A HABITAT APPROACH TO BECOMING A NATURALIST:
A YEAR AT CRANBERRY LAKE
Patrick Louis Cooney, Ph.D.
This website shows you how to become a naturalist by tracking a selected natural area, this one in Westchester County, New York.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1. A HABITAT APPROACH TO NATURAL AREAS
CHAPTER 2. UNDERSTANDING NATURE THROUGH AN UNDERSTANDING OF EVOLUTION AND SPECIES CLASSIFICATION
CHAPTER 3. AN HISTORICAL APPROACH TO A NATURAL AREA
PART I. WINTER
CHAPTER 4. JANUARY: GETTING TO KNOW YOUR CHOSEN AREA THROUGH THE STUDY OF ITS GEOLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY
CHAPTER 5. FEBRUARY: STUDYING THE EVERGREENS AND WINTER BIRDS
PART II: SPRING
CHAPTER 7. LATE MARCH: MORE SIGNS OF SPRING
CHAPTER 8. EARLY APRIL: SPRING EPHEMERALS AND THE START OF WARBLER MIGRATION
CHAPTER 9. LATE APRIL: LEAFING AND FLOWERING OF FOREST BUSHES
CHAPTER 10. MAY: LEAFING OF THE TREES
CHAPTER 11. EARLY JUNE: SWAMPY AREAS AND MOUNTAIN LAUREL
PART III. EARLY SUMMER
CHAPTER 12: LATE JUNE AND EARLY JULY: MEADOWS WITH BUTTERFLIES
CHAPTER 13. JULY: BOG AND WET MEADOW ENVIRONMENTS
CHAPTER 14. EARLY TO MID-AUGUST: FOLIAR FRUIT FLAGGING FOR FALL MIGRANTS
CHAPTER 15: LATE AUGUST: DRY MEADOWS AND SEED DISPERSAL
CHAPTER 16. SEPTEMBER: INTO-THE-FALL BLOOMERS
PART IV. FALL
CHAPTER 17: LATE SEPTEMBER: EARLY COLOR CHANGES
CHAPTER 18. OCTOBER: DRAMATIC COLOR CHANGES
CHAPTER 19. NOVEMBER: REMNANT IDENTIFICATION
CHAPTER 20. DECEMBER: WINTER TREE IDENTIFICATION
PART V. WINTER
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