Overview

Learn about the wildlife of the Bay Area from a lifelong protector of endangered species, and enjoy the wild ride. Jeff Miller's quirky guide to the coolest animal neighbors in the Bay Area will have you gawking at elk, whooping with cranes, and crowning yourself a crossing guard for newts before you know it. Join Jeff on a local safari to meet more than sixty species of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and insects, and discover the fascinating and sometimes bizarre mating, feeding, and athletic antics of our most charismatic animals. Portraits by Obi Kaufmann, the renowned conservationist artist who created The California Field Atlas, bring each animal to vivid life alongside fun facts, comical photos, and maps to help you scope out the best spots to find your furred, feathered, slimy, and slithery friends. Imbued with the author's deep compassion for the well-being of our local fauna, Bay Area Wildlife reveals why each of these creatures matters, as well as the threats that loom over our region's incredible biodiversity.

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Author:   Jeff Miller ,  Obi Kaufmann
Publisher:   Heyday Books
Imprint:   Heyday Books
ISBN:  

9781597146630

ISBN 10:   1597146633
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   26 December 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Introduction How to Use This Guide Stuff with Fur: Mammals Tule Elk—A Resounding Clash of Antlers Bobcat, Fox and Weasel—Pint-Sized Predator Safari Coyote—Return of the Trickster River Otter—Aquatic Death Weasels Badger—Who’s Badgering Who? Beaver—Worth A Dam Bats—Lords of the Night Blubber Fest: Marine Mammals Elephant Seal—Nature in the Raw Orca—Some Call Them Killer Sea Otter—Adorable Psychopaths Whales—Seeking Leviathan Sea Lion—In Praise of Blubber Feathered Dinosaurs: Birds Roadrunner—Looney Tunes Bad-Ass Yellow-Billed Magpie—A Tiding of Iridescence Vaux’s Swift—Autumnal Chimney Tornado Sandhill Crane—The Trumpet in the Orchestra Albatross—Chumming for Tubenoses Night-Heron—A Racket in the Rookery Clapper Rail—Cryptic Marsh Chickens Black Skimmer—Aerial Beagles Raptors—Hawk Hill Bald Eagle—On A Wing and A Prayer Burrowing Owl—The Superb Owl Peregrine Falcon—Screaming Death Parrot Pileated Woodpecker—Built for Headbanging Loggerhead Shrike—The Butcherbird Rare Wood-Warblers—Pursuing Avian Gems Pissing in Your Drinking Water: Fish Salmon and Steelhead—Spawn Till You Die Grunion—Greeting the Grunion Sturgeon—Monsters From the Deep Herring and Anchovy—Bait Ball Leopard Shark and Bat Ray—Eelgrass Adventures Lamprey—A Seriously Punk Rock Fish Great White Shark—Devil’s Teeth Cold-Blooded Herps: Reptiles and Amphibians Alameda Whipsnake—The Chaparral Striped Racer Newt—Psychedelic Pond Orgy Rattlesnake—Adrenaline Rush Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog—Amorous Amplexus Giant Salamander—Humongous Barking Babies Spineless Creepy Crawlies: Invertebrates Monarch Butterfly—Multi-Generational Migration Tarantula—Post-Coital Snack Ladybug—Loveliness at the Ladybug Hotel Nudibranchs—Hardcore Tidepooling Jellyfish—Smacks and Blooms Ghosts, Phantoms and Rumors: Rare and Elusive Wildlife Mountain Lion—Ghost Cat Pronghorn—On Fine Fleet Limbs San Francisco Garter Snake—The Turquoise Serpent Ringtail—Elusive Acrobat Mountain Beaver—The Western Wombat Condor—Thunderbird Back from the Brink Black Bear—Furry Foodie Porcupine—Stab Rabbit Oddities: Introduced Species Fallow Deer—The Spiritual Unicorns of Point Reyes Feral Parakeets—The Urban Jungle Lost and Missing: Extinction Extinct and Extirpated—Missing Species of the Bay Area Watchable Wildlife Highlights by County Wildlife Viewing Tips Greater Bay Area Wildlife Festivals Conservation Ways to Share Your Sightings Acknowledgments Photo Credits About the Author

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"Praise for Bay Area Wildlife: An Irreverent Guide: ""Breezy to read, bite-sized accounts of fascinating creatures, be they colossal or minute, obvious or clandestine, slimy or sinewy, and furred, feathered or finned, hold the reader's attention. This lovingly irreverent perspective on this rich and diverse area will assuredly captivate, astonish, educate, and always entertain."" —Keith Hansen, author of Birds of Point Reyes ""Jeff Miller, a leading advocate for wild nature in the region, writes without stuffiness. He deploys ageless archetypes, then segues to the science."" —Ken Brower, author of Wake of the Whale ""A fun and easy guide to get to know many of the fascinating and diverse fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals (and even nudibranchs) of the Bay Area. Combining playful descriptions with excellent natural history observations, this book belongs in every nature-lover's library."" —Laura Cunningham, author of A State of Change ""The Blazing Saddles of wildlife guides."" —Jolene Griffith, Jeff's mom"

Author Information

Jeff Miller is the founder of the Alameda Creek Alliance and has served as executive director since 1997. Jeff also works with the Center for Biological Diversity on media, outreach, writing endangered species listing petitions, and working on biodiversity issues and endangered species protection throughout California. He lives in Ashland, OR. Obi Kaufmann is the author and illustrator of The California Field Atlas (2017), The State of Water (2019), The Forests of California (2020), The Coasts of California (2022), and The Deserts of California (2023), all published by Heyday.

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