The Naturalist's Notebook
Title | The Naturalist's Notebook PDF eBook |
Author | Nathaniel T. Wheelwright |
Publisher | Storey Publishing |
Pages | 209 |
Release | 2017-10-17 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 1612128890 |
Become a more attentive observer and deepen your appreciation for the natural world. The unique five-year calendar format of The Naturalist’s Notebook helps you create a long-term record and point of comparison for memorable events, such as the first songbird you hear in spring, your first monarch butterfly sighting of summer, or the appearance of the northern lights. Biologist Nathaniel T. Wheelwright and best-selling author Bernd Heinrich teach nature lovers of all ages what to look for outdoors no matter where you live, using Heinrich’s classic illustrations as inspiration. As you jot down one observation a day, year after year, your collected field notes will serve as a valuable record of your piece of the planet. This deluxe book, with a three-piece case, gilt edges, a burgundy ribbon bookmark, and a belly band with gold foil stamping, is a perfect gift for all nature lovers.
How to Keep a Naturalist's Notebook
Title | How to Keep a Naturalist's Notebook PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Leigh Tomlinson |
Publisher | Stackpole Books |
Pages | 170 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0811735680 |
For nature-lovers, birders, and students of wildlife and biology, keeping a field notebook is essential to accurately recording outdoor observations. This unique guide offers instruction on how to do it-what to look for, what information should be recorded and how to organize it, basic drawing skills using line and color, and incorporating maps and charts, as well as advice on equipment to take in the field and using conventional field guides.
Field Notes on Science and Nature
Title | Field Notes on Science and Nature PDF eBook |
Author | Michael R. Canfield |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 315 |
Release | 2012-07-09 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0674072065 |
Once in a great while, as the New York Times noted recently, a naturalist writes a book that changes the way people look at the living world. John James Audubon’s Birds of America, published in 1838, was one. Roger Tory Peterson’s 1934 Field Guide to the Birds was another. How does such insight into nature develop? Pioneering a new niche in the study of plants and animals in their native habitat, Field Notes on Science and Nature allows readers to peer over the shoulders and into the notebooks of a dozen eminent field workers, to study firsthand their observational methods, materials, and fleeting impressions. What did George Schaller note when studying the lions of the Serengeti? What lists did Kenn Kaufman keep during his 1973 “big year”? How does Piotr Naskrecki use relational databases and electronic field notes? In what way is Bernd Heinrich’s approach “truly Thoreauvian,” in E. O. Wilson’s view? Recording observations in the field is an indispensable scientific skill, but researchers are not generally willing to share their personal records with others. Here, for the first time, are reproductions of actual pages from notebooks. And in essays abounding with fascinating anecdotes, the authors reflect on the contexts in which the notes were taken. Covering disciplines as diverse as ornithology, entomology, ecology, paleontology, anthropology, botany, and animal behavior, Field Notes offers specific examples that professional naturalists can emulate to fine-tune their own field methods, along with practical advice that amateur naturalists and students can use to document their adventures.
One Man's Owl
Title | One Man's Owl PDF eBook |
Author | Bernd Heinrich |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 229 |
Release | 2021-05-11 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0691230900 |
This engaging chronicle of how the author and the great horned owl "Bubo" came to know one another over three summers spent in the Maine woods--and of how Bubo eventually grew into an independent hunter--is now available in an edition that has been abridged and revised so as to be more accessible to the general reader.
The California Naturalist Handbook
Title | The California Naturalist Handbook PDF eBook |
Author | Greg de Nevers |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 2013-02-15 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0520274806 |
The California Naturalist Handbook provides a fun, science-based introduction to California’s natural history with an emphasis on observation, discovery, communication, stewardship and conservation. It is a hands-on guide to learning about the natural environment of California. Subjects covered include California natural history and geology, native plants and animals, California’s freshwater resources and ecosystems, forest and rangeland resources, conservation biology, and the effects of global warming on California’s natural communities. The Handbook also discusses how to create and use a field notebook, natural resource interpretation, citizen science, and collaborative conservation and serves as the primary text for the California Naturalist Program.
Winter World
Title | Winter World PDF eBook |
Author | Bernd Heinrich |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 404 |
Release | 2009-10-13 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0061757632 |
From flying squirrels to grizzly bears, and from torpid turtles to insects with antifreeze, the animal kingdom relies on some staggering evolutionary innovations to survive winter. Unlike their human counterparts, who must alter the environment to accommodate physical limitations, animals are adaptable to an amazing range of conditions. Examining everything from food sources in the extremely barren winter land-scape to the chemical composition that allows certain creatures to survive, Heinrich's Winter World awakens the largely undiscovered mysteries by which nature sustains herself through winter's harsh, cruel exigencies.
The Dark Range
Title | The Dark Range PDF eBook |
Author | David Rains Wallace |
Publisher | Random House (NY) |
Pages | 148 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Natural history |
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