Having always loved drawing animals, here are some in Black and White, and then in Color.
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ANIMAL WAYS -- Further Field Notes of a Wildlife Psychologist (2008), is the third book in my Wildlife Psychology series, exploring the natural world to discover lessons about human life. The first book was WILD BIRDS (2002); the second was FISH OF DREAMS (2003), and the last, WORKING INSECTS, is forthcoming. In them all, I combine drawings of imaginary creatures with poetic verbal commentary "to please the eye and provoke the mind to thought."
Scroll down to see several drawings from ANIMAL WAYS.
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| THE CARAVEL
The Caravel Puts first things first: To trek the desert Expect thirst.
So bring along your own supply Of water so you don't run dry, A travel tip all should heed: To get where you want, Pack what you need.
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| THE CACADAM
Why isn't the Cacadam extinct?
So old a dinosaur Should have vanished long ago, Except by vanishing it has survived.
Find it if you can?
Those bubbles On the water Like eyes protruding out.
That log Along the shore Like a tail with a snout.
Watch your step Stepping over dead debris.
Escaping notice Is one secret to longevity.
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| THE PREEN
Ancient myth Tells how the Preen Was a proud princess So vain of radiant beauty She was reproved by jealous gods Who changed her comely shape To a four legged state, Her elegance As striking as before, But with more speed to flee pursuit Not from suitors But from predators To teach the limits Of our human quest:
When we achieve What is too good for us, Too bad is likely to come next.
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| THE GOTH
Once tens of million Goth Swept across the plains Like endless waves Over the sea Before we slaughtered herds Down to an nth the size They used to be.
What were we thinking?
That abundance cannot be depleted? That what we take from nature, Nature will restore? That kill however many There will still be many more?
Until one day The many are the few And the few become the last And the last comes down to one And the one falls To the sportman's gun.
What have we done?
The mathmatics Of extinction ends in none.
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FIRST TWO BOOKS OF WILDLIFE PSYCHOLOGY
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