Come September, Alvaro Jaramillo and Brian E. Small’s Field Guide to Birds of California will become the newest addition to the American Birding Association’s state field guide series from Scott & Nix.
All those who have an interest in the natural history of California will be delighted to know – if they don’t already – that volume seventy-one in the superb California Natural History Guides series from the University of California Press is devoted to the Sharks, Rays, and Chimeras of California.
Strengthening the population of any bird species found to be declining in numbers is never a simple matter. Considerable research must always be done to answer a number of important questions – foremost among which being “What is causing the decline?” – if any plan implemented to reverse the trend is to have a chance […]
Although now strongly identified with the southwestern U.S. deserts where the few remaining “wild” individuals can still be seen flying more-or-less free, the California Condor was once found as far north as British Columbia.