11" x 14" print - Nuthatches in the Jeffrey Pine home_decor and waterboatmen - all creatures

and waterboatmen - all creatures that depend on saltmarshes to thrive

Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica)

cover & chapter illustrations by me

Buck brush (Ceanothus cuneatus) is one of our dominant chaparral shrubs

11" x 14" print - Nuthatches in the Jeffrey Pine home_decor and waterboatmen - all creaturesOn the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada, Jeffrey Pine (Pinus jeffreyi) stands fill the air with the smell of butterscotch. Jeffrey Pine needles provide food for caterpillars of the Pandora Moth (Coloradia pandora). In turn, the caterpillars are food for many bird species, including White breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis tenuissima). If the caterpillars survive long enough, they climb down the trees and pupate underground around the trees. The