Under a Wild Sky Coachella Valley Nature Center name

Coachella Valley Nature Center name stamp on half title and rear endpaper

[Osborn's] matter-of-fact writing style and wry humor make the reader part of the action

The text treats each species in depth

including sought-after 'specials' and endemics

Under a Wild Sky Coachella Valley Nature Center nameVery good. Dust jacket shows minor shelf wear. Previous owner's blind stamp on cover page. In the century and a half since Audubon's death, his name has become synonymous with wildlife conservation and natural history. But few people know what a complicated figure he was or the dramatic story behind The Birds of America. Before Audubon, ornithological illustrations depicted scaled down birds perched in static poses. Wheeling beneath storm wracked