Birds Of California

Identify Birds with California’s Best-Selling Bird Guide! Make bird-watching in California even more enjoyable. With Stan Tekiela’s famous bird guide, field identification is simple and informative. There’s no need to look through dozens of photos of birds that don’t live in your area. This handy book features 176 species of California birds organized by color for ease of use. Full-page photographs present the species as you’ll see them in nature, and a “compare” feature helps you to decide between look-alikes. Inside you’ll find: 176 species: Only California birds! Simple color guide: See a yellow bird? Go to the yellow section Stan’s Notes: Naturalist tidbits and facts Professional photos: Crisp, stunning images This second edition includes six new species, updated photographs and range maps, expanded information, and even more of Stan’s expert insights. So grab Birds of California Field Guide for your next birding adventure—to help ensure that you positively identify the birds that you see.

"The "American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of California" includes more than 300 species birders are most likely to see in the state. Illustrated with nearly 450 crisp, color photographs, it includes clearly written descriptions along with tips of when and where to see birds penned by an expert Californian birder."--Provided by publisher.

Birds of Southern California is a pocket-sized photographic guide to the 350 birds of Southern California. The main section of the book, Species Accounts, features each bird with color photographs and a companion page describing the bird, their food preference, behavior, voice, habitat, where and when they can be found. The book will appeal to casual and beginning birders with its 550 superb photographs and information on the basic of bird watching, detail descriptions of the habitats in Southern California, a regional checklist, and the importance of habitat conservation.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1977. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived

Concise guide to common species found along California's coastline.

A non-technical introduction to 215 frequently encountered bird species from nine diverse bird habitats of southern California. Includes 252 striking color photos by the author. The region covered by this book includes the eight southernmost counties of