The 'Wild Philly' guidebook by Mike Weilbacher includes the Philadelphia region's natural history, 101 species to know, and 19 field trips in the city, surrounding suburbs and South Jersey.
, contains 250 photographs and 25 maps. It includes chapters on the region’s natural history, 101 of its most unique flora and fauna, and 25 field trips, as well as four bonus trips. The book has details on the city’s history, native peoples, surrounding geology, forests, and threats to nature.books, including guides for Los Angeles and Miami, with others scheduled in 2023 for Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth.
Weilbacher chatted with The Inquirer about his new book. Answers have been lightly edited for length and clarity. I wrote much of the book in 2020 to 2021. Each weekend, I would go on a couple of the walks that I was thinking of for the book and sort of test-drive them and see if they work out. It was great to do pandemic walks outside every weekend. I looked atand it had 25 walks. I thought, Well, let’s make this harder. So we came up with 25 walks you should do here — but the right time of year to do them. I went out to each place at least twice and took lots of notes.
I worked with eight other naturalists from the region, and we came up with an interesting thought exercise: What are the 101 species that everybody should know if they live in the Philadelphia area? I got just great email conversations with the group about who’s in, who’s out. People were lobbying for more or fewer birds, more or fewer insects, or more or fewer trees.
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