A Californian's Guide to the Birds among Us

Charles Hood has studied birds and natural history from the to Tibet, and he has seen more than five thousand species of birds in the wild. Hood is currently a research fellow with the Center for Art and Environment at the Nevada Museum of Art as well as a teacher of writing and photography at Antelo

Full-color images and clear, direct descriptions make identification easy, and author Charles Hood supplements the essential information with surprising facts and trivia, including endangered-species recovery stories and the world record for grasshoppers eaten by one flycatcher in a single day. This accurate, lively, and even quotable guide will inspire people to notice nature more closely and find joy in interacting with the astounding diversity of avian life in California.. In sections addressing which gear to buy, wh

“For talking about birds in California, there's nobody better than Charles Hood.” --Jonathan Franzen