If the log cabin of elephants and Bengal tigers harassment capture the imagination of fans of most animals, often ignore nature closer us. Sometimes we need reminders that we are part of a habitat, and there is the miracle of life before our eyes. Educator and naturalist Carolyn Duckworth said: "If want to understand and connect with their surroundings, keep a field journal is one of the fastest ways to achieve this goal. "
Studies have shown that children of today to consider the nature of being on the other hand, television, videos, on the National Geographic only. But in reality, a real connection with life wild in the world is an extension of a connection to the land where you are. Good naturalists do not make their knowledge about the school system, they receive in the field by direct observation. This observation may start in your garden or park on the street.
This article pointers to keep a diary of nature. It based largely on the program described in the book to keep a journal Nature: Discover a whole new way to see the world by Clare Walker Leslie and Charles E. Roth.
The tools needed to start the record type are simple and inexpensive. Need a notebook and writing materials. Experiments reveal their personal preferences paper striped or clear, binding type, size, and lead or ink. gain experience, you can add a small set of watercolor paints or crayons. If you use pencils you may need a pencil sharpener, or use mechanical pencils, which produce more technical-looking drawings. You can also use a bag of items you want to call and explore the interior. (Although you should pick up fallen objects only when the authorization is given).
There are no hard and fast rules for identifying the nature, even if the input observations using category is a good practice. Its location you can include your name, date and time (need not be an accurate timepiece), location, weather conditions, his first impressions, address Wind (Use a compass for this), cloud formation and cloud cover y.
For starters, you can find this script useful observations, and welcomes you into the habit of observing around you:
For a start, looking down. Get a closer view of individual objects. Try out one or more in his paper, labeling each item. Do not take more than five minutes per item, and specify the dimensions of size (no need for a ruler, just estimate.) learning, try to write at least one question about each object. Now, get up and draw what came to see the eye level. Label object and describe what you do, or what is gone. Look up from where you are. Record what you see above, and how you feel.
Nature journals are not just for artists. Do not worry if your files are like doodles. The fact is that you connect to your environment.
Some questions you can use to manage your calendar, and deepen its connection with the life around you are:
What are the trees in my neighborhood? When bloom? What fruits and seeds as? What insects use trees? When they lose their leaves? How to get their seeds to new places to grow? What birds live in my neighborhood? What is your activity different times of day? How many different bird species interact with each other? What types of insects gather around the light in my house every nights throughout the year? When and where fungal species appear in my neighborhood?
The use of these questions can be found for discovering the landscape is alive, living and landscape you. Those who keep diaries know that the journal is a form of monitoring and record keeping can become a valuable paper where we were, what we saw and we feel that interacted with the world.
Be sure to visit the glaciers of Alaska or the jungles of India, or linen Africa to connect with Mother Earth, but who among us would not jump at the chance? Start with roots in the bottom right where you stand.
"It seems natural that we should appreciate what we are more in touch with every day … but the opposite is often true. It seems to give more value animals and rare plants and spectacular views and remote locations. Of course both are important because they meet different needs. But when all the places desperately need our attention, partly because they change so quickly, and not always for the better, and also because a large advantage that stems from a personal commitment to their own locality. "~ The Parish Maps Project, London, England, 1987
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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