Charles Hood signs copies of his new book published by Heyday, Nocturnalia, at Prime Desert Woodland Preserve.

In-person event. 43201 35th St. W, Lancaster, CA.

Charles Hood has studied birds and natural history from the Amazon to Tibet, and he has seen more than five thousand species of birds in the wild. A widely published poet, he has received numerous fellowships and writing awards and is the author of the Heyday collection A Salad Only the Devil Would Eat. His other Heyday titles include field guides to mammals and birds, and for the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County he was the lead author and photographer for the book Wild LA.