This  book  is  a  collection  of  essays  and  anecdotes  about  19  animals,  18  birds,  15 fish,  10  reptiles,  31 insects,  39  plants,  17  trees,  and  6  other  subjects  encountered  in  nature  by  the  author,  mostly  in  the  region  from  West  Virginia  to  Vermont.   Hopefully,  it  lends  personality  to  these  subjects  and  leaves  the  reader  with  a  sense  of  the  changing  view  of  our  natural  world  during  the  20th  century.     It  is  not  encyclopedic,  being  

limited  to  things  the  author  has  had  experience  with.    On  the  other  hand,  it  contains  many  off-beat  details  not  to  be  found  in  other  references.

Among  stone-age  peoples,  one  of  the  important  duties  the  hunter  had  to  fulfill  when  he  returned  home  was  to  tell  the  other  members  of  his  tribe  where  he  had  been,  what  he  had  seen,  and  what  he  had  done.   That  is  what  the  author  attempts  to  do  in  this  book.

 For  instance,  he  tells  of :    Dealings  with  raccoons,  both  tame  and  wild.   How  to  rescue  a  skunk  from  a  storm  drain.   Home-made  animal  traps.   What  constitutes  a  successful  backwoods  fox  hunt.   How  kingfishers  and  sparrow  hawks  mourn  their  dead.  Why  bluebirds  are  scarce.   Why  a  killdeer  will  tease  a  dog.   Where  to  find  bluegills  in  the  Ohio  River  or  smelt  in  the  Niagara  River.   A  box  turtle's  prediction  of  dry  weather  and  rain.   Living  where  copperheads  live.   Playing  with  garter  snakes.   How  to  find  a  bee  tree.   The  very  different  lives  and  habits  of  hornets,  brown  wasps,  and  mud  dauber  wasps.    Sleeping  with  bedbugs.   The  psychological  warfare  of  the  deer  fly.   When  to  look  for  snow  fleas.   How  to  recognize  chamomile  by  its  aroma.   The  scarcity  of  ginseng.   Trouble  with  jack-in-the-pulpit.    Using  jimson  weed  to  kill  flys.   The  forms  and  effects  of  poison  ivy.    Why  black  raspberries  grow  in  smaller  patches  than  red  raspberries.    Making  use  of  elderberries.    How  Indians  used  acorns  as  food.    Growing  black  walnut  trees  from  seed.

There  are  no  pictures  in  this  book.    Those  would  greatly  increase  the  size  and  cost  without  adding  enough  to  its  message  of   how  the  subjects  act  and  interact  with  us.

The  author  has  found  that  no  one  knows  all  there  is  to  know  about  nature.    If  you  are  woods-wise,  you  can  still  learn  new  things  in  this  book.    If  you  are  not  woods-wise,  you  can  jump-start  your  own  nature  walk  in  these  pages.

This  book  is  a  collection  of  essays  and  anecdotes  about  19  animals,  18  birds,  15 fish,  10  reptiles,  31 insects,  39  plants,  17  trees,  and  6  other  subjects  encountered  in  nature  by  the  author,  mostly  in  the  region  from  West  Virginia  to  Vermont.   Hopefully,  it  lends  personality  to  these  subjects  and  leaves  the  reader  with  a  sense  of  the  changing  view  of  our  natural  world  during  the  20th  century.     It  is  not  encyclopedic,  being  

limited  to  things  the  author  has  had  experience  with.    On  the  other  hand,  it  contains  many  off-beat  details  not  to  be  found  in  other  references.

Among  stone-age  peoples,  one  of  the  important  duties  the  hunter  had  to  fulfill  when  he  returned  home  was  to  tell  the  other  members  of  his  tribe  where  he  had  been,  what  he  had  seen,  and  what  he  had  done.   That  is  what  the  author  attempts  to  do  in  this  book.

