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Book SynopsisThrow it in your backpack, hop on the subway, and explore.
Trade ReviewDr. Day... A sort of Julia Child of nature. -- Ellen Pall New York Times 2007 This little gem fills you in on everything finned, furred, feathered, or leafed, and how to find it, in all five boroughs. House and Garden 2007 Provides historic facts, photographs and maps to give a snapshot of the city's natural resources and to remind hard-charging New Yorkers of the unchanging parts of their environment. -- Sally Goldenberg Staten Island Advance 2007 A complete guide for the urban naturalist. -- Greg Rienzi Gazette 2007 Describes how to find and explore some of the greener parts of the concrete jungle. -- Walter Dawkins The Record 2007 This book should be in every New Yorker's library as both reference and inspiration for low-carbon-impact journeys to places of unexpected beauty and tranquility. Crawford-Doyle Booksellers Newsletter 2007 You may well wonder why I am reviewing a book about New York city when we preach 'local, local, local' throughout these pages. I'll tell you, because this beautifully illustrated handbook is a wonderful example of exploring the bucolic city... All illustrated with gorgeous watercolors by Klingler. We should have one of these. But in the meantime, you will find many of the same species in our fair cities., so why not pick up a copy for inspiration? Minneapolis Observer Quarterly 2007 A guidebook to nature in the Big Apple would range from slim to empty, one might think. Try again. Painted turtles, American eels, dwarf centipedes, Eastern spotted newts, black-crowned night herons and Manhattan schist rocks are among the highlights of Leslie Day's Field Guide to the Natural World of New York City. -- Robin Lloyd www.livescience.com 2007 Leslie Day ('a child of Manhattan') reveals hidden depths of this urban behemoth... A wonderful guide to the green side of the Big Apple. -- PDSmith Guardian 2008 This guide is useful for students and anyone interested in locating and identifying the flora and fauna of New York City. -- Denise A. Garofalo American Reference Books Annual 2008 Wonderfuly written and well organized... In short, this useful book is, quite simply, beautiful. Living the Scientific Life 2008 This is a unique an excellent beginner's guide... Highly recommended. International Hawkwatcher 2008 Useful for students and anyone interested in locating and identifying the flora and fauna of New York City. -- Denise Garofalo ARBA Online 2008 The scientific detail is appropriate for all levels, and additional readings are referenced in a selected bibliography. Highly recommended. Choice 2008
Table of ContentsForeword, by Michael R. Bloomberg
Acknowledgments
1. The Natural History of New York City
2. The Parks
The Bronx
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Queens
Staten Island
3. Forever Wild
4. Animals
INVERTEBRATES
Annelid
Earthworm
Arachnids
Horseshoe Crab
Daddy Longlegs
Goldenrod Spider
Rabid Wolf Spider
Myriopods
Hoffman's Dwarf Centipede
Garden Centipede
Garden Millipede
Insects
Pyralis Firefly
Two-Spotted Ladybug Beetle
Honeybee
Eastern Carpenter Bee
Yellow Jacket
Common Green Darner Dragonfly
Eastern Amberwing Dragonfly
Eastern Forktail Damselfly
Polyphemus Moth
Eastern Tent Moth
Cabbage White Butterfly
Mourning Cloak Butterfly
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
Eastern Black Swallowtail Butterfly
Monarch Butterfly
Crustaceans
Pillbug
Sowbug
Blue Crab
Northern Rock Barnacle
Spiny Cheek Crayfish
VERTEBRATES
Fish
American Eel
Striped Bass
Pumpkinseed Sunfish
Bluegill
Largemouth Bass
Amphibians
American Bullfrog
Fowler's Toad
Red-Backed Salamander
Eastern Spotted Newt
Reptiles
Common Snapping Turtle
Diamondback Terrapin
Eastern Painted Turtle
Eastern Garter Snake
Birds
Double-Crested Cormorant
Mute Swan
Canada Goose
Brant Goose
American Black Duck
Mallard Duck
Wood Duck
Canvasback Duck
Bufflehead Duck
Red-Breasted Merganser
Hooded Merganser
Great Blue Heron
Black-Crowned Night Heron
Red-Tailed Hawk
Osprey
Peregrine Falcon
Barn Owl
Monk Parakeet
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
Red-Bullied Woodpecker
Blue Jay
Black-Capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-Breasted Nuthatch
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
American Robin
Black-and-White Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow Warbler
Red-Winged Blackbird
European Starling
Baltimore Oriole
Scarlet Tanager
House Sparrow
Dark-Eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
House Finch
American Goldfinch
White-Throated Sparrow
MAMMALS
Eastern Red Bat
Little Brown Bat
Big Brown Bat
Common Raccoon
Eastern Chipmunk
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Opossum
Red Fox
5. Plants
AQUATIC PLANTS
Common Cattail
Common Reed
WILDFLOWERS
Red and White Clover
Common Milkweed
Common Mullein
Dandelion
Black-Eyed Susan
TREES
Eastern White Pine
Austrian Pine
Bald Cypress
Ailanthus
American Elm
American Hornbeam
Ginkgo
Horsechestnut Tree
Lindens
Honey Locust
Black Locust
Sugar Maple
Red Maple
Norway Maple
White Mulberry Tree
Red Mulberry Tree
Eastern White Oak
Northern Red Oak
Pin Oak
Osage Orange
Eastern Redbud
Sweetgum
London Plane
American Sycamore
Tulip Tree
Weeping Willow
Wild Cherry
NATIVE SHRUBS
Spicebush
Common Elderberry
Arrowwood Viburnum
NONNATIVE SHRUBS
Butterfly Rush
Rugosa Rose
6. Mushrooms
Artist's Conk
Chicken Mushroom, or Chicken-of-the-Woods
Turkey Tail
7. Geology
Fordham Gneiss
Inwood Marble
Manhattan Schist
Serpentenite
Hartland Formation
Organizations
Bibliography
Index
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