Guides

Undoubtedly the finest guide to North American birds. The publication of The Sibley Guide to Birds in 2000 quickly established David All...

Welcome to Drawn to Birds, the bird book for people who love birds! This beautiful and unique watercolor sketchbook captures the enchan...

This splendid book traces the journeys of more than 80 pioneering botanists who explored the unknown world and collected thousands of unusual plant...

Each spring in the United States, old-timers and new converts to morel hunting appear in the woods in search of the elusive but distin...

Bird-watching is one of life’s simple joys. Seeing a colorful friend flit about your backyard brings feelings of excitement, gladness, and con...

 Award-winning photographer Stan Tekiela takes you into the fascinating world of cranes, herons and egrets. His striking photography captures ...

This guide profiles 40 common feeder birds found in Northeast along with feeder types and recommended foods for attracting each species.

This guide offers information on the basic types of nest structures, typical nesting habits for each species, how many eggs a nest may contain, wha...

Bees play a vitally important role in the pollination of native plants and agricultural crops around the globe. Common Bees of Eastern North Americ...

With Bringing Nature Home, Doug Tallamy changed the conversation about gardening in America. His second book, the New York Times bestseller Nature’...

Gleason’s Plants of Michigan is a major revision and expansion of The Plants of Michigan by Henry A. Gleason—the 1918 classic field guide to the fl...

Many birders travel far and wide to popular birding destinations to catch sight of rare or “exotic” birds. In Slow Birding, evolutionary biologist ...

One of the Great Lakes region’s most precious natural resources is its fishery, with its intricate web of aquatic life, the environments it inhabi...

The revised edition of this well-loved guide is the essential reference for the identification of amphibians and reptiles in the Great ...

Shrubs and vines are some of the most diverse and widespread plants in the Great Lakes Region. Michigan Shrubs and Vines is the must-h...

Combining informative and accessible text, up-to-date maps, and--above all--stunning color photographs, this is the best and most lavishly...

This informative book, by John A. Dorr & Donald F. Eschman, takes you through the know ages in the geological makeup of the state of Michigan. ...

 Northern Michigan is a place, like all places, in change. Over the past half century, its landscape has been bulldozed, subdivided, an...

Rock enthusiasts are passionate about their pursuit, and this book offers a focus for that passion. Created by a rock hound, this logbook and journ...

The insects are the world's most amazing animals and comprise over eighty-five percent of the known animal species. Insects of the Great Lakes Reg...

Completely revised and updated, this new edition of The Forests of Michigan takes a comprehensive look at the natural history, ecology, management...

If you buy one tree guide this year, this should be it. Now in its tenth decade of publication, Michigan Trees is the must-have referen...

Michigan offers some of the most wonderfully diverse recreation opportunities in the country. The Michigan Eco-Traveler is for a new and growing b...

Michigan’s ferns and lycophytes are among the state’s most fascinating plants. The species in these groups exhibit incredibly diverse l...