Sitting Still with Twilight Owls: Exploring the Web of Life on San Juan Island - Softcover

Vernon, Susan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0965318532 ISBN 13: 9780965318532

Publisher: Archipelago Press, 2023

Synopsis

The author of the island classic Rainshadow World looks deeply - and personally - into the unnoticed lives of the wildlife that hold the web of life together in the stunning biological diversity of San Juan Island, Washington. From twilight owls to blue butterflies, ancient dragons. and subterranean moths, the lives unfold against a backdrop of endangered prairies, evergreen forests and coastal wetlands.

About this title

About the Author

Susan Vernon is a naturalist and nature writer who has lived in the San Juan Islands of Washington State for over thirty years as the executive director of a. small natural history museum, co-founder of the San Juan Nature Institute, land steward, interpretive specialist, and consulting naturalist for several government agencies and the San Juan Preservation Trust. She conducted surveys for the endangered island marble butterfly for over fifteen years and developed the first captive rearing protocol for the subspecies. Her column San Juan Nature Notebook appeared for many years in the local press.

Edition details

• Publisher: Archipelago Press
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0965318532
• ISBN 13: 9780965318532
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240