As my impromptu urban naturalizing activities have mostly only gained me quizzical looks and the odd hesitant question, I long thought I was the only person who did such things. Then I recently discovered the writings of Amanda Tuke.
Wild Pavements
John E. Riutta
About John E. Riutta
Posts by John E. Riutta, MA, MBA, FLS:
Outsider Animals
Cockroaches, cowbirds, gulls, raccoons; all widely derided animals, and yet all also remarkable in their lives and ecological roles if only ill-informed popular prejudices are put aside to learn more about them. Prof. Marlene Zuk provides a superb opportunity to do exactly this in her new book “Outsider Animals.”
Moths of Western North America
To write that I’m pleased that Seabrooke Leckie’s “Moths of Western North America” has finally been brought to publication by Princeton University Press is like writing that Henry VIII had minor marital commitment challenges; I’m positively giddy with excitement about it.
Birds of India (Third Edition)
Some years ago, I failed to make a planned journey to India as I caught a nasty case of the flu just before I was scheduled to depart. Because of this, I didn’t get to use the copy of Princeton University Press’ “Birds of India” that I had been studying for two months prior in preparation for the trip.