The Marin County Breeding Bird Atlas

Very Good paperback. Shelf wear, faded spine. Clean, tight pages.

Illustrations by Ane Rovetta and Keith Hansen. Photographs by Ian Tait.

The first breeding bird atlas in western North America, this book provides species accounts, with distribution maps, for 163 species of breeding birds, most of which occur throughout the West. It explains the climate, ocean cycles, and vegetation communities that influence breeding birds in coastal California and details the habitat needs, nesting sites, food requirements, and foraging strategies for all species. In addition, it traces historical trends of all species with reference to California as a whole, plus, suggests how to use atlas data for conservation.