Best forests & rainforests guides according to redditors
We found 6 Reddit comments discussing the best forests & rainforests guides. We ranked the 6 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 6 Reddit comments discussing the best forests & rainforests guides. We ranked the 6 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
National Geographic issue he is showing.
I just realized no one has asked you where you live! All these answers are pretty much North America centric as I am assuming that is where you live.
Everyone has mentioned Sibley (who is pretty much my idol) but there a couple other books that might be interesting to you as well. I would definitely recommend his field guide over his full guide for you.
Another good idea would be getting a hold of regional field guide or an American Bird Association (ABA) list for your area. It would help you to narrow down the species you are likely to be looking at. Using a field guide full of incidentals/rare/crosses/sub-species can be confusing for a new birder so a smaller list can help you pinpoint which species you should be flipping through your book to look at. You can often find these lists at state and county parks. Your state/local DNR site is a great place to find birding resources in your area!
My favorite bird is the Ovenbird! They are fat and stripey and seriously loud for being sort of cagey undergrowth dwellers. I often log them on my bird lists without ever seeing one because their loud calls are unmistakable (and often unending). They aren't impressive or majestic but they are pretty cute with their stripey orange mohawks.
If anyone is interested, they included a 20"x32" foldout of this map (along with an awesome diagram of the partial universe on the back) in the October 1999 edition (vol. 196, no. 4) of the Nat Geo magazine. If you want an awesome poster for your room, they are selling a few copies on Amazon for only a couple of dollars.
I found a copy yesterday at my local art recycling center (by pure coincidence), and the foldout is hanging on my wall right now!
You can own a copy of the map. (I'm not sure what you mean by "large".)
There are also similar National Geographic maps of the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Arctic Ocean.
And there is one of the whole world.
Years ago I read a book that describes the five minute drama of a sloth in near panic fleeing. A sloth can move at up to 4m (13ft) per minute, but it takes a lot of energy. So, sloths don't have what we would call a burst of speed.
Sloths move slowly for several reasons:
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cne.901490209/abstract?systemMessage=Wiley+Online+Library+will+be+disrupted+3+Dec+from+10-12+GMT+for+monthly+maintenance), but this isn't well understood.
There is a national geographic magazine from when they located it in the 80s that you may be able to find the back issue. I remember being thrilled with it as a kid when I found it in the library. It is here https://www.amazon.com/National-Geographic-Magazine-December-1985/dp/B002B50EVW