RECOMMENDED READING
for
NATURE TRACKERS
for
NATURE TRACKERS
MAMMAL TRACKS & SIGN: A Guide to North American Species, Mark Elbroch
The most thorough treatment of the subject ever published, this amazing guide brings together clear track and trail illustrations, range maps, and full-colour photographs showing feeding signs, scat, tunnels, burrows, bedding areas, remains, and more, to give a wealth of information about hundreds of mammal species living in North America.
The most thorough treatment of the subject ever published, this amazing guide brings together clear track and trail illustrations, range maps, and full-colour photographs showing feeding signs, scat, tunnels, burrows, bedding areas, remains, and more, to give a wealth of information about hundreds of mammal species living in North America.
ANIMAL SKULLS: A Guide to North American Species
by Mark Elbroch
This uniquely thorough reference and guidebook offers illustrations, descriptions, and measurements for the skulls of some 275 animal species found throughout North America. This book describes in words and pictures the bones and regions of the skull important to identification, including illustrations of all the bones in the cranium, leading to a greater understanding of a creature's place in the natural world. Life-size drawings make this guide an invaluable reference for wildlife professionals, trackers, and animal-lovers alike.
by Mark Elbroch
This uniquely thorough reference and guidebook offers illustrations, descriptions, and measurements for the skulls of some 275 animal species found throughout North America. This book describes in words and pictures the bones and regions of the skull important to identification, including illustrations of all the bones in the cranium, leading to a greater understanding of a creature's place in the natural world. Life-size drawings make this guide an invaluable reference for wildlife professionals, trackers, and animal-lovers alike.
BIRD TRACKS AND SIGN, Mark Elbroch
This fully illustrated guide-the first of its kind for North American birds-presents thorough and straightforward instruction for identifying bird families or individual species by careful examination of the unique sign they leave behind. It also offers keys to the birds' behavior in the wild. An experienced birder and tracker, Mark Elbroch teaches tracking courses throughout the New England area. He is coauthor of Animal Tracks of New England. Eleanor Marks is an avid birder, veteran tracker, and writer. She lives in Massachusetts. Diane Boretos, a wetlands biologist, is a senior scientist with an environmental consulting service. Book contains dozens of feather groups photographed in color.
This fully illustrated guide-the first of its kind for North American birds-presents thorough and straightforward instruction for identifying bird families or individual species by careful examination of the unique sign they leave behind. It also offers keys to the birds' behavior in the wild. An experienced birder and tracker, Mark Elbroch teaches tracking courses throughout the New England area. He is coauthor of Animal Tracks of New England. Eleanor Marks is an avid birder, veteran tracker, and writer. She lives in Massachusetts. Diane Boretos, a wetlands biologist, is a senior scientist with an environmental consulting service. Book contains dozens of feather groups photographed in color.
CALIFORNIA INSECTS by Jerry A. Powell and Charles L. Hogue
California has a vast number of insect species: estimates run 30,000-35,000 or more, and even in the better known groups, new species occasionally are discovered.
California Insects will serve as a convenient, compact introduction to the identification and understanding of these often strange and fascinating creatures. Used with other information sources cited in the text, it provides the student, collector, or naturalist a means of efficiently developing knowledge of specialized groups of insects.
California has a vast number of insect species: estimates run 30,000-35,000 or more, and even in the better known groups, new species occasionally are discovered.
California Insects will serve as a convenient, compact introduction to the identification and understanding of these often strange and fascinating creatures. Used with other information sources cited in the text, it provides the student, collector, or naturalist a means of efficiently developing knowledge of specialized groups of insects.
ANIMAL TRACKS Olaus J. Murie and Mark Elbroch
Mark Elbroch, author of Mammal Tracks and Sign and Kamana graduate, has updated Olaus J. Murie's classic field guide to animal tracks. Mark has updated the guide to today's scientific standards. He has also added a Key to Tracks, new natural history, 91 new illustrations, and 105 photographs. Elbroch's additions blend seamlessly into Murie's classic field guide.
Mark Elbroch, author of Mammal Tracks and Sign and Kamana graduate, has updated Olaus J. Murie's classic field guide to animal tracks. Mark has updated the guide to today's scientific standards. He has also added a Key to Tracks, new natural history, 91 new illustrations, and 105 photographs. Elbroch's additions blend seamlessly into Murie's classic field guide.
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