#field_guide

[leguin]

silver star mountain is my fav trail just north of Portland! the views r UNREAL!!! here is the Oregon hikers trail description: oregonhikers(.) org/field_guide/Silver_Star_Mountain_Hike

ooh thanks for the rec! gonna have to build up to that kind of elevation change for sure, just taking the macleay/wildwood trail up to pittock mansion really wiped me out, but i will definitely keep it in mind!

[cherokeechief84]

Took the climb up Multnomah Falls today. It was very worthwhile. Gorgeous scenery and decent challenge all rolled into one.

[organismjournalism]

African Wild Hare

hello !

welcome back to my blog ! this week we are talking about the african wild hare ! it’s getting exciting hare :) haha

The scientific name for this organism is Felis Silvestris, but it is commonly called an African Wild Cat. The taxonomic classifications are as follows:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Carnivora

Family: Felidae

Genus: Felis

Species: F. silvestris

The fur on an African wildcat is a light grey, and sometimes it has a pale yellow or reddish color. Their ears are reddish or grey, with long faint yellow hairs are the ear, which on a car is called the pinna. Their strips around the face are dark ochre to a black color. A long dark stripe runs along the back and the stomach which is a white color. They have two dark rings around their legs and behind the legs are stripped. They can be measuered up 47-59.7 cm (which is 18.5-23.5 inches) for a male. Females can be up to 40.6-55.8 cm (which is 16.0-22.0 inches).

African wildcats are all across Africa and parts of the Arabian Peninsula to the Caspian sea. They have been noted to be seen in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt. They are also found in the savannas of West Africa, Mauritania to the Horn of Africa, and also Somalia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Sudan, and towards South Africa. They live in hilly and mountanious places like the Hoggar Mountains.

Female wildcats give birth to 1-3 kittens, mostly during the warm season. The African wildcat often gives birth in hollows in the ground. The gestation period lasts between 56 and 69 days.

The kittens are born blind and need the care of the mother. They stay with their mother for five to six months and are fertile after six months.

This organism mainly preys on small rodents but they also eat small mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, insects and other invertebrates. The largest recorded preys for the wildcats are hares, springhares and birds up to the size of guineafowl. They also have been known to feed on jackal berries. Mice and rats are preferred, but if scare (not enough), they will switch up to arthropods and birds. African Wild Cats detect prey by sight or sound, stalks in crouch with head low. They rush forward to prey and pounce with the claws of the forefeet.

thanks for reading my blog ! see you next week :)

SOURCES :

http://www.awf.org/wildlife-conservation/african-hare

http://mpalalive.org/field_guide/african_savanna_hare

[birdsandwordassessment-blog]

Acryllium Vulturinum - Vulturine Guineafowl

Classification - Animalia - Chordata - Aves - Galliformes - Numididae - Acryllium - A. Vulturinim

Range - Western Africa; Somalia, most of Upper Kenya, Southern Somalia, small sections of Tanzania. Population stable and not in any danger presently.

Habitat - Forests, grassland, savanna and shrubland. Lays eggs on the ground in thick grasses, and uses the grasses and scrub for cover.

Size - Relatively large - 61-71 cm. Longer wings, neck, legs and tail than other guineafowl, and only distantly related. Female sometimes slightly smaller. Long tail, often long enough to drag behind the bird.

Plumage - Bare neck, with rusty brown patch or fine, hairlike feathers on crown of head. Bare face, blue/brown. Blue, black and white long feathered hackles around base of neck, forming a dangling cape. Vibrant cobalt breast, while feathers on top and along the wings are black specked with white. Long tail feathers, enough to drag on the ground. Gem-like red eyes.

Behaviour - Mostly terrestrial bird, but are strong fliers. Prefers to run. Lives in flocks of around 20-30. Roost in trees. Eat insects, small vertebrates (lizards, snakes), seeds, fallen fruit and tubers. Can last a long time without water. 

Usesful sites:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulturine_guineafowl - Wikipedia article.

http://mpalalive.org/field_guide/vulturine_guineafowl - Website of the Mpala Research Centre, Kenya.

http://www.oiseaux-birds.com/card-vulturine-guineafowl.html - Nicole Bouglouan

https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22679572/92819650 - International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) article.

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Northern River Terrapin (Batagur baska)

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Northern River Terrapin or Four toed Terrapin (Batagur baska)

Critically Endangered (CR) on the IUCN Red List

Protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972, India.

Included on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), making international trade in this species illegal

HABITAT

This terrapin is found in tidal areas of large rivers, sandbars and riverbanks.

RANGE

The terrapin is native to India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia. It is regionally extinct in Myanmar, Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam. Sunderbans is a good habitat range for this species.

PHYSICAL FEATURES

Head-Body Length – 60 cm,

Males have longer and thicker tails than females.

The snout is upturned.

Carapace or shell is black or gray. Females and juveniles are olive grey in colour.

Males usually have white eyes. Females – grey to brown eyes.

