Part bird-finding guide, part status and distribution, with color photos, species accounts, maps, checklist, bird-finding info, and analysis of 482 species.

This is a fully revised new edition of Don Roberson's book on birds in Monterey County, California. One change described is the reintroduction of the California Condor. Everything has been expanded since the first edition (1985): 55 additional species, new breeding range maps and bar graphs, and over 30 pages of bird-finding routes and directions. This is the definitive text for Monterey's birds. It includes 16 pages of color photos by many of the county's best bird photographers. Second Edition.