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How to observe wildlife without leaving home

Although logging herds of elephants and Bengal tigers harassment capture the imagination of fans of most animals, we often overlook the nature closer to us. Sometimes we must remember that we are part habitat, and the miracle of life exists under our eyes. Educator and naturalist Carolyn Duckworth said: "If you want to understand and connect to your environment, keep a field journal is one of the fastest ways to achieve this goal. "

Studies have shown that children of today consider the nature of being elsewhere, television, videos, in the National Geographic only. But in reality, a real connection with wildlife in the world is an extension of a connection to the land where you are. Good naturalists do not earn knowledge of the school system, they get in the field by direct observation. This observation can begin right in your backyard or Park Street.

This article offers ways to keep a journal of nature. It relies heavily on the program outlined in the book Keeping a diary Nature: Discover a whole new way of seeing the world around you by Clare Walker Leslie and Charles E. Roth.

The tools needed to start the nature Journaling is simple and inexpensive. It takes a laptop and writing. Experiments reveal your personal preferences lined paper or clear, binding type, size, and lead or ink. As you gain experience you can add a small set of watercolor paints or crayons. If you use pencils that you will need a pencil sharpener, or you can use mechanical pencils, which produce drawings more looking. You can also use a collection bag for items you want to draw and look inside. (Although you should collect only objects have fallen, when the authorization is given).

There are no hard and fast rules for logging of nature, even if the input observations using a rubric is good practice. For your position, you can include your name, date and time (he does not need to be an accurate clock time), location, weather conditions, your first impressions of wind direction, (use a compass for that), cloud formation and cloud cover and.

To get started, you can find this sequence of observations useful, as welcomes you in the habit of observing around you:

* Start by looking at the ground. Get a close up view of individual objects. Try to draw one or several in your newspaper, labeling each item. Do not take more than five minutes per item, and indicate the dimensions of size (You do not need a ruler, just estimate.) For further learning, try to write at least one question about each object.
* Now get up and draw what comes into view at eye level. Label of the object and describe what he does, or what it is a party.
* Look up where you stand. Record what you see above, and how it makes you feel.

Nature journals are not only for artists. Do not worry if your records are like scribbles. The fact is that you connect to your environment.

Some questions you can use to manage your diary, and deepen your connection to life around you are:

* What are the trees in my neighborhood? When bloom? What fruits and seeds look like? What insects use trees? When they lose their leaves? How to get seeds new sites to grow?
* What birds live in my neighborhood? What is their activity at various times of day? How different species of birds interact with each other?
* What are the types of insects gather around the light at the threshold of my door every evening throughout the year?
* When and where species of mushrooms appear in my neighborhood?

The use of such questions you can find the time to discover the landscape you live, and the landscape that lives in you. Those who keep diaries know that journaling is a form of tracking, and a log maintained, can become a valuable document of where we were, what we have seen, and what we felt we interacted with the world.

You do not have to visit the glaciers of Alaska or the jungles of India, or the savannahs of Africa to connect to Mother Earth, but who among us would not jump at the chance? Start by putting down roots right where you stand.

"It seems natural that we should appreciate what we are most in contact with every day … but the reverse is often true. It seems that we give more value animals and rare plants and spectacular views and remote locations. Of course both are important because they meet different needs. But the day when all places are in desperate need of our attention, partly because they move so quickly, and not always for the better, and also because huge advantage is to be gained from personal involvement with your own locality. "
~ The Parish Maps Project, London, England, 1987

About the Author

About the Author
Emma Snow has always adored wild animals. Emma provides content for Wildlife Animals http://www.wildlife-animals.com and Riding Stable http://www.riding-stable.com.

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