This is an abridged edition of the complete field guide that is more accessible and less forbidding than the parent volume.

Describes a variety of berries, nuts, and seeds that might be found on a nature walk and includes identification information.

Groups birds according to whether they are found in city and town, farm country, field and meadow, or woodland and then describes the birds, their nests, and their eggs.

"There are 20,000 species of butterflies in the world, but only several dozen are found on tundra of the North American Arctic. Many Arctic animals have warm, woolly coats, downy feathers, or thick layers of blubber, and Arctic butterflies appear fragile with their fluttering, delicate wings. Yet the hardy butterflies that live at the top of the world have many clever ways to keep themselves warm in cool summers and endure icy cold winters. In A Children's...

A species-by-species guide to the clues left behind by more than four hundred animals helps readers identify what to look for when tracking animals in the wild or in the back yard.

Provides a personal look at various species of fresh- and saltwater birds, including loons and grebes, mergansers, mallards, wood ducks, Canada geese, gulls, and herons.