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Birds of Arizona and New Mexico

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Ideal for birders, hikers, and foragers, Timber Press Field Guides are the perfect tools for loving where you live Birds ofArizona and New Mexico is a comprehensive field guide to commonly found birds in the region, including local favorites and… Read More
Wildflowers of California

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Experience the vibrant diversity of West Coast Wildflowers with this amazing, informative guide to more than 1,200 plant species.Wildflowers of California is a comprehensive field guide for anyone wishing to learn about the amazingly diverse wildflowers of the region. Organized by… Read More
Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest, Revised Edition

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Ideal for hikers, foragers, and naturalists, the Timber Press Field Guides are the perfect tools for loving where you live. Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest is a comprehensive field guide to the most conspicuous, distinctive, and ecologically important mushrooms found… Read More
Wildflowers of the Midwest

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Ideal for hikers, foragers, and plant lovers, the Timber Press Field Guides are the perfect tools for loving where you live. Wildflowers of the Midwest is a comprehensive field guide for anyone wishing to learn about the amazingly diverse wildflowers of… Read More
Rocks, Minerals, and Geology of the Pacific Northwest

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Ideal for rockhounds, hikers, and climbers, the Timber Press Field Guides are the perfect tools for loving where you live. Rocks, Minerals, and Geology of the Pacific Northwest is a comprehensive field guide to the region’s most common and distinctive… Read More
Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast

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Ideal for hikers, foragers, and plant lovers, the Timber Press Field Guides are the perfect tools for loving where you live. Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast is a comprehensive field guide for anyone wishing to learn about the amazingly diverse wildflowers… Read More
Wildflowers of the Rocky Mountain Region

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for loving where you live. Wildflowers of the Rocky Mountain Region is a comprehensive field guide for anyone wishing to learn about the amazingly diverse wildflowers of the region. Organized by flower color and shape, and including a range map… Read More
Wildflowers of Texas

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Ideal for hikers, foragers, and plant lovers, the Timber Press Field Guides are the perfect tools for loving where you live.Wildflowers of Texas is a comprehensive field guide for anyone wishing to learn about the amazingly diverse wildflowers of the… Read More
Butterflies of the Pacific Northwest

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Ideal for birders, hikers, and foragers, the Timber Press Field Guides are the perfect tools for loving where you live. Butterflies of the Pacific Northwest is a comprehensive field guide to the region’s most common and distinctive butterflies. Profiles include preferred… Read More
Mushrooms of the Southeast

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Ideal for hikers, foragers, and naturalists, the Timber Press Field Guides are the perfect tools for loving where you live. Mushrooms of the Southeast is a comprehensive field guide to the most conspicuous, distinctive, and ecologically important mushrooms found in the… Read More
Mushrooms of the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada

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Ideal for hikers, foragers, and naturalists, the Timber Press Field Guides are the perfect tools for loving where you live. Mushrooms of the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada is a comprehensive field guide to the most conspicuous, distinctive, and ecologically… Read More
Birds of the Pacific Northwest

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Ideal for birders, hikers, and foragers, the Timber Press Field Guides are the perfect tools for loving where you live. Birds of the Pacific Northwest is a comprehensive field guide to commonly found birds in the region, including common favorites and… Read More
Wildflowers of New England

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Ideal for hikers, foragers, and plant lovers, the Timber Press Field Guides are the perfect tools for loving where you live. Wildflowers of New England is a comprehensive field guide for anyone wishing to learn about the amazingly diverse wildflowers of… Read More
Mushrooms of the Rocky Mountain Region

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Ideal for hikers, foragers, and naturalists, the Timber Press Field Guides are the perfect tools for loving where you live. Mushrooms of the Rocky Mountain Region is a comprehensive field guide to the most conspicuous, distinctive, and ecologically important mushrooms… Read More
Trees and Shrubs of the Pacific Northwest

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Ideal for hikers, foragers, and plant lovers, the Timber Press Field Guides are the perfect tools for loving where you live.Trees and Shrubs of the Pacific Northwest is a comprehensive field guide to commonly found woody plants in the region. It… Read More
Wildlife of the Pacific Northwest

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Ideal for hikers, foragers, and animal lovers, the Timber Press Field Guides are the perfect tools for loving where you live. It's possible to safely see fascinating wildlife—if you know what to look for and where and if you understand… Read More
Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest

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Ideal for hikers, foragers, and plant lovers, the Timber Press Field Guides are the perfect tools for loving where you live. Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest is a comprehensive field guide for anyone wishing to learn about the amazingly diverse wildflowers… Read More

Melissa Fratello

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Melissa Fratello is an ardent naturalist, photographer, tinkerer, and writer. She has worked to advance a more equitable and approachable birding community, supporting Feminist Bird Club chapters in Tucson and beyond, and currently directs Tucson Audubon Society, which she is guiding through a renaming process. She feels strongly that birders owe it to the birds they observe to protect their precious and quickly disappearing habitats, and that birding can serve as a most wonderful gateway to conservation action and as a cure to the consumerism that ails us. When she's not working, she's gardening, cooking, or exploring the far flung reaches of the Sky Islands—peeping at plants, listening for birds, and always hoping to happen upon a snake.

Steven Prager is a field biologist, science communicator, conservation advocate, and lifelong Arizonan. He may have co-written a book about birds, but the avian world is just a small part of what keeps this naturalist busy. He’s always happy to go birding, but he’s likely to miss that passing rarity as he struggles to not let his thoughts and eyes wander to the snakes, lizards, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates (especially ants) that also call the Southwest home. He thinks that birds are best appreciated as just one part of the habitats they occupy, and he believes that the ethical enjoyment of birds and their habitats requires a commitment to their protection. Deeply troubled by the environmental challenges—climate change, drought, and rampant development—that have in ways defined his time growing up in and exploring Arizona, he is committed to transforming people’s passion for birding into a willingness to take conservation action. Whether Steven is down in the dirt admiring the efforts of his backyard leafcutter ants or eyeball-deep in thornscrub, searching (so far unsuccessfully) for a Brown Vinesnake, he’s just happy to be outside.

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Birds of Arizona and New Mexico

by Melissa Fratello, by Steven Prager.

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Books in Order: A Timber Press Field Guide by Melissa Fratello

Birds of Arizona and New Mexico

Wildflowers of California

Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest, Revised Edition

Wildflowers of the Midwest

Rocks, Minerals, and Geology of the Pacific Northwest

Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast

Wildflowers of the Rocky Mountain Region

Wildflowers of Texas

Butterflies of the Pacific Northwest

Mushrooms of the Southeast

Mushrooms of the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada

Birds of the Pacific Northwest

Wildflowers of New England

Mushrooms of the Rocky Mountain Region

Trees and Shrubs of the Pacific Northwest

Wildlife of the Pacific Northwest

Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest

Melissa Fratello

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