International Field Guide/Resource AND Community Contacts List
publication date: Oct 7, 2009
International Field Guide/Resource and Community Contact List (Listed by Country) Please help us! If you want to add to
this list of resources we already have for a country OR give us
information for a country not listed here, please email the information
to: director@kamana.org Thank you in advance for helping future generations of Kamana students! Tausend Wunder auf Stillen Wegen
Das Kritische Heilpflanzen Blätter von Bäumen Medizin der Erde Bäume und Sträucher des Waldes Federn, Spuren, und Zeichen Selection of one student's favorites: Birds BLV Handbuch Vögel Kosmos Naturführer : Greifvögel
Europas Vögel der Alpen ( Birds of the Alps ) Venomous things Giftpflanzen, Gifttiere Amphibians etc Amphibien und Reptilien erkennen und
schützen Immigrated species Plants I have not found a real good book for beginners. There is nothing like Newcomb's Wildflower Guide. For me the following worked best: Kosmos Naturführer : Was blüht
denn da ? Steinbachs Naturführer : Beeren,
Wildgemüse, Heilkräuter
(berries, wild vegetables, medicinal plants) Pflanzen auf Wiesen und am Wasser Medizin der Erde If you really go for it sooner or
later a scientific book for identification is needed : Trees Steinbachs Naturführer Bäume Pareys Buch der Bäume Knospen und Zweige (
buds and twigs) Blüten
( flowers of trees ) Blätter von Bäumen und du begleitest mich Mammals Raubwild heute
( Carnivores ) Tracks Insects Kosmos Naturführer Bienen, Wespen,
Ameisen (Bees, wasps, ants) Libellen
(Dragonflies) From the National Park Hohe Tauern (Austrian Alps) there are books on plants and vertebrates not very systematic info, but okay. Books I used but would not necessarily recommend : Mammals : BLV Bestimmungsbuch Säugetiere If different editions offer books on the same topic usually the Steinbach Naturführer are the best (in my opinion, like Peterson). There is a good one on ferns, lichens and mosses, one on butterflies COMMUNITY CONTACTS OF INTEREST Haus der Natur Museum in Salzburg Natur & Wildnis Schule der Alpen (Nature and Wilderness School of the Alps, in Austria) www.wildnisuniversitaet.at kiefernzapfen@aon.at Neder 83, 6094 Grinzens/Tirol, Österreich. A Kamana student instructor and many classes. Natyoure, Nature and Wilderness programs. natyoure@gmx.at in Austria. I would contact the National Parks of Austria. Should not be difficult for a student to find. There are several Nature and Survival schools by students of Tom Brown and WAS in Germany and Austria. For southern Austria a very good address would be Natur Agentur, www.naturagentur.at - they offer a lot of courses for children and grown ups in coyote teaching fashion. BirdLife Österreich ( Austrian society of ornithology ), www.birdlife.at - they have a program each year with excursions in the different parts of Austria.
