#47: Field Guide to Field Guides with Cricket Raspet, Allen Fish, and Michael Hawk

Warning - listen to this episode at your own risk! If you aren't careful, you may find yourself out a few hundred dollars. Why? Today we're talking field guides - the books and apps that help you identify, find and learn about all kinds of amazing creatures.Joining me are Allen Fish, of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy as Director of the Raptor Observatory and as Associate Director of community science, and Cricket Raspet of the California Academy of Sciences.We discuss what makes a great field guide, share some stories about our first and favorites, and start with a lively discussion of our first field guides, which transitions into all sorts of interesting guides - everything from bumblebees to fungi to plant galls to lichen to desert holes! We also discuss apps and other technology that can assist, or dare I say, replace physical field guides. That's just the start!We didn't have time to cover everything in our stacks of favorites, so check our blog for more. Follow Cricket on IG and iNat, and check Allen's organization, Golden Gate Raptor Observatory @goldengateraptors, or ggro.org.LINKS - See FULL SHOW NOTES for more linksAll That the Rain Promises and More: A Hip Pocket Guide to Western MushroomsBeached Marine Birds and Mammals of the North American West CoastBumblebees of North AmericaCrossley ID GuidesField Guide to Desert HolesField Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United StatesField Guide to ManzanitasHorned Lizards of North AmericaLaws Field Guide to the Sierra NevadaNational Geographic Field Guide to Birds of North AmericaNatural History of Vacant LotsPlant Galls of the Western USAPlants of the California DesertSibley Field Guide to BirdsThe Coasts of CaliforniaTracks and Sign of Insects and Other InvertebratesPodcastsAdam Kranz Plant GallsCharley Eiseman Leafminers and moreMichael Kauffmann Conifers, Manzanitas, and moreSupport Us On Patreon!Buy our Merch!Music: Spellbound by Brian Holtz MusicLicense (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseArtist site: https://brianholtzmusic.com Discover the Jumpstart Nature Podcast - entertaining and immersive, it's the nature fix we all need.Check past Nature's Archive episodes for amazing guests like Doug Tallamy, Elaine Ingham, and Rae Wynn-Grant, covering topics from bird migration to fungi to frogs and bats!