Julie Zickefoose: Nature Artist & Writer
I am a writer, artist and naturalist at home in the Appalachian foothills of Ohio. Every day, I roam our 80 acre wildlife sanctuary, and every day I find something new. This deep relationship with the land is the wellspring for my writing and art.
Warblerfall
For decades, I’ve been looking for the perfect bird bath. Once I was sure it didn’t exist, I decided to invent it. Meet my quarantine project: The WarblerFall. You can build this woodland bird magnet for under $60. Moving water is the most potent attractant I’ve found. When warblers, tanagers and kinglets come to bathe, you know you’re onto something big! Easy and fun to construct. I’ve done all the legwork, found the perfect components so you can build it yourself—no tools required!
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FOR SALE: High Summer Henslow’s Commemorative Print
To commemorate BWD’s rebirth, I wanted to paint something very special, rare, small and tough, prevailing against difficult odds. A good bird in anyone’s book, the Henslow’s sparrow fit the bill. Purple is the color of resurrection, and the ironweed he’s clinging to is well-named—tenacious, robust—like us. We’re back, and better than ever.
I’m issuing a special giclée on matte-finish fine art watercolor paper, numbered and hand-signed by the artist. Get yours now!
Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-Luck Jay
When Jemima, an orphaned blue jay, is brought to wildlife rehabilitator Julie Zickefoose, she is a palm-sized bundle of gray-blue fluff. But she is starved and very sick. Julie's constant care brings her around, and as Jemima is raised for eventual release, she takes over the house and the rest of the author's summer. She falls hard for this engaging, feisty, and funny jay, a creative muse and source of strength through the author's own heartbreaking changes.
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The Bluebird Effect
The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds is about what happens when, by virtue of having helped one or raised one, you are taken for a few magic days, weeks, or months into a wild bird's confidence. You never know how or when that might happen. The book has grown from forty years of working with, studying, drawing and helping birds; trying to fix them when they're broken and mothering them when they're orphaned.
Lavishly illustrated with 320 of the author's color paintings, life sketches and drawings, The Bluebird Effect is a visual delight.
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Natural Gardening for Birds: Create a Bird-Friendly Habitat In Your Backyard
There are few more satisfying things in life than having great birdwatching in your own backyard. Julie shows you how to lay out the welcome mat for birds, step-by-step, with tips on providing water, food and shelter. Backyard Birding has the best flowering and fruiting plants for birds, the best shrubs and trees for shelter and food. Create a hummingbird garden, plan a water feature, bring in some dead snags; let a corner of your property run wild—then watch your yard list take off. You'll find all the inspiration and information you need in this handy book. Lavishly illustrated by the author. Originally published by Rodale under the title Natural Gardening: The Bird-friendly Backyard.
