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Celebrate urban ecology as Take A City Nature Walk takes you on a nature adventure in your local city or town. You’ll be surprised by the creatures you can discover in the city when you know where to look. Learn how animals have adapted to city life, the resources available to animals in our cities and how animals survive among the people, buildings, traffic and other city hazards. Take your book with you outdoors so you can take field notes in the Field Notes Pages, identify plants and animals from their photos in the book, and make lists of the plants and animals you discover. Take a City Nature Walk is recommended by Jeff Corwin, Wildlife biologist and Emmy winning Executive Producer and host of Animal Planet’s popular TV series, “The Jeff Corwin Experience”, and the Urban Ecology Center of Milwaukee, and holds the National Gardening Association’sSeal of Approval. Take a City Nature Walk is a great gift for kids, families, and people who would like to learn more about nature in our cities. Purchase your signed copy today!
Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 6.4 |
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What is nature? |
Adaptations |
Resources |
Habitats |
Identification |
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Whether you are exploring a big city or a little town, learn where to look for nature and what to look for once you arrive. |
Have you ever wondered why there are so many pigeons in our cities? Learn why - and how pigeons have adapted to city life.
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What is a city’s most important plant? It’s most valuable plant? It’s most useful plant? Learn about trees and why Jane votes them first prize in all three categories.
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Within a city there are many different habitats. From vacant lots, parking lots, parks, rivers, streams, even puddles—learn about the plants and animals you can find in each. |
The birds, trees, insect, spider, flower, reptile, amphibian, and mammal identification pages will help you to identify the plants and animals you find during your city nature walk.
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