 For  instance,  he  tells  of :    Dealings  with  raccoons,  both  tame  and  wild.   How  to  rescue  a  skunk  from  a  storm  drain.   Home-made  animal  traps.   What  constitutes  a  successful  backwoods  fox  hunt.   How  kingfishers  and  sparrow  hawks  mourn  their  dead.  Why  bluebirds  are  scarce.   Why  a  killdeer  will  tease  a  dog.   Where  to  find  bluegills  in  the  Ohio  River  or  smelt  in  the  Niagara  River.   A  box  turtle's  prediction  of  dry  weather  and  rain.   Living  where  copperheads  live.   Playing  with  garter  snakes.   How  to  find  a  bee  tree.   The  very  different  lives  and  habits  of  hornets,  brown  wasps,  and  mud  dauber  wasps.    Sleeping  with  bedbugs.   The  psychological  warfare  of  the  deer  fly.   When  to  look  for  snow  fleas.   How  to  recognize  chamomile  by  its  aroma.   The  scarcity  of  ginseng.   Trouble  with  jack-in-the-pulpit.    Using  jimson  weed  to  kill  flys.   The  forms  and  effects  of  poison  ivy.    Why  black  raspberries  grow  in  smaller  patches  than  red  raspberries.    Making  use  of  elderberries.    How  Indians  used  acorns  as  food.    Growing  black  walnut  trees  from  seed.

There  are  no  pictures  in  this  book.    Those  would  greatly  increase  the  size  and  cost  without  adding  enough  to  its  message  of   how  the  subjects  act  and  interact  with  us.

The  author  has  found  that  no  one  knows  all  there  is  to  know  about  nature.    If  you  are  woods-wise,  you  can  still  learn  new  things  in  this  book.    If  you  are  not  woods-wise,  you  can  jump-start  your  own  nature  walk  in  these  pages.

This  book  is  a  collection  of  essays  and  anecdotes  about  19  animals,  18  birds,  15 fish,  10  reptiles,  31 insects,  39  plants,  17  trees,  and  6  other  subjects  encountered  in  nature  by  the  author,  mostly  in  the  region  from  West  Virginia  to  Vermont.   Hopefully,  it  lends  personality  to  these  subjects  and  leaves  the  reader  with  a  sense  of  the  changing  view  of  our  natural  world  during  the  20th  century.     It  is  not  encyclopedic,  being  

limited  to  things  the  author  has  had  experience  with.    On  the  other  hand,  it  contains  many  off-beat  details  not  to  be  found  in  other  references.

Among  stone-age  peoples,  one  of  the  important  duties  the  hunter  had  to  fulfill  when  he  returned  home  was  to  tell  the  other  members  of  his  tribe  where  he  had  been,  what  he  had  seen,  and  what  he  had  done.   That  is  what  the  author  attempts  to  do  in  this  book.

 For  instance,  he  tells  of :    Dealings  with  raccoons,  both  tame  and  wild.   How  to  rescue  a  skunk  from  a  storm  drain.   Home-made  animal  traps.   What  constitutes  a  successful  backwoods  fox  hunt.   How  kingfishers  and  sparrow  hawks  mourn  their  dead.  Why  bluebirds  are  scarce.   Why  a  killdeer  will  tease  a  dog.   Where  to  find  bluegills  in  the  Ohio  River  or  smelt  in  the  Niagara  River.   A  box  turtle's  prediction  of  dry  weather  and  rain.   Living  where  copperheads  live.   Playing  with  garter  snakes.   How  to  find  a  bee  tree.   The  very  different  lives  and  habits  of  hornets,  brown  wasps,  and  mud  dauber  wasps.    Sleeping  with  bedbugs.   The  psychological  warfare  of  the  deer  fly.   When  to  look  for  snow  fleas.   How  to  recognize  chamomile  by  its  aroma.   The  scarcity  of  ginseng.   Trouble  with  jack-in-the-pulpit.    Using  jimson  weed  to  kill  flys.   The  forms  and  effects  of  poison  ivy.    Why  black  raspberries  grow  in  smaller  patches  than  red  raspberries.    Making  use  of  elderberries.    How  Indians  used  acorns  as  food.    Growing  black  walnut  trees  from  seed.

There  are  no  pictures  in  this  book.    Those  would  greatly  increase  the  size  and  cost  without  adding  enough  to  its  message  of   how  the  subjects  act  and  interact  with  us.

The  author  has  found  that  no  one  knows  all  there  is  to  know  about  nature.    If  you  are  woods-wise,  you  can  still  learn  new  things  in  this  book.    If  you  are  not  woods-wise,  you  can  jump-start  your  own  nature  walk  in  these  pages.

