The Southern Wildlife Watcher - by Rob Simbeck (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>He serves as editor at large for Sporting Classics magazine.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><i>The Southern Wildlife Watcher</i> is a colorful look at thirty-six common and not-so-common animals found in the southeastern United States--from the hummingbird to the bald eagle and from the bullfrog to the bobcat. Rob Simbeck, one of the Southeast's most widely read naturalists, combines a poet's voice with a journalist's rigor in offering readers an intimate introduction to the creatures around us.</p><p>Through delightful storytelling each vignette offers accessible information supported by quotes from noted naturalists and biologists. Simbeck covers habitat, diet, mating and reproduction, environmental challenges, and even folklore in outlining the lives of insects and other invertebrates, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, crustaceans, and fish. <i>The Southern Wildlife Watcher </i>is a refresher course and handbook for veteran nature lovers, an introduction for young readers, and fireplace or bedtime reading for those wanting to reflect on nature's bounty. </p><p>A foreword is provided by Jim Casada, the author or editor of more than forty books and some five thousand magazine articles. He serves as editor at large for <i>Sporting Classics</i> magazine.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>The collection is both personal and practical... [Simbeck] brings a sharp eye for detail and obvious love of nature to his pithy observations of everything from the house fly to the groundhog.</p>-- "Chapter 16"<br><br><p>In <i>The Southern Wildlife Watcher</i> flies, worms, bullfrogs, and bobcats get comparable space and respect as relevant stars in nature's cast of characters...an eclectic collection, with fine, tight writing.</p>--Ken Perrotte "The Free-Lance Star (Fredericksburg, VA)"<br><br><p>Engaging and filled with surprising facts, Rob Simbeck's compact nature anthology conveys awareness of the natural world.</p>-- "Foreword Reviews"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Rob Simbeck</b> has written for the <i>Washington Post, Guideposts, Field & Stream, Birder's World, Wildbird</i>, and wildlife/conservation magazines in twenty states. He is the author, ghostwriter, or editor of more than twenty books and is former president and chairman of the Southeastern Outdoor Press Association.</p>
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