02681cam a2200337 i 4500 682037773 TxAuBib 20230501120000.0 221125s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022036214 9781597146043 HRD 25.00 1597146048 HRD 25.00 TxAuBib rda Bearzi, Maddalena, illustrator Stranded. Stranded [BOOK] : finding nature in uncertain times / Maddalena Bearzi, with illustrations by the author ; foreword by Carl Safina. Berkeley, California : Heyday, [2023] xiii, 183 pages ; 19 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Following Flukeprints -- A City Dweller in Disguise -- Coyote Knocking at My Door -- My Dog Is Not the Smartest Cookie in the Jar -- Through Genghis's Eyes -- The Remedial Garden -- Wasp on Avocado Toast -- Captive Animals -- A Bird's Awakening Call -- Opus the Opossum -- Squirrel Wars -- Apocalypse Now -- Lizard! Lizard! Lizard! -- Among Dolphins. Conservationist and marine biologist Maddalena Bearzi made her career studying the wild creatures of the deep, but when COVID-19 made landfall on the California coast this seafaring scientist found herself shuttered up ashore, her wide blue world constricted by pandemic lockdown. Never good at sitting idle, she despaired at the confines of her Los Angeles flat—until she began to find wonder in the wilderness of her own backyard. Stranded charts Bearzi’s discovery of both rapture and resilience in the unsung wildlife of urban LA. With a green thumb and a canine sidekick named Genghis, she finds as much to marvel at in her garden’s singing blackbirds, night-blooming cacti, and industrious wasps as in the whales, dolphins, and sea lions at the center of her maritime adventures. Discovering in the quotidian an antidote to the grief occasioned by captivity and climate chaos, Bearzi reveals how each of us can take heart, find courage, and discover inspiration in the thrumming systems of life that surround us. Provided by publisher. 20230501. Bearzi, Maddalena. Natural history California Los Angeles. Nature observation California Los Angeles. Urban ecology (Biology) California Los Angeles. Women marine biologists United States Biography. Los Angeles (Calif) Environmental conditions. Safina, Carl, 1955-, writer of foreword.