
Guide to Troubled Birds is the rare funny bird book that illustrates what any birder secretly knows: a lot of birds are jerks.
Keep reading Guide to Troubled Birds: showing birds as the jerks they sometimes are
![]() Guide to Troubled Birds is the rare funny bird book that illustrates what any birder secretly knows: a lot of birds are jerks. Keep reading Guide to Troubled Birds: showing birds as the jerks they sometimes are ![]() The latest animal research seems to prove that animals are sexually and morally freaky in ways we never imagined. This book turns biology into fun sideshows. Keep reading Zombie Birds shows us we still have a lot to learn about animals ![]() MT’s only wildlife sanctuary may close because it’s not meeting federal regulations, but it won’t say which ones. Keep reading Closing MT’s only wildlife rehab center, home to bear, lynx, Ted Turner’s magpie? ![]() Jon Young’s book What the Robin Knows will enable you–yes, you, the one who likes megafauna more than warblers–to figure out what birds say. And tell the birds you’re gentle so they don’t scare off animals. Keep reading What the robin knows–and how you can get him not to hate you ![]() The movie imagines the elusive animal really does survive, only a big drug company wants to kill it off for a magic potion it secretes.This is by no means the movie wildlife watchers would make about the fantastic hope that a living thylacine represents. Keep reading The Hunter: Crushing the fantasy if the Thylacine wasn’t extinct and someone wanted to kill it off again ![]() The century old tradition of feeding elk outside Yellowstone could end up severely hurting the population by spreading chronic wasting disease. Keep reading How quickly will national elk feeding grounds spread chronic wasting disease? ![]() gray tree frog David FitzSimmons, author of Curious Critters and photography instructor, dances with the creatures he photographs for a half hour or so to get to know them. “I try in images to convey some kind of personality,” he says. The dance involves making his partner comfortable and getting into unusual positions himself. “I try to shoot on eye level. We sort of look down on them.” And, yeah, he knows that some people cringe at using the word personality with animals. Well, I cringe at their cringing. He’s not thinking the squirrel feels romantic love for its mate, but the attitude and emotion that becomes clear when you get to know any animal. “A snake could be timid or particularly aggressive,” he says. “The crawfish [in the book] has got his claws up and seems particularly aggressive. The gray tree frog seems spiritual and humble.” Aside from a few technical tips–like putting a snake over a hat to get them comfortable before a shoot–FitzSimmons loves getting students of his photography workshops excited about little and common creatures, knowing their enthusiasm will lead to conservation of their subjects. He’s one of four professional photographers that lens-makers Sigma agency sends out nationwide. He teaches literature at Ashland University. For his most recent book, wrote Curious Critters, which we reviewed here, he photographed animals against a pure white background. His choices were local–from his own backyard to some of Ohio’s animal tourist attractions. His daughter helped, spotting the cover’s teeny Keep reading Willdife photographer David FitzSimmons dances with frogs ![]() Photographer David FitzSimmons gives local birds, frogs and other common animals the spotlight in a kids book with sharp macro pictures and funny text. Keep reading Curious Critters: local animals with excellent PR ![]() Canyon Ministries, which pushes a creationist view of the Grand Canyon, is turning to Yellowstone, where they see animals’ cooperative relationships as proof they didn’t just evolve. Keep reading Creationists see animals’ complex relationships as proof they didn’t just evolve ![]() How many bird species have you seen in New York City? Dennis Edge, an East Village photographer, has scored an amazing 88 species in and around Tompkins Square Park. Keep reading Dennis Edge, wildlife photographer, shows Tompkins Sq’s 88 bird species |
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