Creatures, Critters & Crawlers of the Southwest

This lively roundup of twenty essays gives an account of more than twenty of the varied species of mammals, birds, insects, fish, reptiles, and amphibians residing in New Mexico and the Southwest. Covered here are bats, bears, burros, burrowing owls, centipedes, cicadas, cougars, coyotes, cranes, cutthroat trout, elk, gila monsters, jackrabbits, horny toads, prairie dogs, rattlesnakes, roadrunners, scorpions, tarantulas, and turkey vultures. These anecdote-filled essays with plentiful photographs will appeal to readers young and old.