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Posted: April 08 2008 at 12:34pm | IP Logged Quote Donna Marie

and you never did nature study before.. (being hypothetical here...)
What type of identification and nature books should you order and why?

What books do you find as an indispensable part of your nature shelves that you use all the time for identifying all that "stuff" that you encounter on your nature walks?

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Posted: April 08 2008 at 12:43pm | IP Logged Quote KC in TX

I'm hoping someone chimes in with this one!

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Posted: April 08 2008 at 1:08pm | IP Logged Quote mellyrose

We have some laminated field guides that my boys love to carry with them when we are doing nature study. We have one that has cacti of the southwest, birds of the southwest and common plants, and then one that has a little bit of everything for this area. The ones we have are 3 fold that fit easily in a pocket or backpack. They usually cost $5-7.

My boys also love "scats and tracks" books. Once again, we have one specific to the southwest, but they're available for different regions.

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Posted: April 08 2008 at 5:11pm | IP Logged Quote mama251ders

We use Anna Botsford Comstock's Handbook of Nature Study on an almost daily basis. There are lessons to follow if you wish, but it is also very useful for looking up animals and plants. It is not all inclusive and there are quite a few animals not in there, but I think it is still our most used nature study book hands down. I have bought several used ones at used curriculum sales very cheap to hand out to friends. This is used curriculum season in my neck of the woods, don't know about where you are.

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Posted: April 08 2008 at 5:53pm | IP Logged Quote JodieLyn

Hunt up local resources if at all possible.. you'll be much happier because then what you have will match what you see.

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Posted: April 08 2008 at 6:03pm | IP Logged Quote mary

i would get this tree finder book

and i would get the birds of your state book

those are the identification books we use most. we also love any field guide by gale lawrence

and you can't go wrong with the burgess books.

have fun!
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Posted: April 09 2008 at 9:56am | IP Logged Quote Sarah M

We are pretty new to Nature Study, but finding that we are quickly falling in love with it. I purchased a few inexpensive bird feeders and a guide to birds in our area, and I'm so glad I did! It has been the most fun now, when migratory birds are coming back or passing through.
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Posted: April 09 2008 at 10:38am | IP Logged Quote lapazfarm

mary wrote:
i would get this tree finder book

and i would get the birds of your state book

those are the identification books we use most. we also love any field guide by gale lawrence

and you can't go wrong with the burgess books.

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I second all of these.
I also like the Peterson guides for birds, wildflowers, etc.

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Posted: April 09 2008 at 11:18am | IP Logged Quote MacBeth

I love Peterson's guides and Fandex guides. I also like these nifty little keychain guides from Northwoods. Still better are free or inexpensive pamphlets from your local wild life area, museum or preserve. Placemats with birds or wildlife make identification second nature.

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Posted: April 09 2008 at 11:56am | IP Logged Quote joann10

We use the Peterson guides here also.

Another thing we do after we have looked things up in our field guides is to look up the bird, or plant, or flower, on the internet and double check our findings. Usually on the internet we find more examples and pictures of our studied species at diffent times of the year and such.
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Posted: April 17 2008 at 4:06pm | IP Logged Quote emmsie

The christian liberty press nature readers 1-5 are great my dd loves them and that's saying something.
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Posted: April 18 2008 at 10:11pm | IP Logged Quote Mackfam

We love Comstock's Handbook of Nature Study, the Peterson's guides and local id books.

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