Books

If you'd like to order one of the following books, send me an email. I'd also be happy to send you an autographed copy.

Thanks, David Lukas.

A Year of Watching Wildlife

A Year of Watching Wildlife
(Lonely Planet Publications, 2009)

 

 

 

Sierra Nevada Natural History

Sierra Nevada Natural History
(UC Press, 2004)

 

 

Wild Birds of California

Wild Birds of California
(Companion Press, 2000)

 

 

Watchable Birds of the Great Basin

Watchable Birds of the Great Basin
(Mountain Press, 1999)

 

Birds of San Juan Ridge
(Yuba Watershed Institute, 1993)

 

Field Guide to Birds of the Sierra Nevada Currently writing with Ted Beedy and illustrator Keith Hansen. Click on link to learn more about the project. (Heyday Books).

Over the last couple years I have written environment chapters for almost 20 Lonely Planet travel guides. Titles in the past year have included Nova Scotia, Borneo, Tanzania, Mekong River, Thailand, Bangkok, Grand Canyon National Park, Yellowstone National Park, and Yosemite National Park.

Articles

My essays and articles have appeared in numerous national magazines and newspapers. Recent work includes writing a weekly “Field Guide” column for L.A. Times newspaper, a quarterly “Naturalist’s Almanac” column for California Wild magazine, and a monthly “Untamed Tiburon” column for The Ark newspaper (Marin County local).

Other articles have appeared in: Audubon, Birding, Wild Bird, Sunset, Utne Reader, California Wild, San Francisco Chronicle, Orion Magazine & Orion Afield, Sierra Heritage, Northern California Explore, ISLE (Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment), Wild Duck Review, The Warbler (Newsletter of the Portland Audubon Society, Tree Rings (Journal of the Yuba Watershed Institute), The Oregonian Newspaper, Oregon Parks Magazine, International Journal of EcoForestry and Great Basin News.