As concern for the welfare of species like honey bees and monarch butterflies grows alongside awareness of the impact of climate change, inspiring the next generation of citizen scientists is more important than ever. With Wildlife Ranger Action Guide, kids can make the world better for the animals and insects they love, starting right in their own backyards. Dozens of hands-on activities and habitat creation projects, such as making a frog pond from a kiddie pool, planting a pollinator garden for bees, painting a bat house, and building a lodge for lizards, encourage children to learn about and take an active role in protecting local wildlife. Lively photographic field guides covering 78 North American wildlife species teach kids about the habits and habitats of each and include tips for providing the plants and food needed for their survival.
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With hands-on projects, activities, and a wildlife field guide, kids discover how they can identify, attract, and protect habitat for bees, butterflies, and wild animals living right around them. Mary Kay Carson is the author of Wildlife Ranger Action Guide. She has written more than 50 books for young people about wildlife, space, weather, nature, and history, including six titles in the acclaimed Science in the Field series, Weather Projects for Young Scientists, and more. She has served as associate editor of Scholastic Super Science magazine and developed student and teacher guides for Audubon Adventures.
Be a Hero for Local Wildlife!
Birds, insects, reptiles, amphibians, and mammals live all around you — and you can help protect them! Use the field guide pages to learn about which species you're likely to see in your area. Then turn your backyard into a sanctuary by creating an animal-friendly habitat where wild residents can find food, water, shelter, and places to nest and raise their young. 1 You Can Save Wild Animals!
Wildlife Spotting Blind
Water Watch
Test Feeders
Little Critters Paw Printer
Sandpit Tracks Trap
Safari Survey
Beneficial Bug Bait
Nightlife Light Trap
2 Come on in, Feathered Friends
Coffee Tub Nest Box
Anti-Crash Window Clings
Homemade Hummer Feeder
Hummer Swing
Seedy Sock
Bird Alert Scrunchy
Ornaments for the Birds
Quick-and-Easy Suet Cakes
Who's That Singing?
BIRDS FIELD GUIDE
American Crow
American Goldfinch
American Robin
Baltimore Oriole
Black-Billed Magpie
Black-Capped Chickadee
Black-Headed Grosbeak
Blue Jay
Carolina Wren
Common Grackle
Dark-Eyed Junco
Eastern Bluebird
Great Horned Owl
House Finch
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker
Red-Tailed Hawk
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Song Sparrow
Tufted Titmouse
Turkey Vulture
3 Attract Butterflies, Bees & Other Buggy Buddies
Be Home, Bees
Bee Blocks and Boxes
Butterfly Cafe
BUGS & INSECTS FIELD GUIDE
Banana Slug
Cecropia Moth
Common Walking Stick
Differential Grasshopper
Garden Spider
Green Darner Dragonfly
Grove Snail
Harvestman
Katydid
Lady Beetle
Mason Bee
Monarch B
