{"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":"\u003cb\u003eDelight in the Sierra Nevada's diverse avifauna with this long-awaited field guide\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Identify 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).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Heyday Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781597145336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Keith Hansen, Edward C. Beedy, Adam Donkin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39956514537653,"sku":"9781597145336","price":23.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_300d735c-57f8-498f-9bf4-3826eb414729.jpg?v=1620221171","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/hansens-field-guide-to-the-birds-of-the-sierra-nevada-9781597145336","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}