today I invested in a set of field guides so I could better identify lake life during my visits there. So now if I come across a butterfly, bird, insect, wildflower, tree, or amphibian I should be able to figure out what specific kind of life form I'm seeing (assuming I have the book with me or get a good picture, or am able to remember identifying characteristics until I have access to the book). Since I'm completely new at identifying nature, I was just hoping to find some help in telling the difference between, say, an oak and any other kind of tree, for example. Hence I was a teeny overwhelmed to discover in my perusal of the newly acquired guides that there are umpteen different kinds of oak trees each with their own specific bark and leaves, etc. Yikes, I think my head is spinning.
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