“Marvelous Life in the Salt Marshes”Sunday, Oct. 5: 2 – 4 pm
A talk and walk with award-winning children’s book author, nature photographer and
naturalist Doug Wechsler
A FREE program presented by the Atlantic County Library System and the Noyes Museum of Art
Atlantic County residents are lucky to have huge areas of salt marsh nearby. But, have you looked closely to see what lives in these flooded meadows? Doug Wechsler has and he will give you an up-close look at salt marshes and their residents. He will explain why they are so important to us, as well as to the wildlife that inhabit them. Wechsler will also talk about the process of creating, writing and photographing his new book, Marvels in the Muck: Life in the Salt Marshes. Afterwards we will walk with Wechsler to a real salt marsh at the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge. (continued on next page)
Doug Wechsler is Director of VIREO (Video Resources for Ornithology) at the Academy of Natural Sciences. VIREO is the most comprehensive bird image bank in the world. Contributors to the collection include some of the world's most talented wildlife photographers. (www.ansp.org/research/vireo/)
Doug has written 22 books for children, entirely or partly illustrated with his photographs. His most recent book, Frog Heaven: The Ecology of a Vernal Pool, was a finalist for the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru/SBF award and received the Green Earth Book Honor. For his next book, Marvels in the Muck: Life in the Salt Marshes, Doug paddled into numerous tidal marshes with his wife, Debbie, and his camera, photographing diamondback terrapins, clapper rails, and hoards of fiddler crabs. The book will be published in November 2008. He is also developing the web site, http://www.saltmarshlife.com/.
Doug’s photography can be seen in Audubon, National Wildlife, Natural History, and in numerous other publications ranging from National Geographic to The National Enquirer, and in hundreds of books, exhibits, web sites, and calendars around the world. ( from http://birdcapemay.org/times/2008/05/01/doug-wechsler/ )
