Hood, Charles: - Poet and essayist Charles Hood grew up next to the Los Angeles River and has been a factory worker, ski instructor, boat salesman, and birding guide.
Hood currently lives and teaches in the Antelope Valley and is the author of Heyday\'s A Californian\'s Guide to the Birds among Us and A Californian\'s Guide to the Mammals among Us , as well as nine and a half books of poetry..
Wild LA , his book in collaboration with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, was named the best nonfiction book of 2019 by the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association.
He stopped counting birds when his list reached 5,000, but he soon replaced it with a mammal list, which now nears 1,000.
Hood, Charles: - Poet and essayist Charles Hood grew up next to the Los Angeles River and has been a factory worker, ski instructor, boat salesman, and birding guide
