| One of the inevitable parts of our travel kits are field | | | | to activities like wild life photography, hiking, eco-tourism |
| guides and NIMS guides. These tiny but not to be | | | | and guides to conservation, endangered species and |
| ignored pocket books give us quick knowledge about | | | | threatened communities. |
| a particular species of plant or an animal that we | | | | Finding an unknown species name in a field guide does |
| seem to be interested in. It's generally used by tourists | | | | not necessarily mean that every time you're flipping |
| to identify animals or plants that may look alike but are | | | | pages you slog to find the unknown animal or plant's |
| not closely related. | | | | description. |
| These small light weight books contain lot of valuable | | | | These guides are arranged so methodically that each |
| information, photos and maps that can help us lead to | | | | time we want to get any information we get to the |
| our animal or plant we want to reach, their primary | | | | point right away- |
| habitats, their description, their food habits, migration etc. | | | | According to physical characteristics- |
| Just by flipping few pages we can unravel a whole lot | | | | For instance a field guide to trees might group its |
| of animal secrets we've always been dying to find out. | | | | species according to whether leaves are attached to |
| Normally field guides are mostly dealing with plants and | | | | trees singly, in pairs or in groups. |
| animals but other than this there are also field guides | | | | According to what's related to what- |
| who help in identifying rocks, footprints, minerals, clouds, | | | | For instance bird field guides nearly always group |
| stars and planets and plenty of other things of interest. | | | | together birds that belong to the same order (duck |
| So if you are a nature lover then filed guides have | | | | order, owl order or perching bird order) |
| surely been a trip a part of your trips at some point or | | | | It's totally up to you to choose which order you prefer |
| the other. | | | | the most. Generally for amateurs it's better to go with |
| Not only do we find conventional field guides for every | | | | a field guide according to physical traits and for |
| particular species of animals but we also have | | | | professionals to choose field guides arranged |
| specialized field guides which include guides to habitats | | | | taxonomically. |
| like deserts, coastal regions, forests, wetlands, guides | | | | |