Basic Tracking is the essential guide to take on your next wilderness adventure.   Having knowledge of the surrounding terrain and basic animal behavior, allows trackers  to save valuable time by predicting the animal's movements.   Basic Tracking covers not only tracks of animals in the Eastern Woodlands, it also provides instructions how to track them through landscape usage. This compact and waterproof folding guide will highlight the seven types of signs that point to which animals passed by, what they did, where they went, and much more. This will be a great precursor to the Trapping guide.    Be smart, be safe, be skilled.

In the same lighthearted yet scientifically accurate style of  Fylling’s Illustrated Guide to Pacific Coast Tide Pools , this portable guidebook reveals the splendidly strange animals and plants just outside your door. Marni Fylling’s full-color illustrations make species identification a snap, and concise descriptions include fascinating (and sometimes grotesque) factoids about frequently encountered plants, insects, arachnids, birds, and mammals. With Fylling’s guidance, the everyday becomes extraordinary: Pigeons share nest-building and egg-sitting duties, and mate for life―with occasional dalliances; squirrel teeth grow about six...

This guide helps identify and demystify the world of bats. Readers will learn about bats' position and role in the ecosystem -- did you know there are over 1100 species of bats worldwide? This guide describes how bats evolved, their behavior, survival techniques and habitats around the world. With a focus on the 45 species found in North America, this guide describes what to do when encountering a bat in the wild and how we can all help conserve and protect these amazing creatures. Ideal for kids and their adults both. Created and printed in the USA.

Identify mammal tracks of the Pacific Coast with this pocket-size guide. Whether you’re at the beach with your family or on a hiking or camping trip, you’re bound to come across wildlife—or signs that animals have been there. If you’re curious about mammals of the Pacific states, then  Pacific Coast Mammal Finder  by Ron Russo is just what you need. With the handy, easy-to-use book, you can identify mammals by sight, as well as by their animal tracks, burrows, nests, scat, scratch or chew marks, and skulls/jaws. The booklet begins with introductions of the various signs, followed by two dichotomous keys: one for identifying...