Camera Trapping Guide

Tracks, Sign, and Behavior of Eastern Wildlife

Janet Pesaturo (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

304 Seiten

2018
Stackpole Books (Verlag)
978-0-8117-1906-3 (ISBN)

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Using an inexpensive, heat-detecting camera, you can view and photograph wildlife up close. Camera Trapping Guide gives you the techniques and knowledge—of both the cameras and the animals—to get the best possible photos and videos. Includes 41 species common to the eastern US, from squirrels to bears, deer, and moose—even the American alligator.

Using a specially made, inexpensive and rugged heat- and motion-detecting camera, you can view wildlife up close. Camera Trapping Guide gives you the techniques and knowledge of animal behaviors so you can get the best possible photos and videos. Includes 41 species common to the eastern U.S. Large and small mammals, squirrels to bears, deer, and moose, plus birds and even the American Alligator - are covered. With photos and range maps each entry gives details on physical characteristics, tracks and sign, diet, habitat, and breeding. Also included are specific camera trapping techniques pertinent to each animal. You'll learn the characteristics of various cameras, where and when to place the camera to capture specific behaviors, and how to minimize impact on the animals.

Janet Pesaturo is a conservation biologist and a certificed tracker who leads wildlife tracking and camera trapping workshops. Her blog "Winterberry Wildlife" chronicles her camera trapping adventures and images. She lives in Bolton, MA.

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction

Mammals (Mammalia)
Order Didelphimorphia
Family Didelphidae
1 Virginia Opossum
Order Lagomorpha
Family Leporidae
2 Eastern Cottontail
3 Snowshoe Hare
Order Rodentia
Family Sciuridae
4 Eastern Gray Squirrel
5 Red Squirrel
6 Woodchuck
7 Eastern Chipmunk
8 Flying Squirrels
Family Castoridae
9 North American Beaver
Family Cricetidae
10 Common Muskrat
11 Meadow Vole
12 Deer Mice
Family Erethizontidae
13 North American Porcupine
Order Carnivora
Family Canidae
14 Eastern Coyote
15 Wolf
16 Gray Fox
17 Red Fox
Family Ursidae
18 Black Bear
Family Procyonidae
19 Raccoon
Family Mustelidae
20 Fisher
21 American Marten
22 Weasels
23 North American River Otter
24 American Mink
25 American Badger
Family Felidae
26 Bobcat
27 Canada Lynx
28 Cougar
Order Artiodactyla
Family Cervidae
29 White-tailed Deer
30 Moose
31 Elk

Birds (Aves)
Order Galliformes
Family Phasianidae
32 Wild Turkey
33 Ruffed Grouse
Order Pelecaniformes
Family Ardeidae
34 Great Blue Heron
Order Apodiformes
Family Trochilidae
35 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Order Piciformes
Family Picidae
36 Pileated Woodpecker

Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order Crocodilia
Family Alligatoridae
37 American Alligator

Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	13.08.2018
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations; Tables; Maps; Halftones, Color including Color Photographs; Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs
Verlagsort	Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 217 mm
Gewicht	499 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Fotografieren / Filmen
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
ISBN-10	0-8117-1906-5 / 0811719065
ISBN-13	978-0-8117-1906-3 / 9780811719063
Zustand	Neuware