This is the true story of Jammer, a throwback Andalusian Brood Mare bred by the local Island Cattle Baron. Jammer’s journey brought her into the hands of a young woman and the two bonded and together they formed a friendship of trust and adventure. Her lineage was from great Andalusian horses the Conquistadors that once ruled the island had brought over from Spain breeding war chargers for conquering the Caribbean Islands and the Americas. Everyone on the Caribbean Island wanted to own the majestic wild black mare. Jammer would let only one person into her life. This is Jammer’s story. Proceeds of this book to benefit: sixteenhandshorsesanctuary.org

This book is for 10 years old and up

This is the true story of Jammer, a throwback Andalusian Brood Mare bred by the local Island Cattle Baron. Jammer’s journey brought her into the hands of a young woman and the two bonded and together they formed a friendship of trust and adventure. Her lineage was from great Andalusian horses the Conquistadors that once ruled the island had brought over from Spain breeding war chargers for conquering the Caribbean Islands and the Americas. Everyone on the Caribbean Island wanted to own the majestic wild black mare. Jammer would let only one person into her life. This is Jammer’s story. Proceeds of this book to benefit: sixteenhandshorsesanctuary.org

This book is for 10 years old and up

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Well known photographer and writer Douglas Faulkner, was born on October 13th 1937. At age five he went to Florida with his parents, and took his first swim in the ocean with his father. At fourteen he SCUBA dived off the Florida Keys. In 1962 he took his first underwater photograph. Out of his efforts have come six books, among them, The Hidden Sea, This Living Reef, Dwellers in the Sea and Living Corals. Photographer, Ernst Haas, wrote: Faulkner is our only Orpheus who brings back songs from the underworld.

All four of the above mentioned books contain images that attest to the beautiful marine life of Belau. This Living Reef which took 7 years to complete is entirely about the islands and reefs of Belau, an archipelago at the western edge of Micronesia in the Pacific Ocean. Of all the years of his underwater work, Faulkner considers Belau to be the pinnacle of his efforts. All the more so because his love of the islands, the reefs and the people of Belau overflowed into his oral petitions presented before the Trusteeship Council of the United Nations in New York.

In the early 70s Faulkner knew of a huge oil transhipment facility proposed for Belau which would be a way station for oil shipped from Iran to Japan. Such a facility would destroy the beautiful reefs of Belau, and the land and the culture as well.

At the same time the United States wanted the rights to revamp Belaus islands and reefs to fit them to an intended military base. Faulkner knew his work was nearly done there and he could have walked away from Belaus future problems. He could have gone on to other untouched realms of beauty, but he decided to stand and fight for Belau, (now the Republic of Palau.)

 Douglas Faulkner decided to publish his petitions in BELAU The Promised Land because they show the will of the artist to defend what he loves. It does the environment little good to be shown as the beauty it is if no one defends that beauty. If people are only content to look at the beauty in pictures, and not the beauty around them; soon that beauty of everyday life will disappear. A picture may be worth a 1000 words, but sometimes it needs those 1000 words to defend its right to exist. The same holds true for what they depict. BELAU The Promised Land were those 1000 words that put the United Nations and America on notice.

Douglas Faulkner decided to publish BELAU The Promised Land because he did not want his ideas about massive development versus the environment to lie buried in the files of the United Nations. His last petition before the United Nations Trusteeship Council was presented in 1987, and the world and Belau which is a small part of that world still faces destruction. He believes that only if mankind sees that it is to its own best interest not to destroy the beauty of the planet, will the planet and mankind survive.

Well known underwater photographer and writer, Douglas Faulkner, was born on October 13 1937. At age five he went to Florida with his parents, and took his first swim in the ocean with his father. At fourteen he SCUBA dived off the Florida Keys. In 1962 he took his first underwater photograph. Out of his efforts have come six books, among them, The Hidden Sea, This Living Reef, Dwellers In The Sea and Living Corals. Photographer, Ernst Haas wrote: “Faulkner is our only Orpheus who brings back songs from the underworld.”

Douglas Faulkner never studied photography formally. Rather his chosen course of study was literature and creative writing at the University of Miami. So it is not surprising that he has at least co-authored most of his books on marine life.

His latest book, Sunday Afternoon A Day Of Rest was written in the Solomon Islands when a bout of manic depression overcame him. It was a book he had wanted to write for several years, an autobiographical slice of his life. It was an easy book for him to write (in stream of consciousness) in barely a week’s time, but he knew it would take courage to share this self-revealing diary with the world.

