Keith Hansen illustrated and coauthored Hansen’s Field Guide to the Birds of the Sierra Nevada (Heyday,2021), a field guide companion to Birds of the Sierra Nevada: Their Natural History, Status, and Distribution. He is a professional bird illustrator whose images have been featured in Discovering Sierra Birds; Birds of Yosemite and the East Slope; and Natural History of the Point Reyes Peninsula, among other books. Edward C. Beedy, who has a PhD in zoology, has authored numerous technical publications and articles about Sierra birds. He is the co-author of Birds of the Sierra Nevada and Discovering Sierra Birds. Adam Donkin 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.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Birding Tips
WATERBIRDS
SWIMMING
FLYING
WALKING
LANDBIRDS
UPLAND GAMEBIRDS
RAPTORS
MISCELLANEOUS LARGER LANDBIRDS
AERIAL LANDBIRDS
SONGBIRDS
Appendix A: Rare Birds
Appendix B: Full Checklist of Birds in this Book
References
Index
About the Authors
