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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791194403321

Autore

Stallcup Rich

Titolo

Field guide to birds of the northern California coast / / Rich Stallcup and Jules Evens ; graphites by Keith Hansen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Berkeley, California] : , : University of California Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-520-27617-5

0-520-95838-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (379 p.)

Collana

California Natural History Guides ; ; Number 109

Disciplina

598.3/309794

Soggetti

Shore birds - California, Northern

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION -- FAMILY AND SPECIES ACCOUNTS -- BIRDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ROADSIDE NATURE CENTERS -- Occurrence Charts -- Glossary -- References -- Index -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Sommario/riassunto

The Northern California coast--from Monterey County to the Oregon border--is home to some of the richest avian habitats on the North American continent. Field Guide to Birds of the Northern California Coast provides a comprehensive ecological overview of this extensive and diverse region. It features detailed discussions of the area's most common water birds, raptors, and land birds and highlights the most productive birding sites in each Northern California coastal county. Accessibly written and user-friendly, this guide contains nearly 250 species accounts that focus on seasonal rhythms and behavioral characteristics of each species. More than 130 color photographs and hand-drawn sketches depict the birds in context, and maps and occurrence charts indicate when readers might spot each species.