Welcome to my bookstore. I am happy to send you signed and personalized copies of my books and my favorite field sketching tools and nature study equipment. There will be a box in the checkout area where you can give instructions to sign and personalize your books. Checkout secure and easy with Paypal. I can only ship to locations within the United States. If you have difficulty with this system, just send me an email and we can handle payment another way. By purchasing from this store, you support my work. Thank you. The Field Sketching Shoulder Bag is the perfect, lightweight bag to carry your sketchbook and drawing tools. It features a curvy silhouette, cocooned bottle pockets, a sleek magnetic closure system, two separate internal pockets for added organization and an adjustable … Continue reading Hands down my favorite binoculars. They work great on distant birds with a bright, clear image but also can focus on insects or flowers that are only a foot and a half away. You can actually watch ants tending aphids … Continue reading The draft of the bird section of the guide was so enthusiastically received (the reviewers did not want to part with their drafts) that we published it separately as a stand-alone book. It is remarkably easy to use and is … Continue reading John Muir said that “when we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe”- My first summer in the Sierra. Even if we first go out to look at birds, we find … Continue reading Drawing birds opens a world of beauty and sharpens our ability to observe accurately and deeply. The ability to draw is not a gift you are born with but a skill that anyone can develop. Whether you are a birder … Continue reading The abundance of the Bay Area’s natural life at your fingertips: This set of habitat guides makes plant and animal identification fun and easy. The box set contains four user-friendly foldout guides and is small enough to tote along in … Continue reading