4.71 avg rating — 1,063 ratings

"The best bird guide for the region, IMO."

4.71 avg rating — 1,444 ratings

"Slim guide to western fungi."

4.55 avg rating — 1,100 ratings

"THE reference for western fungi. Too big for the field, but a necessity at home or at camp."

4.38 avg rating — 21 ratings

"My favorite regional plant guide for the Bay Area."

4.70 avg rating — 243 ratings

"Great guide to the Sierra, from birds to stars to scat!"

4.92 avg rating — 13 ratings

"If you're into tidepooling, then you've probably run into nudibranchs. This is the book for our sea slugs."

4.70 avg rating — 20 ratings

"Probably my favorite pocket-sized guide to all tidepool organisms. Not comprehensive, but a great starting place."

4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings

"It's a bit out of date and it's not comprehensive, but I've yet to find a better guide to the region."

4.38 avg rating — 165 ratings

"Stebbins is your man for herps around here."

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings

"All the CNPS county guides are good. This one has beautiful maps and lots of great locality data."

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating

"Excellent keys, locality. A must for botanizing Diablo, and useful for the East Bay in general."

4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings

"Though the plates are limited and locality info is lacking, there's quite a bit of detail for such a megadiverse group. Might not get you to species, but it'll point you in the right direction."