Michigan Wildlife: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Animals

Michigan Wildlife: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Animals

Michigan Wildlife: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Animals

Michigan Wildlife: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Animals

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Overview

Michigan stretches from beech-maple hardwood forests at its southern end to spruce- and pine-dominated boreal forests at its northern reaches. Interspersed with these forests are sand dunes, beaches, rivers, marshes, and prairies, and within these habitats live thousands of animal species. Stand-outs include Kirtland’s Warbler, American Bullfrog, Monarch butterfly, state reptile Painted Turtle, and state mammal White-tailed Deer. For many people, animals are the face of a landscape or wetland, and it helps to get acquainted with the most common species to establish a strong foundation of knowledge. This is why it is so valuable to have a portable reference like Michigan Wildlife in tow. This beautifully illustrated collection features 140 common mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, and butterflies, as well as an ecoregion map showing over 20 wildlife-viewing hotspots and learning sites. Laminated for durability, this lightweight, 12-panel folding pocket guide is the perfect companion for educators, learners, naturalists, birders, and wildlife enthusiasts who wish to forge a deeper connection with the land through its attendant animals. Made in the USA.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781583552926
Publisher: Waterford Press Ltd.
Publication date: 02/02/2017
Series: Wildlife and Nature Identification
Pages: 12
Sales rank: 1,062,166
Product dimensions: 3.80(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.10(d)
Age Range: 10 Years

About the Author

Zoologist Jim Kavanagh has made a career out of introducing novices to plants, animals, the sciences and world cultures. In addition to creating over 500 simplified nature guides, he has also authored guides to languages, cities and outdoor skills. An avid traveler and backpacker, Kavanagh’s path has taken him around the world to many remote destinations including the upper Amazon, Africa, Australia, and the Arctic Circle (and this is just the As). He is also the author of a series of state-specific guides to common species and natural attractions and a children's book on evolution.

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Michigan Wildlife

An Introduction to Familiar Species
By Kavanagh, James

Waterford Press

Copyright © 2005 Kavanagh, James
All right reserved.

ISBN: 9781583552926

MAMMALS
White-tailed Deer, Odocoileus virginianus, To 7 ft. (2.1 m). Fluffy tail is held erect, flag-like, while running.
BIRDS
American Kestrel, Falco sparverius, To 12 in. (30 cm). Male is told by small size and blue wings.
REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS
Chorus Frog, Pseudacris triseriata, To 1.5 in. (4 cm). Note dark stripes on back. Call sounds like running a thumbnail over the teeth of a comb.


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Excerpted from Michigan Wildlife by Kavanagh, James Copyright © 2005 by Kavanagh, James. Excerpted by permission.
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Table of Contents

(1) Wildlife Sanctuaries (2) Mammals (3) Birds (4) Reptiles & Amphibians

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