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A Year of Iowa Nature - Discovering Where We Live (Paperback)
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A Year of Iowa Nature - Discovering Where We Live (Paperback)
Series: Bur Oak Books
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Every Sunday evening for almost ten years, Iowa photographer and
naturalist Carl Kurtz has e-mailed a photo and an extended caption
to hundreds of outdoor enthusiasts. Engaging and informative, the
photos focus on the world around and away from his tallgrass
prairie homeplace: snow buntings in a blizzard, maple leaves in
fall, migrating snow geese and red-winged blackbirds and monarchs,
prairie spiderworts in spring bloom, leopard frogs loafing on
waterlily leaves, northern flickers feeding young, and all the
inhabitants and moods of the passing seasons. Now, in A Year of
Iowa Nature, he presents fifty-five of his favourite photos along
with an evocative introduction that urges us to go forth and
discover the beauty in our own backyards. Concentrating on Iowa's
tallgrass prairie, Kurtz also points his viewfinder toward the
great variety of natural habitats in the eastern United States.
Arranged chronologically throughout the year, the fifty-five colour
photos and their accompanying narratives rotate through the seasons
like a nature film. The winter months showcase a frost-covered
white-tailed deer, cedar waxwings feeding on winter apples, a
muskrat on the surface of an icy pond, and dune-like snowdrifts.
Kurtz's palette warms up in springtime with stunning photos of
Virginia bluebells, fox cubs, juvenile chipmunks, and ruddy ducks.
Summer brings a host of butterflies, frogs, and goldfinches as well
as blooming prairie plants. The colours become more subdued in fall
with the change in light, revealing the rich hues of Indian grass
and big bluestem and the subtle plumage of migrating warblers. Just
as Kurtz's Practical Guide to Prairie Reconstruction offers an
indispensable manual for individuals and land managers working to
create a diverse prairie community, so does A Year of Iowa Nature
point the way toward a sincere, month-by-month appreciation of the
natural world around us.
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