| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Introduction -- WINTER. Go Birds! Watch Bald Eagles Nesting -- Catch Creepy Crawlies: Basement Bug Hunt -- Step Into the Shadows: Watch Rats -- Winter Killers: Watch Cooper's and Sharp-Shinned Hawks -- Treehugging: Give Some Love to Some Big Trees -- Tracing Their Steps: Track Animals in Snow, Mud, and Concrete -- Explore an Herbarium -- Cold Hands, Hot Birding: Take Part in a Winter Bird Count -- Guess Who? Practice Tree Identification in Winter -- Search Roads by Bicycle for Dead Animals -- Duck, Duck, Coot! Observe Winter Waterfowl -- Stump Yourself: Find Beaver Sign -- Tapping In: Make Maple Syrup -- SPRING. Fleeting Beauties: Find Spring Ephemeral Wildflowers -- The Family that Preys Together: Watch Red-Tailed Hawks -- Amphibian Crossing Guards: Help the Toad Cross the Road -- Feathered Fallout: Watch Spring Songbird Migration -- A Trilling Adventure: Join a Frog Call Survey -- Scales and All: Flip Brown Snakes -- Cheep Thrills: Bird by Ear -- Weeds to Watch: Find Philadelphia Fleabane -- Get on the Ball: Watch Water Snakes -- Join the Crowd: Take Part in a Bioblitz -- Falcons for Dinner: Watch Peregrine Falcons While You Eat -- Sunbathing in Armor: Watch Basking Turtles -- Dog Vomit Is Just the Beginning: Slime Mold Search -- SUMMER. Bats, Balls, and Birds: Nighthawks at the Ballpark -- Drop a Line: Go Fishing -- Go with the Current: Paddle an Urban River -- Nature's Fireworks: Watch Fireflies -- Fun Guys: Go on a Mushroom Hunt -- Silk and Steel: Observe Bridge Spiders -- A Flap in the Night: Go on a Bat Walk -- Zombie Patrol: Find a Dead Zombie Fly -- Pollinator Party! Visit a Milkweed Patch -- The Jewels of Summer: Meet the Butterflies -- What They Do in the Dark: Moth Night -- Swoop into Summer: Watch Chimney Swifts -- Wildflower Preserves: Press Flowers -- AUTUMN. Messing with Squirrels has Never Been More Fun: Go Squirrel Fishing -- Glorious Gobblers: Find Wild Turkey -- Touch Me Please: Squeeze Jewelweed Seed Pods -- Rising Through the Cracks: Study Sidewalk Crack Plants -- Low Light Hightailing: Watch Deer at Dusk -- Identity Check: Key Out Wildflowers -- Who Goes There! Stake out your Yard for Nocturnal Mammals -- Tall, Dark, and Ancient: Hike an Old Growth Forest -- No Lungs? No Problem: Find Red-Backed Salamanders (and lots of other cool critters under stuff) -- Headstone Garden: Cemetery Lichen Search -- Mussel Building: Visit the Mussel Hatchery -- Rats with Wings and Other Common Birds: Start Birding Anytime -- Autumn Glow: Take a Walk in a Field of Wildflowers -- Take Action -- Acknowledgments -- Photo Captions and Credits -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
"Exploring Philly Nature is an amateur naturalist's guide to Greater Philadelphia, with a particular focus on getting families involved in exploring the urban natural world together"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Natural history -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Guidebooks
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Nature study -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
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Natural history
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Nature study
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Travel
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| SUBJECT |
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100718
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| Subject |
Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
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| Genre/Form |
travel guidebooks.
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Guidebooks
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Guidebooks.
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Guides touristiques.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wittchen, Samantha, illustrator
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| LC no. |
2021040413 |
| ISBN |
1439921229 |
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9781439921227 |
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