Fylling's Illustrated Guide to Nature in Your Neighborhood

In the same lighthearted yet scientifically accurate style of Fyllings Illustrated Guide to Pacific Coast Tide Pools, this portable guidebook reveals the splendidly strange animals and plants just outside your door. Marni Fyllings full-color illustrations make species identification a snap, and concise descriptions include fascinating (and sometimes grotesque) factoids about frequently encountered plants, insects, arachnids, birds, and mammals. With Fyllings guidance, the everyday becomes extraordinary: Pigeons share nest-building and egg-sitting duties, and mate for lifewith occasional dalliances; squirrel teeth grow about six inches per year; spiders owe their characteristic creep to their hydraulic legs; poison oak and poison ivys itch-inducing oil is also found in pistachios, cashews, and mangoes; and much, much more.