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National Audubon Society Field Guide to California Hardcover

Author: Visit Amazon's Peter Alden Page | Language: English | ISBN: 0679446788 | Format: PDF, EPUB

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California natives and visitors alike will appreciate this compact, photo-filled overview of the Golden State's natural history. Along with a summary of geography, geology, weather, and wildlife, there is a field guide to the identification of 1,000 of the state's unique inhabitants, including the smallest butterfly in the world (the Western Pygmy Blue), the largest animal (the Blue Whale), and one of the largest living single organisms (the Giant Sequoia). What's more, some of the best places to see this diversity of flora and fauna--the many parks, preserves, beaches, forests, islands, and wildlife sanctuaries--are listed with detailed information. To flip through the guide's pages is to envision endless possibilities for scenic and educational field trips, from fog-shrouded Point Reyes National Seashore to the barren salt pan of Death Valley National Park.

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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.
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  • Hardcover: 448 pages
  • Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf; 1st edition (May 26, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0679446788
  • ISBN-13: 978-0679446781
  • Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
The Audubon guide to California is very impressive for what it is trying to do, but as you might expect from its small size and low page count, it is going to fail in some areas. The book's strengths are the huge breadth of material it attempts to cover--a survey of the state's geography and ecosystems, a page with constellations, a relatively lengthy section listing (and at times describing) most of the state's parks, and of course, a section for plants, insects, fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians and mammals.

With so much stuffed into a tiny book, areas that need more detail (notably the plant section) miss the mark, and I've docked it a star because this particular section is at times both misleading and at some points the pictures are nearly worthless. Texts for each species (in all sections) are extremely short, but better than nothing. Even when individual entries are poor, they can still be helpful in weeding down the options.

The different 'identification sections' differ greatly in their overall quality. I found all the animal sections relatively useful, but might be because the difference between one species of lizard and another are much more obvious to me than the differences between various pine trees.

The lists of different parks is a fantastic addition and includes contact info for each. The problem is, if this is your single volume choice for the backpack, you wouldn't need it; you're already there! Better to purchase a separate volume and save the weight.

My suggestions for improvement with this guide would be to 1) dump all sections that are unnecessary (park guide, intro to geology, etc.) and focus wholly on the identification sections.

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