of books on North American, Latin American, and African wildlife. Peter organized an event called Biodiversity Day, the first of which took place in his hometown of Concord, Massachusetts.

Fred Heath, author of several sections of this guide, as well as regional consultant, is a naturalist, field trip leader, and lecturer, who is active in the Los Angeles chapter of the National Audubon Society and the North American Butterfly Association.

Synopsis:

Identifies one thousand types of California's plant and animal life, offers an overview of its natural history, and describes the state's beaches, parks, preserves, and forests.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alfred A Knopf
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0679446788
• ISBN 13: 9780679446781
• Binding: Flexibound
• Number of pages: 448