The Wildlife Watching Encyclopedia establishes the basics of finding and identifying wildlife, including looking for tracks and listening for calls. Alongside text that describes animal behavior and habitat, readers will learn the importance of respecting wildlife and how to prepare for a successful wildlife watching adventure. Features include a glossary, additional resources, and an index.

Colorado’s outstanding Scenic Byways provide some of the finest “back roads” adventures available in the country, giving travelers a chance to slow down and experience the natural and cultural resources that make Colorado great. While scenery and history have traditionally been the reason for byway designation, these byways are also excellent in their wildlife viewing potential. Development of Watchable Wildlife (WW) sites along our scenic highways...

The original guide, featured western state facilities. The revised guide expands the publication that Colorado Division of Wildlife developed to include blinds from eastern states--P. 4.

"On March 1, 1999, American safari guide Mark C. Ross was camped with four clients in Uganda, searching for endangered mountain gorillas. By day's end, two of these clients and six other tourists were dead at the hands of Rwandan rebels slipping across the border from the Congo. The tragedy made headlines around the world, and Ross, grieving for his lost clients and friends, realized his life had changed forever. He writes, "The continent has always...

This book provides essential advice on how to track, observe and photograph wildlife in their natural habitat. Practical chapters are interspersed with Question and Answer spreads that give a glimpse into the adventures of real-life wildlife photographers. Wildlife Watcher Guide is organized into seven chapters, beginning with how to prepare for an expedition and an introduction to tracking, such as looking for spoor (such as footprints, broken twigs,...

A beguiling novel that does for contemporary Kenya and its 1,000 species of birds what Alexander McCall Smith's Ladies Detective series does for Botswana For the past three years, the widower Mr. Malik has been secretly in love with Rose Mbikwa, a woman who leads the weekly bird walks sponsored by the East African Ornithological Society. Reserved and honorable, Malik wouldn't be noticed by a bystander in a Nairobi street-except perhaps to comment...