Description
Travellers to Hawaii go for sun, sand, and surf, but increasingly leave the beach for part of their stay to explore the islands’ incredible natural attractions: stunning mountain scenery, wonderful hiking trails, glimpses of birds – many of them highly endangered – that occur nowhere else on Earth. In this book is all the information you need to find, identify, and learn about Hawaii’s unique land animals and magnificent sea life. – Identification and location information on the most frequently seen animals, including essentially every bird species that occurs in the main Hawaiian Islands (and on Midway Atoll). – Color illustrations of nearly 400 of Hawaii’s most common insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. – Up-to-date information on the ecology, behavior, and conservation of profiled animals. o Information on Hawaiian habitats and on the most common plants visitors encounter. – A section on Hawaii’s famous coral reefs and on the underwater animals most snorkelers
