National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Southwestern States: Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah (Audubon Field Guide)

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The most comprehensive field guide available to the flora and fauna of the American Southwest–a portable, essential companion for visitors and residents alike–from the go-to reference source for over 18 million nature lovers.
This compact volume contains:
An easy-to-use field guide for identifying 1,000 of the state’s wildflowers, trees, mushrooms, mosses, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, butterflies, mammals, and much more;
A complete overview of the southwestern region’s natural history, covering geology, wildlife habitats, ecology, fossils, rocks and minerals, clouds and weather patterns, and the night sky;
An extensive sampling of the area’s best parks, preserves, mountains, forests, and wildlife sanctuaries, with detailed descriptions and visitor information for 50 sites and notes on dozens of others.
The guide is packed with visual information–the 1,500 full-color images include more than 1,300 photographs, 9 maps, and 16 night-sky charts, as well as more than 100 drawings explaining everything from geological processes to the basic features of different plants and animals.  
For everyone who lives or spends time in Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, or Utah, there can be no finer guide to the area’s natural surroundings than the National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Southwestern States.
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Knopf
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 21, 1999
Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 448 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 067944680X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0679446804
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.1 x 0.97 x 7.7 inches
Part of series ‏ : ‎ National Audubon Society Field Guides
Best Sellers Rank: #168,391 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #142 in Ecotourism Travel Guides #353 in Ecology (Books)
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Customers find this field guide comprehensive, with one noting it contains everything they want to look up, and they appreciate that it’s small enough to carry in any backpack. The book receives positive feedback for its photography and usefulness, and customers consider it well worth the price. However, the accuracy of species identification receives mixed reviews, with one customer noting that some less common species are left out.