{"product_id":"hansens-field-guide-to-the-birds-of-the-sierra-nevada-9781597145336","title":"Hansen's Field Guide to the Birds of the Sierra Nevada","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDelight in the Sierra Nevada's diverse avifauna with this long-awaited field guide.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIdentify and learn about over two hundred and fifty birds of the Sierra Nevada. From tiniest hummingbirds to condors with nine-foot wingspans; from lower-elevation wrens to the rasping nutcrackers of the High Sierra; from urban House Sparrows to wild water-loving American Dippers, \u003ci\u003eHansen's Field Guide to the Birds of the Sierra Nevada\u003c\/i\u003e showcases artist-naturalist Keith Hansen's sixteen-year project to illustrate the birds of the Sierra Nevada. Paired with stunningly detailed portraits is text informed by decades of birding experience--prose that while firmly grounded in expertise will nonetheless delight readers with its whimsy, allusion, and affection. Take the Bufflehead: \"A diminutive and endearing diving duck,\" which moves \"with spirited abandon.\" Or the \"scrappy and antagonistic\" Merlin, \"holding dominion over winter skies, tormenting eagles, hawks, and vultures alike.\" The White-tailed Kite is \"angelic in poise, a streamlined bird of unblemished tailoring\"; the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher sports a black eye-to-eye brow, imparting a \"Frida Kahlo-like stare.\" This book is the field guide companion to the \u003ci\u003eBirds of the Sierra Nevada: Their Natural History, Status, and Distribution\u003c\/i\u003e, also coauthored by Edward C. Beedy and illustrated by Keith Hansen (University of California Press, 2013).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKeith Hansen\u003c\/b\u003e illustrated and coauthored \u003ci\u003eHansen's Field Guide to the Birds of the Sierra Nevada\u003c\/i\u003e (Heyday,2021), a field guide companion to \u003ci\u003eBirds of the Sierra Nevada: Their Natural History, Status, and Distribution\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a professional bird illustrator whose images have been featured in \u003ci\u003eDiscovering Sierra Birds; Birds of Yosemite and the East Slope\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eNatural History of the Point Reyes Peninsula\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdward C. Beedy\u003c\/b\u003e, who has a PhD in zoology, has authored numerous technical publications and articles about Sierra birds. He is the co-author of \u003ci\u003eBirds of the Sierra Nevada\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDiscovering Sierra Birds\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Donkin\u003c\/b\u003e designs apps for major tech companies in Silicon Valley. He is co-founder of Flock LLC., where he creates mobile app experiences that encourage people to fall in love with nature through birding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Heyday Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50629596381458,"sku":"9781597145336","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_74c6c302-eff8-46ef-a244-97144f5a3cdf.jpg?v=1732732302","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hansens-field-guide-to-the-birds-of-the-sierra-nevada-9781597145336","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}