Species recognition feature – 4 claws in front feet. Other turtles have 5.

FAST FACTS

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Asia’s largest freshwater turtle.

The terrapins nest from Dec-March and can lay from 13-30 eggs.

When the female has laid her clutch of eggs she covers the nest with sand and then rises and falls on the surface to compact the sand, the resultant rhythmic ‘tun tonk’ sound has led to the species’ Malay name of ‘tuntong.

They can migrate 50-60 miles during breeding season to reach their sandbanks nesting sites.

The terrapin is known to nest at the same place during the same time each year. It is believed that this is the main reason that has led to people capturing the females and leading to the species population decline.

POPULATION

Exact numbers are not known but almost all batagur species of terrapins remain in limited numbers in tiny fragmented habitats.

THREATS

Over collection of adults and eggs from nesting sites.

Illegal poaching for meat and eggs.

Image courtesy – http://sundarbantigerreserve.org/images/baska.jpg

Download or Take A Print Of This Fact Sheet Here – Batagur baska

Reference

http://www.arkive.org/batagur/batagur-baska/

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/2614/0

http://www.turtlesurvival.org/component/taxonomy/term/summary/36/37#.WIcQ01V97IU

http://www.asianturtlenetwork.org/field_guide/Batagur_baska.htm

Northern River Terrapin (Batagur baska) was originally published on India's Endangered

[lexshook-blog]

These are images of the physical perfect final "Show Me the Chicken". The book includes 15 illustrations of Austin's finest fried birds. 

[hausofjaxportfolio]

Field Guide (Austin's Cupcake Handbook)

This project was made based on a fieldguide project. We are told to go out to a specific area and find objects that you could compare and contrast. I chose cupcakes and visited five different shops. I compared price, popularity, flavors and overall appearance. I used vectors and clipping masks to style my cupcakes. I wanted to go for something simple and elegant but with a fun attitude.

[hmassie-blog-blog]

Field Guide - Austin's Street Art

For this field guide I wanted to showcase the interesting forms of art expressed on facades of buildings all around Austin. I wanted to emphasize how the walls themselves are the 'canvas' and the art itself uses a variety of materials such as iron, ceramic, glass, plexiglass, and paint. In this book there is art from downtown and from south congress.

[lpgdesportfolio-blog]

Field Guide to the Zilker Kite Festival.  This guide takes the form of a fold up map/poster that opens to one side being history, types, contests, and map, while the other side contains a poster of images of kites found at the festival with an illustration indicating what type of kite it is.

[monigl-blog]

Field Guide

FIeField Guide by monicagonzalezleyv

For this project I had to create a field guide consisting of a set of similar things in the Austin environment. I chose to create a field guide to the best bakeries and desserts in Austin. I made a book that contains illustrations, photographs and designs created by me. This field guide contains 12 different bakeries where you can get the best desserts in town.

[marcomarroquin-blog-blog]

Junior Studio

Field Guide

Spring 2013

For my field guide, the topic I chose was breakfast tacos. The idea was that since Austin is known for its breakfast tacos, and everyone seems to have an opinion on which restaurant is the best, i thought the field guide would be interesting to come in the form of a playing card. On this card, you could add your own imput by rating how much you enjoyed the food on a scale from one to ten, while also getting necessary information like pricing, locations, and ingredients that could be added.

**the left is the front of the playing card and the right is the bottom**

**click on the image to see all of the playing cards**

[malloryashwander12-blog]

A Field Guide: Congress Avenue Architecture

Title: A Field Guide: Congress Avenue Architecture

Instructor: Natalie Davis

I focused on the architecture of North Congress Avenue for my field guide book. The sky line is a defining aspect of Austin, Tx. This field guide provides information on the buildings architects, history, and current use of the buildings. I chose to reflect the aspect of blueprints in my design of the book, creating vectors of the buildings, and creating a system on each page using blue dashed lines to highlight aspects of each building layout. I bound the book with a perfect bind.

[lexshook-blog]

"Show Me the Chicken" is an illustrated field guide that locations, categorizes and describes the best fried chicken in Austin. The physical book is perfect bound with a soft cover. Click on the title to read!

[jhcbailey-blog]

Two hours of solitude in the river bank

Tuesday 24th September 2013 Our instructor Graham swapped our bush walk this morning for an exercise in solitude.

We set off along the river bed and then every hundred metres or so he dropped us off. The idea was that we would simply sit there for the…

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[jhcbailey-blog]

At last we see lion, a big male lion

The exam done and dusted by 9 am so we had the rest of the day at a relaxed pace.

We tried playing rounders/ baseball but that was a disaster as no one good agree the rules and I could see the potential for a Lord of the flies style melt down.

Started…

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My first day taking a game drive

Wednesday 11th September 2013

During the pro-field guide course with EcoTraining they try and simulate what it would be like working in a lodge. This means long hours and seven days work for five weeks in a row (although we’re doing nine weeks). We are…

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