A Field Guide to Your Own Back Yard (Second Edition)
- ISBN-10
- 1581572131
- ISBN-13
- 9781581572131
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-03-31
- Publisher
- The Countryman Press
- Author
- John Hanson Mitchell
Description
A lyrical field guide to the natural world surrounding the eastern U.S.'s residential areas profiles a wide variety of plant, animal, and insect life, in a reference that offers insight into birdfeeder behaviors, woodpile ecology, and more. Reissue.
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