An amazing variety of wildlife surrounds us. This book will help you prepare for outdoor excursions, showing you how to pack your backpack, record notes, and create animal drawings.

"Ranger Rick National Wildlife Federation: Wildlife Around Us" Title page.

Getting started -- Naturalist fieldwork -- Sketching & coloring animals -- Your naturalist notebook -- Amazing birds -- Identifying birds -- Bald eagle -- Northern cardinal -- Barn owl -- Blue jay -- Wild turkey -- Baltimore oriole -- Pileated woodpecker -- American goldfinch -- Cedar waxwing -- Ruby-throated hummingbird -- Continue the adventure!.