The Naturalist’s Companion: A Field Guide to Observing and Understanding Wildlife
by Dave Hall
From Mountaineers Books:
The Naturalist’s Companion fills an important void in outdoor education by teaching readers how to become more learned and patient observers and, ultimately, more proficient naturalists.
Through exhaustive time in the field, author Dave Hall has developed a comprehensive understanding of nature awareness and refined his skills to enhance any time spent outdoors and to foster closer, more respectful encounters with wildlife. Through personal anecdotes and detailed explanations, Hall teaches the principles and ethics of stealth walking, calling, tracking, interpreting basic animal behavior, and much more. Each chapter concludes with a list of exercises, prompting readers to study and put these skills into use, while introductory sections discuss gear, safety, ethics, and thoughtful engagement.
The Naturalist’s Companion will deepen readers’ connection with the outdoors and help them to establish and maintain consistent, intimate, and informed wildlife observations.
“With this book, I hope to both enrich and strengthen your bond with the outdoors by providing practical and ethical tools that will improve the quality and depth of your outdoor experiences,” the author writes. While not specifically about birds, the tips and advice presented here are certainly applicable to birding. Put into practice, I have no doubts they will improve your time in the field.
The Naturalist’s Companion: A Field Guide to Observing and Understanding Wildlife
by Dave Hall
Hardcover; 208 pages
Mountaineers Books; August 17, 2022
ISBN: 9781680515763
$19.95
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Posted by Grant McCreary on October 5th, 2022.
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