Whether you’re walking in the woods or along the beach, camping, hiking, canoeing, or just enjoying your own backyard, this book will help identify all your nature discoveries. With authoritative and broad coverage, using nontechnical and lively language and more than 2,000 color photographs, this guide is an essential reference for nature lovers living in or visiting New England. Whether you’re walking in the woods or along the beach, camping, hiking, canoeing, or just enjoying your own backyard, this book will help identify all your nature discoveries. With authoritative and broad coverage, using nontechnical and lively language and more than 2,000 color photographs, this guide is an essential reference for nature lovers living in or visiting New England. KENN KAUFMAN, one of the world's foremost naturalists, is the originator of the Kaufman Field Guide series, which includes books on birds, butterflies, mammals, and insects. KIMBERLY KAUFMAN is the executive director of the Black Swamp Bird Observatory in Ohio and a contributing editor to Birds & Blooms magazine. KENN KAUFMAN, originator of the Kaufman Field Guide series, is one of the world’s foremost naturalists. KIMBERLY KAUFMAN is the executive director of Ohio's Black Swamp Bird Observatory and a contributing editor to Birds & Blooms .