A01=L. Davenport
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Alabama
Alabama biodiversity
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Category1=Non-Fiction
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Close observation
COP=United States
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Environmental learning
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Field guide essays
Gosse Nature Guide
Language_English
Morphology & behavior
Nature journaling
Outdoor education
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Personal journal design
Photography & sketching
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PS=Active
Self-guided lessons
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Southeast
Southeast nature
Wildlife exploration
Product details
- ISBN 9780817355692
- Weight: 775g
- Dimensions: 157 x 233mm
- Publication Date: 08 Aug 2010
- Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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‘Nature Journal’ is an innovative presentation of the best columns and photographs from L. J. Davenport’s popular column in ‘Alabama Heritage’ magazine. Readers of the magazine have come to relish his artful and often witty descriptions of common species encountered in the Alabama outdoors. But ‘Nature Journal’ is designed to be much more than a mere collection of entertaining essays; it is also an educational tool—a means of instructing and encouraging readers in the art of keeping a nature journal for themselves. Each of the 25 chapters is a self-contained lesson in close observation of species morphology, behaviour, and habitat; research in the literature; non-destructive capture of the subject by photography or drawing; and written description of the total observed natural phenomenon. At the end of each account, stimulating questions and gentle directives guide the reader into making his or her own observations and recordings. This book is intended for broad nature-study use in Alabama and throughout the southeast by the general reader and nature enthusiast alike, as well as visitors to museums and outdoor centres, and students of nature and nature writing at the high school and college levels. Beautifully designed to look like a personal journal, it is a perfect gift and treasured keepsake for all lovers of the natural world.
