Wildlife Ranger Action Guide

As concern for the welfare of species like honey bees and monarch butterflies grows alongside awareness of the impact of climate change, inspiring the next generation of citizen scientists is more important than ever. With Wildlife Ranger Action Guide, kids can make the world better for the animals and insects they love, starting right in their own backyards. Dozens of hands-on activities and habitat creation projects, such as making a frog pond from a kiddie pool, planting a pollinator garden for bees, painting a bat house, and building a lodge for lizards, encourage children to learn about and take an active role in protecting local wildlife. Lively photographic field guides covering 78 North American wildlife species teach kids about the habits and habitats of each and include tips for providing the plants and food needed for their survival.

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With hands-on projects, activities, and a wildlife field guide, kids discover how they can identify, attract, and protect habitat for bees, butterflies, and wild animals living right around them. Mary Kay Carson is the author of Wildlife Ranger Action Guide. She has written more than 50 books for young people about wildlife, space, weather, nature, and history, including six titles in the acclaimed Science in the Field series, Weather Projects for Young Scientists, and more. She has served as associate editor of Scholastic Super Science magazine and developed student and teacher guides for Audubon Adventures.

Be a Hero for Local Wildlife!

Birds, insects, reptiles, amphibians, and mammals live all around you — and you can help protect them! Use the field guide pages to learn about which species you're likely to see in your area. Then turn your backyard into a sanctuary by creating an animal-friendly habitat where wild residents can find food, water, shelter, and places to nest and raise their young. 1 You Can Save Wild Animals!

Wildlife Spotting Blind

Water Watch

Test Feeders

Little Critters Paw Printer

Sandpit Tracks Trap

Safari Survey

Beneficial Bug Bait

Nightlife Light Trap

2 Come on in, Feathered Friends

Coffee Tub Nest Box

Anti-Crash Window Clings

Homemade Hummer Feeder

Hummer Swing

Seedy Sock

Bird Alert Scrunchy

Ornaments for the Birds

Quick-and-Easy Suet Cakes

Who's That Singing?

BIRDS FIELD GUIDE

American Crow

American Goldfinch

American Robin

Baltimore Oriole

Black-Billed Magpie

Black-Capped Chickadee

Black-Headed Grosbeak

Blue Jay

Carolina Wren

Common Grackle

Dark-Eyed Junco

Eastern Bluebird

Great Horned Owl

House Finch

Northern Cardinal

Northern Flicker

Red-Tailed Hawk

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

Rufous Hummingbird

Song Sparrow

Tufted Titmouse

Turkey Vulture

3 Attract Butterflies, Bees & Other Buggy Buddies

Be Home, Bees

Bee Blocks and Boxes

Butterfly Cafe

BUGS & INSECTS FIELD GUIDE

Banana Slug

Cecropia Moth

Common Walking Stick

Differential Grasshopper

Garden Spider

Green Darner Dragonfly

Grove Snail

Harvestman

Katydid

Lady Beetle

Mason Bee

Monarch B