Southern sanctuary : a naturalist's walk through the seasons / Marian Moore Lewis ; frontispiece map, Deborah Reade ; design, Michele Myatt Quinn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, Marian Moore, 1937- author.

Contributor:

Reade, Deborah, cartographer.

Quinn, Michele Myatt, designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural history--Alabama.

Natural history.

Natural areas--Alabama.

Natural areas.

Flint River Watershed (Tenn. and Ala.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Southern Sanctuary, retired NASA research scientist and writer Marian Moore Lewis takes readers on a journey of discovery through the Goldsmith-Schiffman Wildlife Sanctuary, a 400-acre preserve in Madison County, Alabama. Writing in the voice of a knowledgeable friend and with accompanying color photographs, Lewis introduces plants, animals, and other wildlife that reside in the preserve's meadows, woods, and waterways-like those beloved throughout the American South. Lewis has organized this beautifully presented volume into twelve monthly chapters. She starts her year in April after the c

Contents:

April : bird songs and bobcat tracks

May : fish, lichen, and a gentle garter snake

June : pond sliders and a muskrat

July : aquatic life, dragonflies, and butterflies

August : a sunrise venture

September : unexpected discoveries and seeing small

October : fall colors and a bobcat

November : rain, tadpoles, and camouflaged insects

December : winter is here-flooding and displaced pond weeds

January : snow, ice, and a bluebird drama

February : manifestations of spring and bounding deer

March : pond sliders, great blue herons, and spring beauties.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8173-8773-0

OCLC:

903645973