The Marin County Breeding Bird Atlas

* SIGNED by both author and illustrator on pictorial fly page, no inscription. * Book cover near new, light edge/shelf wear - pages clean, bright and unmarked, small soil mark on bottom of text block; previous owner name on half-title page spine like new. * Proceeds benefit Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library. * "Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care." 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.