The Art of Tracking Animals V.Sidarowicz V.Jedrzejewski

The book is aimed at students of biology, forestry, environmental studies and related genres, as well as naturalists, hunters and amateurs whose passion or work involves observing nature.

Table of contents:

1 Introduction.

2. Ungulates mammals (bison, elk, deer, roe deer, wild boar). Recognizing tracks and droppings of ungulate mammals.

3. large mammals of prey (bear, wolf, lynx). Interactions between wolf and lynx. Distinguishing between wolf, lynx and dog tracks.

4. Medium and small mammals of prey (fox, raccoon, badger, marten, domestic marten, otter, European mink, American mink, polecat, ermine, weasel). Burrows of badger, fox, raccoon and wolf. Recognizing the tracks of the fox, raccoon and badger. Recognizing the tracks of the forest marten and house marten. Recognizing the tracks of the polecat, mink and ermine. Recognizing the tracks of weasels and rodents.

5. hares (gray hare, whitetail hare).

6. rodents (squirrel, beaver, muskrat, cold-water grub, small rodents). Recognition of hare and squirrel tracks. Beaver constructions.

7. Insectivorous mammals (western hedgehog and eastern hedgehog, other insectivorous mammals).

8. Tracking methodology.

Softcover. 225 pages. Bialowieza 2010.