western birds: pocket guide

This book is not meant to be a comprehensive guide to all the birds in north-western North America. Instead, this handy pocket guide showcases some of the more common or iconic birds that call this region home. It offers tips on how to identify them as well as where to look for them. Finding some species may require a jaunt to a national park or conservation area, but for others you need look no farther than your own backyard or local green space. Birds are all around us, and this guide will help you learn a little more about the species that we share our landscape with.

KRISTA KAGUME is a nature writer who has travelled across North America, working as a freelance journalist, cycling-tour guide and deckhand on a commercial fishing vessel. After earning her degree in conservation biology, Krista focused on environmental research and communications. Her work in Alberta and the Northwest Territories has included research on tiny tundra plants, organic farming, breeding birds and one grizzly bear immobilization. She currently lives in a small town outside Edmonton with her adventurous family, who enjoy the outdoors and encourage others to appreciate nature.