Description
CHARLES HOOD, poet, naturalist, and photographer, is the author of the Heyday collection, A Salad Only the Devil Would Eat: The Joys of Ugly Nature. His other Heyday titles include field guides to mammals and birds, and for the Naturalist History Museum of Los Angeles County he was the lead author and photographer for Wild LA, which won Best Nonfiction Book for 2019. Foreword by Jane Goodall Introduction: Welcome to Wild Sonoma! Part 1: Where Nature Comes From water and watersheds dirt versus soil fire and fire ecology Part 2: a Field Guide to Cool, Interesting, and Essential Species birds acorn woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus American coot Fulica americana American robin Turdus migratorius Anna’s hummingbird Calypte anna California quail Callipepla californica California scrub-jay Aphelocoma californica common raven Corvus corax dark-eyed junco Junco hyemalis double-crested cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus golden-crowned sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla great blue heron Ardea herodias great egret Ardea alba house finch Haemorhous mexicanus mallard Anas platyrhynchos mourning dove Zenaida macroura red-tailed hawk Buteo jamaicensis red-winged blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus tree swallow Tachycineta bicolor turkey vulture Cathartes aura western bluebird Sialia mexicana flowers, shrubs, and trees arroyo willow Salix lasiolepis bay laurel Umbellularia californica blue dicks Dipterostemon capitatum California buckeye Aesculus californica California poppy Eschscholzia californica coast live oak Quercus agrifolia coast redwood Sequoia sempervirens common manzanita Arctostaphylos manzanita Douglas-fir Pseudotsuga menziesii Douglas iris Iris douglasiana field mustard Brassica spp. Pacific madrone Arbutus menziesii Pacific poison oak Toxicodendron diversilobum sky lupine Lupinus nanus spring vetch Vicia sativa sticky monkey-flower Diplacus aurantiacus toyon Heteromeles arbutifolia valley oak Quercus lobata insects common buckeye Junonia coenia bumble bee Bombus spp. cabbage white Pieris rapae California sister Adelpha californica common yellowjacket Vespula pensylvanica darkling beetle Eleodes grandicollis flame skimmer Libellula saturata harvester ant Veromessor andrei mourning cloak Nymphalis antiopa pipevine swallowtail Battus philenor mammals black bear Urus americanus bobcat Lynx rufus coyote Canis latrans gray fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus mule deer Odocoileus hemionus northern raccoon Procyon lotor striped skunk Mephitis mephitis western gray squirrel Sciurus griseus reptiles and amphibians California newt Taricha torosa garter snake Thamnophis sirtalis gopher snake Pituophis catenifer northern Pacific rattlesnake Crotalus oreganus Sierran treefrog Pseudacris sierra western fence lizard Sceloporus occidentalis Part 3: Explorations and Excursions Jenner and the Russian River Estuary Lake Sonoma The Middle Russian River Spring Lake Regional Park Jack London State Historic Park Sugarloaf Ridge State Park Where to Go Next About the Authors
