Field Guide to the Natural World of New York City - Softcover

Leslie Day

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801886821 ISBN 13: 9780801886829

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Second place for scholarly/reference books (design), Bookbinders' Guild of New York 2008 New York Book Show.

New York just might be the most biologically diverse city in temperate America. The five boroughs sit atop one of the most naturally rich sites in North America, directly under the Atlantic migratory flyway, at the mouth of a 300-mile-long river, and on three islands―Manhattan, Staten, and Long.

Leslie Day, a New York City naturalist, reveals this amazing world in her Field Guide to the Natural World of New York City. Combining the stunning paintings of Mark A. Klingler with a variety of photographs and maps, this book is a complete guide for the urban naturalist―with tips on identifying the city's flora and fauna and maps showing the nearest subway stop.

Here is your personal guide to the real wild side of America’s largest city. Throw it in your backpack, hop on the subway, and explore.

About this title

About the Author:

Leslie Day is a New York City naturalist. Dr. Day taught environmental science and biology for more than twenty years. Today, she leads nature tours in New York City Parks for the New York Historical Society, the High Line Park, Fort Tryon Park Trust, Riverside Park Conservancy, and New York City Audubon. Mark A. Klingler is a scientific illustrator at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. He was trained at Carnegie Mellon University and Pennsylvania Academy of the Arts. His work has appeared internationally in major scientific journals and popular magazines, as well as museums and art forums across the country.

Review:

"Dr. Day... A sort of Julia Child of nature."

(Ellen Pall New York Times)

"This little gem fills you in on everything finned, furred, feathered, or leafed, and how to find it, in all five boroughs."

(House and Garden)

"Provides historic facts, photographs and maps to give a snapshot of the city's natural resources and to remind hard-charging New Yorkers of the unchanging parts of their environment. "

(Sally Goldenberg Staten Island Advance)

"A complete guide for the urban naturalist."

(Greg Rienzi Gazette)

"Describes how to find and explore some of the greener parts of the concrete jungle."

(Walter Dawkins The Record)

"This book should be in every New Yorker’s library as both reference and inspiration for low-carbon-impact journeys to places of unexpected beauty and tranquility."

(Crawford-Doyle Booksellers Newsletter)

"You may well wonder why I am reviewing a book about New York city when we preach 'local, local, local' throughout these pages. I'll tell you, because this beautifully illustrated handbook is a wonderful example of exploring the bucolic city... All illustrated with gorgeous watercolors by Klingler. We should have one of these. But in the meantime, you will find many of the same species in our fair cities., so why not pick up a copy for inspiration?"

(Minneapolis Observer Quarterly)

"A guidebook to nature in the Big Apple would range from slim to empty, one might think. Try again. Painted turtles, American eels, dwarf centipedes, Eastern spotted newts, black-crowned night herons and Manhattan schist rocks are among the highlights of Leslie Day's Field Guide to the Natural World of New York City."

(Robin Lloyd www.livescience.com)

"Leslie Day ('a child of Manhattan') reveals hidden depths of this urban behemoth... A wonderful guide to the green side of the Big Apple."

(PDSmith Guardian)

"This guide is useful for students and anyone interested in locating and identifying the flora and fauna of New York City."

(Denise A. Garofalo American Reference Books Annual)

About this edition

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0801886821
• ISBN 13: 9780801886829
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 356
• Illustrator: Mark A. Klingler