Product Description: This easy-to-use, concise, informative guide is a must for anyone who wants to leave behind Southern California's noisy freeways and crowded beaches in search of the wild places where birds can be found. An excellent introduction, an indispensable regional guide, and a perfect companion for excursions from San Luis Obispo County to the Mexican border, it is designed to familiarize birdwatchers, hikers, naturalists, residents, and travelers with the appearance and behavior of 120 of the most common coastal birds...read more

Every birder is a traveler at heart! Search out the Elegant Trogon in southeastern Arizona. Track the White-tailed Ptarmigan across the Colorado tundra. Stalk the Great Gray Owl in Yosemite. This book is the only companion you'll need for chasing rarities in the West's most scenic birdwatching "hot spots". Included are nine major habitats, from Washington's rocky coastline, to the chaparral slopes of southern California, to the prairies of eastern Colorado. The book includes crucial travel information, maps, and detailed directions; local species checklists and trail maps for each area; as well as expert hints on the fine points of field identification. Written by Joan Easton Lentz Joan Easton Lentz, an author, teacher, and research associate at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. For over thirty-five years, she has been a serious student of the natural history of the Santa Barbara region. Lentz has written four books, her most recent being Introduction to the Birds of the Southern California Coast.

Book by Lentz, Joan Easton, Young, Judith