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Venturing
Out?
Download one of the following checklists to
make your visit fun AND educational!
What plants and animals can I find at Chippewa Nature
Center?
Articles by Janea Little, Chippewa Nature Center Senior
Naturalist:
Outreach Programs
Interested
in having one of our naturalists speak to your group? A
wide variety of topics are available. Please call
989.631.0830 for full descriptions.
Bela Hubbard Programs:
Recommended
Reading
Rites of
Conquest – For those who seek a better understanding of
the history of Michigan’s Native Americans, this book
provides an excellent overview of Native American history
through European contact, the fur trade, treaty making,
reservation establishment and into modern times.
Where Two Worlds Meet
– This book uses images of Great
Lakes fur trade era artifacts and period illustrations to
investigate the importance of the fur trade and how people
from two different worlds exchanged goods and ideas, changing
both cultures forever.
Winter World, by Bernd
Heinrich – How animals, particularly the golden-crowned
kinglet, survive the winter. A fabulous read!
Caterpillars of Eastern
North America – At last, a full-sized field guide to
caterpillars! Use it for more than a field guide, though,
because it is chock-full of natural history and behavioral
information.
Forest and Thicket, Swamp
and Bog and any other book by the late John Eastman –
These books are not field guides, but are loaded with
information on ecological interactions, folklore and other
facets not easily found in other sources.
Songs
of Insects, by Lang Elliott and Wil
Hershberger. Includes
a wonderful CD of the songs of katydids, grasshoppers,
crickets and tree crickets from (mostly) eastern
North America
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Has wonderful natural history information and
practical tips such as which species will continue to sing
when under the glare of a flashlight.
Field
Guide to Insects of
North America, by Kenn Kaufman. Practical,
easy-to-use guide, albeit focusing on the more common
species. Wonderful photographs Kaufman-style (altered to
highlight the key ID features).
Spiders
of the North Woods, by Larry Weber.
The “North Woods” series doesn’t technically
include southern Michigan, but still, a beautiful guide to most of the spiders of
this area. Packed
full of interesting information on spiders, from
web-building to mating behaviors.
Newsletters
Installations
Day by day, month
by month, nature is always changing.
Take a moment to learn about the flora, fauna and
historical happenings of the region.
Looking
for how-to information, suggested paddling
routes, and links to special interest web sites?
Be
sure to check out the Resources
page.
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