Most writers who want to share their deepest hopes and fears, and flaws with other people most often choose the novel to lay a veneer over their identity and the identity of those other characters populating their lives. One could say that Sunday Afternoon A Day Of Rest is an autobiographical novel because it is not a biography in the Point A to Point Z sense of the word. Faulkner’s appoach allows his friends and loved ones to be themselves and to speak for themselves without censorship. Faulkner allows himself the same freedom of thought and speech. And for this reason the book may be deemed too

Well known photographer and writer Douglas Faulkner, was born on October 13th 1937. At age five he went to Florida with his parents, and took his first swim in the ocean with his father. At fourteen he SCUBA dived off the Florida Keys. In 1962 he took his first underwater photograph. Out of his efforts have come six books, among them, The Hidden Sea, This Living Reef, Dwellers in the Sea and Living Corals. Photographer, Ernst Haas, wrote: Faulkner is our only Orpheus who brings back songs from the underworld.

All four of the above mentioned books contain images that attest to the beautiful marine life of Belau. This Living Reef which took 7 years to complete is entirely about the islands and reefs of Belau, an archipelago at the western edge of Micronesia in the Pacific Ocean. Of all the years of his underwater work, Faulkner considers Belau to be the pinnacle of his efforts. All the more so because his love of the islands, the reefs and the people of Belau overflowed into his oral petitions presented before the Trusteeship Council of the United Nations in New York.

In the early 70s Faulkner knew of a huge oil transhipment facility proposed for Belau which would be a way station for oil shipped from Iran to Japan. Such a facility would destroy the beautiful reefs of Belau, and the land and the culture as well.

At the same time the United States wanted the rights to revamp Belaus islands and reefs to fit them to an intended military base. Faulkner knew his work was nearly done there and he could have walked away from Belaus future problems. He could have gone on to other untouched realms of beauty, but he decided to stand and fight for Belau, (now the Republic of Palau.)

 Douglas Faulkner decided to publish his petitions in BELAU The Promised Land because they show the will of the artist to defend what he loves. It does the environment little good to be shown as the beauty it is if no one defends that beauty. If people are only content to look at the beauty in pictures, and not the beauty around them; soon that beauty of everyday life will disappear. A picture may be worth a 1000 words, but sometimes it needs those 1000 words to defend its right to exist. The same holds true for what they depict. BELAU The Promised Land were those 1000 words that put the United Nations and America on notice.

Douglas Faulkner decided to publish BELAU The Promised Land because he did not want his ideas about massive development versus the environment to lie buried in the files of the United Nations. His last petition before the United Nations Trusteeship Council was presented in 1987, and the world and Belau which is a small part of that world still faces destruction. He believes that only if mankind sees that it is to its own best interest not to destroy the beauty of the planet, will the planet and mankind survive.

Well known underwater photographer and writer, Douglas Faulkner, was born on October 13 1937. At age five he went to Florida with his parents, and took his first swim in the ocean with his father. At fourteen he SCUBA dived off the Florida Keys. In 1962 he took his first underwater photograph. Out of his efforts have come six books, among them, The Hidden Sea, This Living Reef, Dwellers In The Sea and Living Corals. Photographer, Ernst Haas wrote: “Faulkner is our only Orpheus who brings back songs from the underworld.”

Douglas Faulkner never studied photography formally. Rather his chosen course of study was literature and creative writing at the University of Miami. So it is not surprising that he has at least co-authored most of his books on marine life.

His latest book, Sunday Afternoon A Day Of Rest was written in the Solomon Islands when a bout of manic depression overcame him. It was a book he had wanted to write for several years, an autobiographical slice of his life. It was an easy book for him to write (in stream of consciousness) in barely a week’s time, but he knew it would take courage to share this self-revealing diary with the world.

Most writers who want to share their deepest hopes and fears, and flaws with other people most often choose the novel to lay a veneer over their identity and the identity of those other characters populating their lives. One could say that Sunday Afternoon A Day Of Rest is an autobiographical novel because it is not a biography in the Point A to Point Z sense of the word. Faulkner’s appoach allows his friends and loved ones to be themselves and to speak for themselves without censorship. Faulkner allows himself the same freedom of thought and speech. And for this reason the book may be deemed too

