Identification Field Guides

An essential guide for any novice or expert outdoorsman, Animal Tracking will help readers to identify the feeding signs, tracks, scats, burrows, dens, bedding areas and rubbings of North America's most common mammals. This Duraguide® also includes information on making...

Play Cards and Learn to Identify Trees in the Rocky Mountain states! Anyone who enjoys nature, plants, and the great outdoors will love these cards for playing your favorite games or to use as flash cards. Inspired by Stan Tekiela’s...

Compact and comprehensive, this guide features 715 bird species, plus regional populations, found west of the Rocky Mountains. Entries include stunningly accurate illustrations--more than 5,046 in total--with descriptive captions pointing out the most important field marks. Each entry has been...

By: National Audubon Society This first all-photographic field guide features 794 full-color images of all the important rocks, gems, and minerals of North America, showing their many variations of color and crystal form. The text provides descriptions of 200 minerals...

Identifying birds of prey is easier than ever! With this book, watching raptors is more enjoyable, informative and productive. Only Western birds of prey – all of the hawks, eagles, falcons, kites, vultures and owls found in the West, including the...

A Beautifully Illustrated Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species There are over 1,000 species of freshwater fishes in North America. With refinements in aquaculture, the most popular game fish including largemouth and smallmouth bass, trout and salmon, bluegill, crappies, and...

Wolves: A Falcon Field Guidepresents readers with substantive yet easily digestible information on this most feared yet misunderstood predator. Where do wolves live? What enemies do they have? How do they communicate? What issues exist in the controversial relationship between...

This fun, affordable, beautifully illustrated introduction to birding is like taking a walk with National Geographic's birding experts. Of this book's 192 pages, 160 are devoted to North America's top species, one per page, from the lowly House Wren to...

By: National Audubon Society The first all-photographic field guide to mushrooms feature 762 full-color identification pictures showing mushrooms as they appear in their natural habitats. 703 species are covered in full detail, with notes on hundreds more. This field guide...

By: Michael Kuhns Michael Kuhns has compiled a comprehensive guide to virtually every native and introduced tree species from the eastern slope of the Rockies west to the Sierra Nevada, and from north-central Oregon, the Salmon River region of Idaho,...

If you want to be one of the privileged few to see a Gila monster or a desert tortoise, do you know their likely habitat or how they will react to your visit? Large color photographs clearly show the animals...

By: National Audubon Society A detailed field guide to make fossil identification easy! This first all-photographic field guide to fossils features 474 full-color identification pictures of fossilized sponges, corals, trilobites, shells, teeth, and bones. Also included are 33 photographs of...

For a generation, the Basic Illustrated series has been as much a part of the outdoors experience as backpacks and hiking boots. Information-packed tools for the novice or handy references for the veteran, these volumes distill years of knowledge into...

By: National Audubon Society This first all-photographic field guide highlights, in 855 full-color images, the significant details of virtually all the trees native to western North America and many cultivated species, as you see them in their natural habitats. The...

When you’re out and about, keep this tabbed booklet by Nora and Rick Bowers close at hand. Featuring only Southwest cacti of Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, and Texas, the booklet is organized by group for quick and...

By: Dan Green What is the difference between a rock and a gem? What makes the Hope Diamond so special? Why are some minerals fluorescent? Dig deep to find the answers in The Rock and Gem Book. Filled with over...

Whitetail Deer presents readers with substantive yet easily digestible information on this medium-size animal. Where do they live? How do they communicate? This book contains all the information you need to become familiar with these fascinating animals. Accompanied by numerous full-color...

The deserts of the American Southwest boast a remarkably diversity of drought-tolerant plant life, including many species found nowhere else on earth. And no group says desert quite like cacti. Their prickly nature notwithstanding, cacti and the desert habitats in...

By: National Audubon Society A comprehensive, photographic field guide to the insects and spiders of North America. This guide includes 702 full-color identification photographs of living insects and spiders in their natural habitats. Close-up photographs are arranged by shape and...

By: Peter Alden & Peter Friederici For every resident of and visitor to the southwestern states, this uniquely compact yet comprehensive volume is the essential guide to the region's natural world. Whether you're at home or on the road, the...

If you want to be lucky enough to see a Mexican raccoon or a northern river otter, you need to know what they look like and how they will react to your visit. With the color photographs and detailed information...