Natural History & Field Guides

The ultimate bestselling field guide to birds of the Pacific Northwest bioregion, now fully revised in its Second Edition!

An essential reference for birders west of the continental divide, particularly for intermediate and advanced observers.Western Birds: The Quarterly Journal of Western Field Ornithologists

An insightful collection exploring the plight, past and promise of the orca, powerful symbol of BC's wild coast and apex predator of all oceans.

A writer and anthropologist searches for wild foodsand reveals what we lose in a world where wildness itself is misunderstood, commodified, and hotly pursued.

An engaging, informative, and visually stunning tour of the numerous native, introduced, and ornamental tree species found in Vancouvers Stanley Park, combining a wealth of botanical knowledge with a fascinating social history of the citys most celebrated landmark.

This foraging and cooking classic was first published in 1964 and has continued to be one of Americas most appreciated works on the subject of seafood. As a young man, Euell Gibbons kept his family alive during the Dust Bowl era by gathering wild foods.

In this first volume of his Secrets of the Forest series, nature educator Mark Warren explains how to identify and use 100 wild plants as food, medicine, and craft. He also covers primitive survival skills, from building a shelter, to purifying water, making tools, traps, and snares.

Noted nature writer Ted Williams invites readers along on a year-long immersion in the wild and fleeting moments of the natural world, from winter candy and spring quackers to summers scarlet farewell and autumn reveilles.