Plants of the Western Boreal Forest and
Aspen Parkland. Mammals of Alberta Birds of Alberta Bugs of Alberta Trees and Shrubs of Alberta Trees of Canada "These books all make life easier for a Kamana Two Student. Bugs of Alberta, a local best-seller, has been followed up by Tiger Beetles of Alberta and Butterflies of Alberta, with the characteristic humour and passion of John Acorn." Also interesting, but not as essential: Edible and Medicinal Plants of the Rocky
Mountains and Neighboring Territories Naturescape Alberta is a good book on naturalizing your backyard. Website is www.naturescape.ab.ca The Federation of Alberta Naturalists-Field
Guide to Alberta Birds Wildflowers of Alberta Mushrooms of Western Canada Amphibians and Reptiles of Alberta COMMUNITY CONTACTS OF INTERESTS FOR CANADA A Yahoo group called yahoogroups.com/albertatrackers Government of Alberta has monitoring projects for amphibians etc www.gov.ab.ca/env/fw/amphib/index.html Wildwood (www.ecoforestry.ca) Merv Wilkinson, citizen forester with 136 acres of sustainable logging on Vancouver Island. 1-250-245-5540 Oak and Orca Bioregional School. Alternative Elementary School. 2738 Higgins St., Victoria, BC Canada. 1-250-383-6609 Good places for books: Mountain Equipment Co-op and University of Alberta bookstore, also Wildbird General Store in Edmonton. Place to visit: Provincial Museum of Alberta,
in Edmonton Lynx (Lynx canadensis) instead of bobcat (Lynx rufus) AUSTRALIA (Primarily Eastern Australia) Go here for species to journal for Kamana 2 Go here for tips on the Kamana 2 Resource Trail Field Guides for Australian Hazards 1. Australia's Dangerous Creatures. Publisher: Reader's Digest, 1987 ISBN 0864380186 Excellent resource with detailed information on both animals and plants ( info on plants more limited). Contain range maps and good photographs for identification. Purchased mine in 2nd hand book shop. 2. Venomous Creatures of Australia. Author: Sutherland and Sutherland Publisher: Oxford ISBN: 0195553306 Price: $34.95 Another good resource, only contains animals. Clear photographs and range maps. Can be time consuming reading information when journaling. 3. CRONIN'S KEY GUIDE: Australian Wildlife. Author: Leonard Cronin. Publisher: Allen & Unwin, 2007 ISBN: 9781741750751 Price: $35.00 Range maps, coloured line drawings of animals, easy to journal from, as info under clear headings. One limitation, line drawings are small, so identification not as easy. Use in conjunction with the above 2 resources. Not essential. 4. CRONIN'S KEY GUIDE: Australian Reptiles and Amphibians. Author: Leonard Cronin Publisher: Envirobook, 2001 ISBN: 0858811863 Price: $35.00 This can be used instead of CRONIN"S Wildlife when journaling snakes. Line drawings much larger, and easier to see field marks for identification. Not essential. Field Guides for Australian Mammals 5. A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Author: Peter Menkhorst, Frank Knight. Publisher: Oxford ISBN: 019550870X Price: $45.00 A must. Best field guide I have seen for mammals and for ease of use. Jon Young recommends using Field Guides with coloured line drawings that are anatomically correct, in normal baseline posture and show clearly field marks for identification.. For this single reason I recommend this Field Guide. 6. Tracks, Scats and Other Traces: a Field Guide To Australian Mammals. Author: Barbara Triggs. Publisher: Oxford ISBN: 0195550994 Price: $$39.95 One of only a few books on this subject in Australia, so makes this essential for Kamana. Recommend using post- it notes when journaling a mammal species as information has been separated into different sections making it challenging when doing 30 minute journals. Post it notes or other page tags speeds the process up. 7. CRONIN'S KEY GUIDE: Australian Wildlife. Author: Leonard Cronin. Publisher: Allen & Unwin, 2007 ISBN: 9781741750751 Price: $35.00 Can be used to supplement journals. Not essential. Field Guides for Australian Plants 8. USEFUL WEEDS AT OUR DOORSTEP. Author: Pat Collins Publisher: Pat Collins ISBN: 0646364685 Total Health & Education Centre Ph: 02 65411884 A very good field guide with local, common species, detailing the many gifts of each plant. Does not contain range maps. Have not used this as yet in my Kamana studies, however looks like a very handy resource and easy to use. 9. Field Guide To The native plants of Sydney Author: Les Robinson Publisher: Kangaroo Press, 1991. ISBN: 0731812115 Price: $39.95 Known as the "bible" for bush regenerators and people interested in Botany. Line drawings are very useful, simple and clear. Basic information on identification and also contains historical uses of plants by Aboriginals and early European settlers of Australia. No range maps, only a few species on study list of Kamana 2 in this Field Guide, however very good for Kamana 3 &4. Although it covers Sydney area, many species are common in other areas of the East Cast of Australia. 