Editor Reviews:

Product Description:
Novice birders often distinguish birds by color and size. Sierra Birds: A Hiker’s Guide is a unique book that assumes no prior birding knowledge on the part of the reader and is organized for quick and easy reference. Color-coded keys eliminate the time-consuming and frustrating necessity of having to thumb randomly through a hefty guide, hoping to stumble upon the right species…before it disappears! A cross-index of bird families is also included for more advanced birders. All this in a format that is simply organized, light-weight, and small enough to tuck inside a pocket.

Rating : - A taste of glories to come and very useful as well.
John Muir Laws published an absolutely beautiful guide to the Sierra Nevada, The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada. Reviews all over the country, including here on Amazon, have been glowing.

Laws writes on his website that "[t]he draft of the bird section of the guide was so enthusiastically received (the reviewers did not want to part with their drafts) that we published it separately as a stand alone book. It is remarkably easy to use and is now carried by everyone from environmental educators to back country rangers."

Amazon doesn't allow people to look inside Sierra Birds, but you can see 27 of the pages, many in full color, by searching for the book on Google Books. You'll see immediately how easy the book is to use for everyone from kids to experienced birders. The book actually reviews itself.

And, even better, as he writes: "A virtual exhibit of my work is now on line at the Sierra Nevada Virtual Museum. Enter the site, click on "Galleries", click on "Natural History", scroll down to "Plants" and there it is." You'll be very happy you did.

And, if you have any interest in birds, you'll enjoy this little guidebook, even if you only hike in the Eastern mountains and dream about the Sierra Nevada as I do.

Robert C. Ross 2008