A Field Guide to the Familiar: Learning to Observe the Natural World
by Gale Lawrence Author
(From Amazon): Designed both to encourage beginning naturalists and to challenge more experienced observers to look at the familiar in new ways, A Field Guide to the Familiar offers an introduction to common plants, animals, and natural phenomena. Beautiful drawings add to the book's refreshing approach to nature study. Organized by the seasons of the year, each chapter focuses on one subject and one learning objective. From fall’s first frost to the field crickets of high summer, this innovative guide explores in depth such familiar sights as bumblebees, rainbows, acorns, blueberries, and shooting stars.Each chapter includes descriptive information to help readers identify each subject, as well as life cycle information that shows how a subject functions within a grander scheme. Readers learn that every plant and animal – even the atmosphere – has its own story, and they begin to perceive the natural world as whole, interconnected, and continuous. Whether read sequentially or used as a field companion or handy desk reference, A Field Guide to the Familiar gives every reader a sense of the natural world as an accessible – and endlessly fascinating – place.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0874518652
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 80
- Pages
- 288
- Publisher
- UPNE
- Edition
- 1st
- Copyright
- 1998
Chapters
- 1 Frost
- 2 Asters
- 3 Bumblebees
- 4 Monarch Butterflies
- 5 Poison Ivy
- 6 Canada Geese
- 7 Mallards
- 8 Painted Turtles
- 9 Acorns
- 10 Gray Squirrels
- 11 Fall Foliage
- 12 American Elm
- 13 Bark Beetles
- 14 Phragmites
- 15 Ferns
- 16 Evergreen Ferns
- 17 Crows
- 18 Ravens
- 19 Mistletoe
- 20 Poinsettias
- 21 Christmas Cactus
- 22 Christmas Trees
- 23 Beech Trees
- 24 Ragweed
- 25 Snow Buntings
- 26 Starlings
- 27 Orion
- 28 Chickadees
- 29 Blue Jays
- 30 Black Bears
- 31 Great Horned Owls
- 32 Maples
- 33 Raccoons
- 34 Pigeons
- 35 Red-Winged Blackbirds
- 36 Sparrows
- 37 Mourning Cloaks
- 38 Trailing Arbutus
- 39 Garter Snakes
- 40 Tadpoles
- 41 Black Flies
- 42 Common Blue Violets
- 43 Northern Orioles
- 44 Grackles
- 45 Water Striders
- 46 Whirligig Beetles
- 47 Crayfish
- 48 Pink Lady's Slippers
- 49 Stinging Nettles
- 50 Honeybees
- 51 Deer Flies
- 52 Daisies & Black-eyed Susans
- 53 Viceroy Butterflies
- 54 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds
- 55 Spittlebugs
- 56 Inchworms
- 57 June Beetles
- 58 Cassiopeia
- 59 Bald-faced Hornets
- 60 Bullfrogs
- 61 Snapping Turtles
- 62 Herring Gulls
- 63 Hariy Cap Moss
- 64 Peppermint
- 65 Milkweed
- 66 Mourning Doves
- 67 Cardinals
- 68 Skunks
- 69 Indian Pipes
- 70 Thistles
- 71 Goldenrods
- 72 Wolves
- 73 Eastern Coyotes
- 74 Blueberries
- 75 Rainbows
- 76 Mushrooms
- 77 Toads
- 78 Field Crickets
- 79 Daddy Longlegs
- 80 Shooting Stars
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