Game Ranger in Your Backpack

Game Ranger in Your Backpack is not a conventional field guide providing
dreary detail on plant and bird identification. Rather, this book substitutes
the dry precision of personal notes or ‘game ranger diaries’ with accessible
information for visitors to South Africa’s Lowveld region.
Making the diverse megafauna/microfauna/invertebrate species encountered
in the Lowveld accessible at a glance, this guide has seven handy books piled
on the seat beside you. Game Ranger in Your Backpack, covers common
mammals including impala, bushbabies, civets, mongoose, frogs, reptiles, birds
and insects, with hundreds of images to assist with species identification.
It makes the essentials of animal behaviour and common species recognition
accessible to amateur naturalists –whether first-time international visitors to
the bushveld, local holiday-makers, or aspiring game ranchers. It also sets out
the core knowledge that trainee game rangers are expected to master at the
outset.
These guides aim to create well-rounded naturalists, to accommodate
the varied interests of their clients and the sterling point is to address the
commonest subjects in all fields. With this foundational knowledge of the
common topics, game rangers can expand their insight in time by delving into
the more authoritative reference works. This approach can be applied by any
person keen to learn about the bush and Game Ranger in Your Backpack will
make that process as easy and engaging as possible.