Camera Trapping Guide: Tracks, Sign, and Behavior of Eastern Wildlife

Camera Trapping Guide: Tracks, Sign, and Behavior of Eastern Wildlife

by Janet Pesaturo
Camera Trapping Guide: Tracks, Sign, and Behavior of Eastern Wildlife

Camera Trapping Guide: Tracks, Sign, and Behavior of Eastern Wildlife

by Janet Pesaturo

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Overview

Using a specially made, inexpensive and rugged heat- and motion-detecting camera, you can view wildlife up close. Camera Trapping Guide gives you the techniques and knowledge of animal behaviors so you can get the best possible photos and videos. Includes 41 species common to the eastern U.S. Large and small mammals, squirrels to bears, deer, and moose, plus birds and even the American Alligator - are covered. With photos and range maps each entry gives details on physical characteristics, tracks and sign, diet, habitat, and breeding. Also included are specific camera trapping techniques pertinent to each animal. You'll learn the characteristics of various cameras, where and when to place the camera to capture specific behaviors, and how to minimize impact on the animals.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780811719063
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Publication date: 09/01/2018
Pages: 304
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Janet Pesaturo is a conservation biologist and a certificed tracker who leads wildlife tracking and camera trapping workshops. Her blog "Winterberry Wildlife" chronicles her camera trapping adventures and images. She lives in Bolton, MA.

Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Mammals (Mammalia) Order Didelphimorphia Family Didelphidae 1 Virginia Opossum Order Lagomorpha Family Leporidae 2 Eastern Cottontail 3 Snowshoe Hare Order Rodentia Family Sciuridae 4 Eastern Gray Squirrel 5 Red Squirrel 6 Woodchuck 7 Eastern Chipmunk 8 Flying Squirrels Family Castoridae 9 North American Beaver Family Cricetidae 10 Common Muskrat 11 Meadow Vole 12 Deer Mice Family Erethizontidae 13 North American Porcupine Order Carnivora Family Canidae 14 Eastern Coyote 15 Wolf 16 Gray Fox 17 Red Fox Family Ursidae 18 Black Bear Family Procyonidae 19 Raccoon Family Mustelidae 20 Fisher 21 American Marten 22 Weasels 23 North American River Otter 24 American Mink 25 American Badger Family Felidae 26 Bobcat 27 Canada Lynx 28 Cougar Order Artiodactyla Family Cervidae 29 White-tailed Deer 30 Moose 31 Elk Birds (Aves) Order Galliformes Family Phasianidae 32 Wild Turkey 33 Ruffed Grouse Order Pelecaniformes Family Ardeidae 34 Great Blue Heron Order Apodiformes Family Trochilidae 35 Ruby-throated Hummingbird Order Piciformes Family Picidae 36 Pileated Woodpecker Reptiles (Reptilia) Order Crocodilia Family Alligatoridae 37 American Alligator Bibliography Index
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