From a life-long interest in nature, the author shares her love of nature and her understanding of the intricacies of the natural world through her observations of the plants and animals in three familiar settings. A formal training in Biology has given her a rare insight into the important vital processes that influence the actions and interactions of birds, mammals, insects, and plants as the seasons change. She tries in her own mind to come to grips with the predator- prey relationship and to explain to the reader the importance of this vital process that makes life on earth possible.Part one is especially rich in bird lore as she observes the birds at her feeder while watching her young children grow in their understanding and knowledge of the natural world surrounding their home in a small town in east central Wisconsin. The middle section takes place in the north woods where she spends time trying to blend into the wildness of the national forest setting at a rustic hunting cabin and observe birds and other wild animals without intruding on their lives. The last part contains selected observations at a small lake in the sand country near Shawano, Wisconsin. The book concludes with short anecdotes about nature originally printed in the “Lake Flyer” the newsletter of the Winnebago Audobon Society.Written by one of the states leading naturalist, and environmentalist, this book is the rare culmination of years of observations and reflections going back to the 50s.

From a life-long interest in nature, the author shares her love of nature and her understanding of the intricacies of the natural world through her observations of the plants and animals in three familiar settings. A formal training in Biology has given her a rare insight into the important vital processes that influence the actions and interactions of birds, mammals, insects, and plants as the seasons change. She tries in her own mind to come to grips with the predator- prey relationship and to explain to the reader the importance of this vital process that makes life on earth possible.Part one is especially rich in bird lore as she observes the birds at her feeder while watching her young children grow in their understanding and knowledge of the natural world surrounding their home in a small town in east central Wisconsin. The middle section takes place in the north woods where she spends time trying to blend into the wildness of the national forest setting at a rustic hunting cabin and observe birds and other wild animals without intruding on their lives. The last part contains selected observations at a small lake in the sand country near Shawano, Wisconsin. The book concludes with short anecdotes about nature originally printed in the “Lake Flyer” the newsletter of the Winnebago Audobon Society.Written by one of the states leading naturalist, and environmentalist, this book is the rare culmination of years of observations and reflections going back to the 50s.

For thousands of years on this earth the mix of animals, plants and birds of the air have lived together and nearly all have survived. A few have become extinct for some reason or other, probably due to atmospheric changes over the earth's surface. It seems that the predators and prey have remained about equal. If they had not, there would have been some change and one would have become extinct. Most of the animals, birds, insects etc, are pretty much divided between predator and prey, which would keep a balance. Only the vegetarians are not among the predator class. They do not prey on any animal, insect or fowl, but they are prey for any of the larger predators, the meat eaters. When man first appeared on this earth, in whatever shape or form, it appears that he was both a meat eater and a vegetable eater. He then became both a predator and prey. He began to eat meat and had to learn to defend himself against larger animals and predators that wanted to eat him. A normal natural way of controlling population was changed by man's greater intelligence giving him weapons to defend himself against any predator. This made him the strongest and greatest predator.

For thousands of years on this earth the mix of animals, plants and birds of the air have lived together and nearly all have survived. A few have become extinct for some reason or other, probably due to atmospheric changes over the earth's surface. It seems that the predators and prey have remained about equal. If they had not, there would have been some change and one would have become extinct. Most of the animals, birds, insects etc, are pretty much divided between predator and prey, which would keep a balance. Only the vegetarians are not among the predator class. They do not prey on any animal, insect or fowl, but they are prey for any of the larger predators, the meat eaters. When man first appeared on this earth, in whatever shape or form, it appears that he was both a meat eater and a vegetable eater. He then became both a predator and prey. He began to eat meat and had to learn to defend himself against larger animals and predators that wanted to eat him. A normal natural way of controlling population was changed by man's greater intelligence giving him weapons to defend himself against any predator. This made him the strongest and greatest predator.

For thousands of years on this earth the mix of animals, plants and birds of the air have lived together and nearly all have survived. A few have become extinct for some reason or other, probably due to atmospheric changes over the earth's surface. It seems that the predators and prey have remained about equal. If they had not, there would have been some change and one would have become extinct. Most of the animals, birds, insects etc, are pretty much divided between predator and prey, which would keep a balance. Only the vegetarians are not among the predator class. They do not prey on any animal, insect or fowl, but they are prey for any of the larger predators, the meat eaters. When man first appeared on this earth, in whatever shape or form, it appears that he was both a meat eater and a vegetable eater. He then became both a predator and prey. He began to eat meat and had to learn to defend himself against larger animals and predators that wanted to eat him. A normal natural way of controlling population was changed by man's greater intelligence giving him weapons to defend himself against any predator. This made him the strongest and greatest predator.