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Track Finder

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Identify mammal tracks of the eastern United States with this pocket-size guide. Whether you’re hiking with your family, on a camping trip, or spending time in your backyard, you’re sure to notice ...
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  • 08 October 2024
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Identify mammal tracks of the eastern United States with this pocket-size guide.

Whether you’re hiking with your family, on a camping trip, or spending time in your backyard, you’re sure to notice a variety of animal tracks. If you’re curious about these prints and the wildlife that created them—from mice and squirrels to bobcats and bears—then Track Finder by Dorcas S. Miller is just what you need. With the handy, easy-to-use format, you can identify common and noteworthy animal tracks in the eastern half of the United States and Canada.

Perfect for hikers, campers, beginning trackers, and anyone with an interest in nature, the booklet introduces more than 50 of the most common and important mammals to know. Information about each critter’s range, gait, trail, habitat, and tips for comparing similar species point you in the right direction. Life-size track illustrations, along with depictions of the animals themselves, by Cherie Hunter Day help to ensure that you positively identify the tracks you see.

Book Features:

  • Beginner’s guide to animal track identification
  • More than 50 species of common and important mammals
  • Professional illustrations with key markings for identification
  • Small format that fits into a pocket or pack

This guide is applicable to eastern Canada and the US states of Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

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Price: $7.95
Pages: 64
Publisher: Wilderness Press
Imprint: Nature Study Guild
Series: Nature Study Guides
Publication Date: 08 October 2024
Trim Size: 4.00 X 5.88 in
ISBN: 9780912550510
Format: Paperback
BISACs: Zoology: mammals (mammalogy), Sports & Active outdoor recreation, Wildlife: mammals: general interest
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Dorcas S. Miller, founding president of the Maine Master Naturalist Program, has written more than a dozen books, including Berry Finder, Constellation Finder, Scat Finder, Track Finder, and Winter Weed Finder. Her Finder books have sold more than half a million copies.

Cherie Hunter Day is a writer and an illustrator. An award-winning haiku and tanka poet, Cherie is the author of Apology Moon and The Horse with One Blue Eye, as well as the editor of Mariposa, the journal of the Haiku Poets of Northern California. Her nature illustrations have appeared in such books as Berry Finder and Track Finder.

To Use This Book

Definitions

Pattern Key

Print Shape Guide

The Mammals

The Family Tree: How Mammals Are Related

Tips for Tracking

Index

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