Secrets of the Oak Woodlands: Plants and Animals Among California's Oaks California A real show-stopper

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Secrets of the Oak Woodlands: Plants and Animals Among California's Oaks California A real show-stopperScience Nature Environment Finalist, Next Generation Indie Book Awards The acorn woodpeckers who call Waka! Waka! throughout California's oak woodlands unite in marriages of up to ten birds and raise their young cooperatively. California ground squirrels roll in rattlesnake skins to hide their scent from hungry snakes. Manzanita's sensuous red skin peels away in time for summer solstice, allowing trunks and branches to produce extra sugars to fuel