Animal Tracks of New Jersey

by Tamara Eder, Edwin Arnfield

Overview

Concise descriptions of the animals and their tracks are combined with detailed drawings of the front and back prints, stride patterns and other important identifying aspects. Each animal is captured in accurate black-and-white illustrations, including pattern and print comparisons. A perfect guide for teachers, parents, hikers and urban adventurers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781551053417
Publisher:	Lone Pine Publishing
Publication date:	03/05/2002
Series:	Animal Tracks , #31
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	4.25(w) x 5.75(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	9 - 11 Years

About the Author

Tamara Eder, equipped from the age of six with a canoe, a dip net and a notepad, grew up on Alberta with a fascination for nature and the diversity of life, She has a degree in environmental conservation sciences, and has photographed and written about wildlife in Bermuda, the Galapagos Islands,the Amazon Basin, Argentina, Tibet and India. With a fondness for paleontology, Tamara has studied and participated in paleo digs in Alberta and Patagonia. She has worked in both Canada and Argentina as an interpretive naturalist and guide, specializing in ecology and paleontology. An award-winning photographer, her photographs appear in numerous books, posters and online magazines. Tamara now lives in Patagonia and she continues to write, photograph and travel.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	4
	How to Use This Book	5
	Tips on Tracking	6
	Map	7
	Terms & Measurements	9
	Mammals	17
	White-tailed Deer	18
	Horse	20
	Black Bear	22
	Domestic Dog	24
	Coyote	26
	Red Fox	28
	Gray Fox	30
	Bobcat	32
	Domestic Cat	34
	Raccoon	36
	Opossum	38
	Harbor Seal	40
	River Otter	42
	Mink	44
	Long-tailed Weasel	46
	Short-tailed Weasel	48
	Striped Skunk	50
	Black-tailed Jackrabbit	52
	European Hare	54
	Eastern Cottontail	56
	Porcupine	58
	Nutria	60
	Beaver	62
	Muskrat	64
	Woodchuck	66
	Eastern Chipmunk	68
	Eastern Gray Squirrel	70
	Fox Squirrel	72
	Red Squirrel	74
	Southern Flying Squirrel	76
	Norway Rat	78
	Woodland Vole	80
	White-footed Mouse	82
	Meadow Jumping Mouse	84
	Masked Shrew	86
	Star-nosed Mole	88
	Birds, Amphibians & Reptiles	91
	Mallard	92
	Herring Gull	94
	Great Blue Heron	96
	Common Snipe	98
	Spotted Sandpiper	100
	Ruffed Grouse	102
	Great Horned Owl	104
	American Crow	106
	Northern Flicker	108
	Dark-eyed Junco	110
	Northern Cardinal	112
	Frogs	114
	Toads	116
	Salamanders & Newts	118
	Skinks	120
	Turtles	122
	Snakes	124
	Appendix
	Track Patterns & Prints	126
	Print Comparisons	135
	Bibliography	138
	Index	139