Pocket Observology: A Field Guide

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Pocket Observology: A Field Guide

Giselle Clarkson

(Gecko Press)

Observologists make a science out of looking. They are patient, safe, spend a lot of time waiting but are ‘insatiably curious’. It seems their first question is always ‘How?’ rather than ‘What?” For example, how does it move, how is it patterned, how is it behaving, or how is it put together? Then again, it seems observologists have an idea of the best places to research. Their preparations, include a research log for recording and comparing.

They might record the antennae they sight, or the number of legs. Then again, they might record how their specimen sounds. What’s more, they’ll identify their specimen more certainly through working through Giselle Clarkson‘s Pocket Observology: A Field Guide. 

Like the writer/ illustrator’s acclaimed The Observologist, this is a tip-top resource book, filled with essential information and tips, graphs and diagrams, a real ‘how to’. Then again this is a book that could be popped into your rucksack to help you when you’re out spotting.

The book is divided into sections including invertebrates, plants and fungi, birds and ‘how to’.

Bookwagon is so proud to recommend Pocket Observology: A Field Guide.