Pocket Guide Tracks & Tracking in Southern Africa
Pocket Guide Tracks & Tracking in Southern Africa

Author: Louis Liebenberg

Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa

Published: 2023-10-18

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 1775848728

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This handy guide provides simple tools to help interpret the tracks and signs of some 105 southern African mammals, reptiles, frogs and birds. Photographs and diagnostic spoor illustrations are given for each animal, along with information on behaviour, habits and habitat, and up-to-date distribution maps show where the animals occur. Special features on insects and scat supplement the text and a detailed introduction offers basic guidelines for learning how to become a tracker. Sales points: Clear illustrations of more than 125 animal tracks. 175 full-colour photographs. Special features on insects and scat. Author expertise well recognised in this field.

Sasol First Field Guide to Animal Tracks of Southern Africa
Sasol First Field Guide to Animal Tracks of Southern Africa

Author: Louis Liebenberg

Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa

Published: 2015-01-09

Total Pages: 135

ISBN-13: 1775843114

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This First Field Guide to Animal Tracks of Southern Africa will help those with an interest in interpreting animal tracks to identify the animals that have passed through an area. Full-colour photographs and easy-to-read text will enable the beginner and the budding naturalist to decipher the more common tracks encountered in southern Africa, learn about the unique features of each spoor and discover more about the animals that leave the spoor.

Mammals of Southern Africa and Their Tracks & Signs
Mammals of Southern Africa and Their Tracks & Signs

Author: Lee Gutteridge

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781431408061

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Tracking is a much-loved yet difficult subject that attracts at least some of the attention of almost every bush-goer who ventures into the wild places of southern Africa. The ability to accurately read difficult, partial, or little-seen signs left in the soil or sand is rare and largely the domain of professionals. However, by making use of this comprehensive guide, anyone who applies him- or herself can begin to decipher these natural hieroglyphs etched on the ground. In this volume, highly accurate sketches of animal tracks are combined with a wide selection of extremely varied photographs that provide an all-round impression of the signs the animals may leave behind. This field guide to mammal tracks and signs also serves as an ID guide to the mammals of southern Africa as full color photographs of each animal are included.

The Lion Tracker's Guide to Life
The Lion Tracker's Guide to Life

Author: Boyd Varty

Publisher: HarperOne

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780358099772

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Set in the African bush: a tracker seeks one lion, thanks to lessons that can teach us all how to live--Provided by publisher.

Animal Tracking Basics
Animal Tracking Basics

Author: Tiffany Morgan

Publisher: Stackpole Books

Published: 2007-01-23

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0811742423

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Offers expert instruction and in-the-field advice for the novice and experienced tracker.

Invertebrates of Southern Africa & Their Tracks and Signs
Invertebrates of Southern Africa & Their Tracks and Signs

Author: Lee Gutteridge

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781431421572

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Invertebrates of Southern Africa and their Tracks & Signs covers a never-before-explored aspect of Southern African nature and is an essential new addition to the library of every nature lover. It was researched and written over the last four and a half years to open a door to a little known micro-world that exists all around us. Invertebrates - which include commonly seen creatures such as butterflies, spiders, beetles, worms and scorpions - are everywhere. The signs of their day-to-day activities are all around us if we know where to look. The life cycles and behaviours of many animals are discussed, with a special focus on interactions between mammals and invertebrates - a fascinating subject in itself. While working on this book, Lee Gutteridge spent many hours in the field with expert entomologists and arachnologists, many of whom commented that; even though they had spent a lifetime in the field, this experience, of invertebrate tracking, had changed the way that they see the invertebrate world. With funding received from the Oppenheimer family, 250 copies will be donated to indigenous trackers, whose knowledge Lee appreciates and respects.

Swaziland
Swaziland

Author: Mike Unwin

Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides

Published: 2012-11-08

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1841624004

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Swaziland is Africa's second smallest country and its last remaining absolute monarchy. Dwarfed by neighbouring South Africa, this tiny, landlocked nation punches well above its weight in terms of both nature and culture. Author Mike Unwin explores the excellent wildlife reserves and wild hiking trails offering waterfalls, rock art and prolific flora and birdlife, and introduces travellers to the country's rich and varied landscapes. His personal insights, together with colourful anecdotes provide entertaining insights, give an insider's perspective. He divides Swaziland into four distinct regions, with detailed maps and itineraries for timescales from one weekend to one month. It includes a practical guide to neighbouring attractions easily accessed from Swaziland, including Maputo (Mozambique) and the Kruger Park (South Africa), both less than one hour's drive away. The natural history section offers far greater detail and more accurate information than found elsewhere, drawing on the author's extensive insider knowledge and experience.

Tracker Manual
Tracker Manual

Author: Alex van den Heever

Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa

Published: 2024-03-01

Total Pages: 830

ISBN-13: 1775847756

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Featuring all-new spoor drawings, some 200 new photographs and an extra 35 species, this fully revised and updated edition of the ever-popular Tracker Manualis packed with the latest on the art of tracking. Based on information developed by some of southern Africa’s best traditional trackers, Tracker Manual gives even more guidance on how to identify the spoor of some 190 animal species. Individual chapters cover carnivores, large mammals, antelopes, small mammals, primates, hares and rodents, amphibians and reptiles, birds and insects. Each account contains: Simple, bulleted text on key points of each animal’s tracks. Clear, accurate track drawings. Numerous informative photographs, sometimes annotated. A list of similar tracks (where applicable), to avoid misidentification. An instructive introduction describes the science of tracking and outlines what to look for in the field, while a quick-reference table compares tracks that are easily confused. This detailed and richly illustrated manual to the region’s most common animal tracks and signs will prove invaluable in the field. Sales points: Presents the tracks and signs of over 190 different animals. Written and illustrated by experts in the field. Compact, portable and easy to use. Rich in visual detail. Useful instructive introduction to tracking.