10. TOM BROWN'S FIELD GUIDE TO WILDERNESS SURVIVAL Author: Tom Brown with Brandt Morgan Publisher: Berkley Books,1983 ISBN: 042505876X Price: $14.00 (US) This Field Guide although North American, contains many cosmopolitan plant species that are present in Australia and on the Kamana Plant Study List. Contains line drawings, and very good, basic information on the gifts and uses of each plant. Field Guides to Australian Ecological Indicators 11. CRONIN'S KEY GUIDE: Australian Wildlife. Author: Leonard Cronin. Publisher: Allen & Unwin, 2007 ISBN: 9781741750751 Price: $35.00 Very simple and easy to use Field Guide, especially for Ecological indicators. Contains coloured line drawings, range maps and basic information. 12. A Field Guide to Frogs of Australia. Author: Martyn Robinson Publisher: Reed Books Australia, 1994. ISBN: 0730103935 A very useful supplementary Field Guide. Photographs are large and clearly show field marks. Contains good info and range maps for journaling. Field Guides for Australian Trees The following Field Guides are all excellent in their own way, however I have found no single field guide in Australia that contains all the information required for journaling trees. Each of these field guides supplement each other. One has excellent line drawings, another photographs, another good range maps and the last contains basic but excellent info on Aboriginal uses. 13 Field Guide To The Native Plants of Sydney Author: Les Robinson Publisher: Kangaroo Press, 1991. ISBN: 0731812115 Price: $39.95 Known as the "bible" for bush regenerators and people interested in Botany. Line drawings are very useful, simple and clear. Basic information on identification and also contains historical uses of plants by Aboriginals and early European settlers of Australia. No range maps. Although it covers Sydney area, many species are common in other areas of the East Cast of Australia 14 EUCALYPTS OF THE SYDNEY REGION- a bushwalker's guide. Author: Gary Leonard Publisher: UNSW Press, 2007 ISBN: 9780868408620 Price: $27.15 One of my favourite Field Guides to use. For Eucalypts and Agophoras this is gold. Contains photographs of the bark of each species, simple clear line drawings of the silouhete of tree( shape or form), drawings of flower buds and capsule. Information is excellent to enable quick journaling. Highly recommended for Kamana. Although it covers Sydney area , many species are common in other areas of the East Cast of Australia. 15. CRONIN'S KEY GUIDE - Australian Trees Author: Leonard Cronin Publisher: JACANA BOOKS/ ALLEN & UNWIN ISBN: 2007 Price: $35.00 Easy, simple to use for quick reference and journaling make this an excellent supplementary Field guide for studying trees in Kamana. Contains coloured line drawings of each species showing leaf arrangement, leaf, fruit, flowers and sometimes form of tree. Also contains range map. Does not contain any information about the gifts of each tree or the bark(very useful for identification). 16. ABORIGINAL land use at Tocal - the Wonnarua Story Author: Jennifer Laffan and Cameron Archer Publisher: NSW Agriculture TOCAL, 2004 ISBN: 0731305779 Phone: 02 49398888 Web: www.tocal.com A must for Kamana Program. Contains basic, very good information on the known uses of local plants to be used by the Wonnarua People of the Hunter Valley. Easy to use and supplements the above Field Guides really well. Due to many of the plant species being found in many parts of Eastern Australia, this guide can be used for this part of Australia. Another Field Guide to condsider for the study of Trees in the Kamana Program is Bushwise by Pat Collins. Field Guides for Australian Birds 17. THE FIELD GUIDE to the BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. Author: Graham Pizzey & Frank Knight Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0207198217 My favourite Field Guide for studying, journaling birds in Kamana . Beautiful, clear line drawings with each bird anatomically correct, in a baseline resting position showing Field marks. Easy to use with good basic information and range maps. This Field Guide also contains a section in back of Field Guide on all the bird Families in Australia which is required for Kamana 3. 18. Field Guide to Australian Birds Author: Michael Morcombe Publisher: Steve Parish Publishing ISBN:174021417X Price: $45.00 Another excellent Field Guide for Kamana. This guide contains excellent line drawings with key identification features beside each illustration. This guide contains nests and eggs of all bird species that breed in Australia, which is required for journaling birds. Used in conjunction with above guide, perfect combination for Kamana Program. A huge thanks to Matt Forde who put all this together for Australia! |