Description

The Southern Wildlife Watcher is a colorful look at thirty-six common and not-so-common animals found in the southeastern United Statesfrom the hummingbird to the bald eagle and from the bullfrog to the bobcat. Rob Simbeck, one of the Southeasts most widely read naturalists, combines a poets voice with a journalists rigor in offering readers an intimate introduction to the creatures around us.

Through delightful storytelling each vignette offers accessible information supported by quotes from noted naturalists and biologists. Simbeck covers habitat, diet, mating and reproduction, environmental challenges, and even folklore in outlining the lives of insects and other invertebrates, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, crustaceans, and fish. The Southern Wildlife Watcher is a refresher course and handbook for veteran nature lovers, an introduction for young readers, and fireplace or bedtime reading for those wanting to reflect on natures bounty.

A foreword is provided by Jim Casada, the author or editor of more than forty books and some five thousand magazine articles. He serves as editor at large for Sporting Classics magazine.

Author: Rob Simbeck
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 08/28/2020
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781643360928
Language: English