A Year across Maryland
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A Year across Maryland
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Brand
Best UseHiking
Dimensions8 x 5 inches
Author(s)Bryan MacKay
Number of Pages312
FormatPaperback
ISBN-139781421409399
PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press
Copyright Year2013
State / ProvinceMaryland
Description

Written as an almanac, A Year across Maryland invites you to explore the natural world throughout the year, from watching bald eagles nesting in January to harvesting mistletoe in December.

Features
  • Entries take a week-by-week look at the abundant wildlife and plants in and around Maryland, with color photographs of more than 70 species to enrich and illustrate the text
  • Discover the best time and place to experience such wonders as wildflowers blooming, birds migrating, amphibians singing and morel mushrooms bursting forth, ready to be picked
  • Personal essays draw from lifelong Marylander Bryan MacKay's field notes, providing an intimate glimpse into a biologist's encounters with plants and animals over the years