Cultural Writing. Reference. In this groundbreaking and meticulously field-tested guide, the rich variety of Sierra life-trees, wildflowers, ferns, fungi, lichens, fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, mammals, and insects-comes alive. Both written and illustrated by John Nuir Laws, THE LAWS FIELD GUIDE TO THE SIERRA NEVADA includes more than 1,700 species, descriptions of behavior, adaptations, and interactions between species, and species and topics not found in most guides, including aquatic life, spiders and webs, plankton, plant galls, bark beetle galleries, animal tracks and evidence, seasonal star charts, weather patterns, and cloud formations.
Anonymous
Posted Thu Dec 05 00:00:00 EST 2013
This is a great quick reference guide with just enough information to point you in the right direction for more detailed research (if need be). My young grandchildren love to drag it around the backyard identifying insects. It even includes tracks and scat of various animals.
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Posted Fri Oct 25 00:00:00 EDT 2013
Our Ranger at Yosemite referred to this book and passed it around quite often. Hers was quite worn so I figured it was worthwhile to buy. I wasn't wrong. It is all inclusive, with pictures and diagrams. Very informative on many aspects of the Sierra Nevadas.
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Posted Fri Nov 30 00:00:00 EST 2012
I asked a highly respected person and quite knowledgeable in birds (a regular speaker for the Annual Snow Goose Festival, held each year end of January) for his top two choices for bird reference books. This Field Guide as well as Sierra Nevada Natural History, by Storer, Usinger, and Lukas came highly recommended. Anyone who lives in the Sierra Nevadas or just has an interest in ALL types of wildlife: flora and fauna, will find these books a necessity for ones personal library. Also, the drawings are thorough and extensive.
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Cultural Writing. Reference. In this groundbreaking and meticulously field-tested guide, the rich variety of Sierra life-trees, wildflowers, ferns, fungi, lichens, fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, mammals, and insects-comes alive. Both written and illustrated by John Nuir Laws, THE LAWS FIELD GUIDE TO THE SIERRA NEVADA includes more than 1,700 species, descriptions of behavior, adaptations, and interactions between species, and species and topics not found in most guides, including aquatic life, spiders and ...