Birds of Northern California (Lone Pine Field Guides)

Learn about 320 species of Northern California birds in fascinating detail. Descriptions, illustrations and range maps help you identify birds and understand their habits. A checklist helps you keep a list of your birding accomplishments. Perfect for beginner birders and beyond.

Reviews

Few field guides contain this level of useful information...a welcome addition to any birder's fanny pack. - California Wild magazine

Here is a superb introduction to the regularly occurring birds of Northern California that deserves a place in every birder's library. - Sierra Foothill Audubon Society

This is a beautiful and cleverly designed guide. - San Francisco Chronicle

Here is a superb introduction to the regularly occurring birds of Northern California that deserves a place in every birder's library. - Sierra Foothill Audubon Society

Few field guides contain this level of useful information...a welcome addition to any birder's fanny pack. - California Wild magazine

"What can I say, except that this is THE best Northern California bird book in existence....and in fact, it may well be the best bird book ever written! ..."

- David Marks

"I love this guide. I've read it through twice already in preparation for an upcoming birding trip to northern California. Because it is region-specific, it has drawn my attention to some species that I hadn't considered, when just using a general guide to North American birds. This book details habitat preferences for the local species, as well as migration timing. The drawings are fair to good, but the text is excellent."

- E. Birder

"I agree with many of the reviews on this book. It is well designed, comprehensive with great information. They simply did a nice job on the book."

- Bampa

"Great field guide, especially for beginning birders, but nice for more experienced ones too. Sorry to see that this has gone out of print as it is a lovely guide with excellent illustrations and lots of information on each bird. It is focused on one area, Northern California, so the authors had the luxury of space. The distribution maps are good, too, and I have learned a lot from this book."

- R. Camper

"I have owned a copy of this book for a long time. I love it. I can find the names of birds outside at my feeders and those I see on hikes and photo expeditions. Clear, beautiful illustrations and lots of info to help you identify juveniles, visitors and year-round residents. I just bought a copy along with some other child-targeted items so my nephews' parents could look them up along with the kids and be ready with questions the kid-targeted items didn't cover. Big success! Great great book."

- Judy L.

About the Author

DAVID FIX first learned his birds in the Pacific Northwest. From his sandbox, at age four or five, he recalls hearing Song Sparrows, but it wasn't until his teens that he began looking seriously at birds. Jobs as a timber cruiser and tree planter in the Oregon and Washington Cascades gave him much early experience with forest birds. More recently he has complemented his work in wildlife biology with extensive writing. For 20 years, David has been a subregional editor for the quarterly journal, North American Birds, and he contributes frequent essays, poetry and artwork to the Sandpiper, the newsletter of the Redwood Region Audubon Society. With his partner, Jude Claire Power, and others, David is working to publish the results of a five-year Humboldt County Breeding Bird Atlas project. David and Jude make their home in Bayside, California. ANDY BEZENER is a biologist and the author of nine nature guides for Lone Pine Publishing.

Paperback: 384 pages

Publisher: Lone Pine Publishing; First Printing edition (January 26, 2000)

Language: English

Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 0.8 x 8.8 inches

Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds