Animal Tracks of the Midwest is a field guide to Midwestern animal tracks of more than 95 mammal species, plus common birds and reptiles, designed for quick and easy identification. You’ve seen animal tracks while hiking, camping, or even in your backyard. Now learn what made...
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Fishing is a perfect outdoors activity for all ages and skill levels, and the Great Lakes State is an angler’s paradise. Reel in your catches, and make identifying those fish a snap. To accomplish this, Fish of Michigan is indeed your must-have resource. Now in...
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With the Wildflowers of Wisconsin Field Guide by award-winning author and naturalist Stan Tekiela, you can make wildflower identification simple, informative, and productive. Today we join Stan in looking at 5 of the 200 Wildflowers of Wisconsin. Join us! Also called Bluebell, the Harebell, one of...
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In her book, Michigan Day Trips by Theme, Michigander Kathryn Houghton leads you to the fun, the fascinating, and the downright unusual. Her book is packed with more than 300 of the Great Lakes State’s top spots for entertainment and enjoyment. Discover the state’s unique attractions: beaches, dunes, islands,...
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Kids will enjoy learning bout Birds in Colorado with Stan Tekiela’s book The Kids’ Guide to Birds of Colorado. It is a great family activity. Take your kids outdoors and try to spot and name the birds! In the book, each bird gets a beautiful full-color photograph and a full...
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In her book Oregon Day Trips by Theme, Stacy McCullough helps readers to discover the state’s unique attractions―beaches, caves, lighthouses, museums, and more. Today we take a look at the picturesque beaches of Oregon. From beaches with huge sea stacks looming just offshore to rock-strewn beaches with agates, jade,...
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In today’s post we take a closer look at five birds from Stan Tekiela’s book The Kids’ Guide to Birds of California. The Kids’ Guide to Birds of California features 86 of the most common and important birds to know, with species organized by color for ease...
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If Missouri boasted only the confluence of two of America’s biggest rivers—the Missouri and the Mississippi—that would be impressive enough. But there is so much more to Missouri’s waterways and so many ways to enjoy them, it can be difficult to know where to begin....
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Insects are by far the most familiar and frequently encountered arthropods. Did you know that all bugs are arthropods? Arthropods are invertebrates—they don’t have an internal skeleton and bones. Instead, they have an external skeleton, a segmented body, and jointed appendages, such as legs and antennae. Monarch egg Monarch chrysalis Insects...
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