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Bay Area Wildlife: An Irreverent Guide will be published by Heyday books on November 12, 2024. This quirky and entertaining wildlife guide to the greater San Francisco Bay Area invites readers to connect with and conserve local species. Featuring over 100 native creatures, spanning mammalian, marine, piscine, avian, amphibian and invertebrate species, this informative primer is a treasure map for regional wildlife that enlists readers to join the ranks of the world’s wildlife defenders.
Learn about the Bay Area’s furred, feathered, and fork- tongued neighbors—from “screaming death parrots” (aka Peregrine falcons) to “bad-ass Looney Tunes velociraptors” (roadrunners). The book’s colorful descriptions offer a compilation of each species’ natural history and fun facts, tips on when and where to find watchable wildlife, and notes on each animal’s conservation status. The book features watercolor illustrations by Obi Kaufmann (author and artist of the bestselling The California Field Atlas and State of Fire), and color photos.
You can preorder the book through Heyday:
https://www.heydaybooks.com/catalog/bay-area-wildlife/
Follow Jeff’s events and eco news through the Irreverent Naturalist website:
https://irreverentnaturalist.com/
Presenter: Jeff Miller has dedicated several decades to championing protection of endangered species and native wildlife habitat in the Bay Area. He’s the founder of the nonprofit Alameda Creek Alliance and has served as its executive director since 1997, working to restore steelhead trout and salmon to Alameda Creek and protect the Bay Area’s largest local watershed. He’s a senior conservation advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity, spearheading biodiversity protection campaigns throughout the Bay Area and California, preparing endangered species listing petitions, writing press releases, and doing public outreach and organizing around wildlife protection issues. Over the last quarter century he has been involved in conservation efforts for dozens of the most iconic imperiled wildlife species in the Bay Area, from tule elk to steelhead trout to burrowing owls.