A Year across Maryland
A Week-by-Week Guide to Discovering Nature in the Chesapeake Region
By Bryan MacKay | Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
About the book
A week-by-week look at the abundant wildlife and plants in and around Maryland—where and when to find them.
When can you find ripe blueberries along the Appalachian Trail in Maryland? Where can you see the air filled with monarch butterflies as they migrate south each autumn? If you want to enjoy nature this weekend, where is the best place to visit? Bryan MacKay can tell you.
Written as an almanac, A Year across Maryland invites you to explore the natural world throughout the year, from watching bald eagles nesting in January to harvesting mistletoe in December. Entries identify the best time and place to experience such wonders as wildflowers blooming, birds in migration, amphibians singing, and morel mushrooms ready to be picked, sliced, sautéed, and devoured. Color photographs of more than seventy species enrich and illustrate the text. Every week of the year has a recommended \"Trip of the Week.\" Personal essays that draw from MacKay's field notes provide an intimate glimpse into a biologist encounters with plants and animals over the years.
Whether you want to see snow geese and trumpeter swans pausing in their northward migration each March, or the mating \"jubilee\" of polychaete worms during the new moon in May, A Year across Maryland offers valuable advice for the spontaneous adventurer and the serious planner alike.
Editions of A Year across Maryland
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781421409399
- EBook
- ISBN 9781421409405
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A week-by-week look at the abundant wildlife and plants in and around Maryland—where and when to find them.
When can you find ripe blueberries along the Appalachian Trail in Maryland? Where can you see the air filled with monarch butterflies as they migrate south each autumn? If you want to enjoy nature this weekend, where is the best place to visit? Bryan MacKay can tell you.
Written as an almanac, A Year across Maryland invites you to explore the natural world throughout the year, from watching bald eagles nesting in January to harvesting mistletoe in December. Entries identify the best time and place to experience such wonders as wildflowers blooming, birds in migration, amphibians singing, and morel mushrooms ready to be picked, sliced, sautéed, and devoured. Color photographs of more than seventy species enrich and illustrate the text. Every week of the year has a recommended \"Trip of the Week.\" Personal essays that draw from MacKay's field notes provide an intimate glimpse into a biologist encounters with plants and animals over the years.
Whether you want to see snow geese and trumpeter swans pausing in their northward migration each March, or the mating \"jubilee\" of polychaete worms during the new moon in May, A Year across Maryland offers valuable advice for the spontaneous adventurer and the serious planner alike.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is A Year across Maryland about?
A week-by-week look at the abundant wildlife and plants in and around Maryland—where and when to find them.
When can you find ripe blueberries along the Appalachian Trail in Maryland? Where can you see the air filled with monarch butterflies as they migrate south each autumn? If you want to enjoy nature this weekend, where is the best place to visit? Bryan MacKay can tell you.
Written as an almanac, A Year across Maryland invites you to explore the natural world throughout the year, from watching bald eagles nesting in January to harvesting mistletoe in December. Entries identify the best time and place to experience such wonders as wildflowers blooming, birds in migration, amphibians singing, and morel mushrooms ready to be picked, sliced, sautéed, and devoured. Color photographs of more than seventy species enrich and illustrate the text. Every week of the year has a recommended \"Trip of the Week.\" Personal essays that draw from MacKay's field notes provide an intimate glimpse into a biologist encounters with plants and animals over the years.
Whether you want to see snow geese and trumpeter swans pausing in their northward migration each March, or the mating \"jubilee\" of polychaete worms during the new moon in May, A Year across Maryland offers valuable advice for the spontaneous adventurer and the serious planner alike.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in A Year across Maryland?
Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure > Travel and holiday > Travel and holiday guides > Travel guides: routes and ways, tracks and trails
Where can I read a sample of A Year across Maryland?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781421409399
How long is A Year across Maryland and how many pages does it have?
A Year across Maryland has 312 page(s)
Who is/are the Author/s of the book A Year across Maryland?
Bryan MacKay
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
A Year across Maryland is available as paperback(ISBN 9781421409399) and ebook(ISBN 9781421409405)
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