Yippeee!!!!!
Today I saw the cover of my FORTHCOMING BOOK.... "RUNNING WILD".... from the wonderful Heyday Books in Berkeley.
The book features photos of all kinds of animals in motion, from a deer to a bobcat, a butterfly to a condor. It will be published in just a few months: October 2016. I'll share more as we get closer. I cannot wait!!!!!
Photo: Elaine Miller Bond
My hummingbird photo published by BAY NATURE magazine
I'm thrilled to see my photo published in the January 2106 issue of Bay Nature magazine. Please pick up a magazine on the newsstand.
You can also see the photo, here — in a beautiful and interesting article all about lichens.
https://baynature.org/articles/identifying-with-lichen/
Enjoy!
Berkeleyside's top 10 wildlife stories of 2015 (4 are mine)
Watch Elaine's hummingbird presentation on YouTube
Please watch and enjoy this new video, taken at Uncharted: The Berkeley Festival of Ideas (October 2015). It's based on my photography of a hummingbird's nest and the article I wrote about it for Berkeleyside. (Click here to read the article.)
Special thanks to Tracey Taylor and Berkeleyside for this amazing opportunity. I also extend my gratitude to Alfred Miller for filming and to John Greenleigh for editing the video.
Go hummingbirds!
Cluster of monarch butterflies, photo: Elaine Miller Bond
20,000 Shares on Facebook... thanks for sharing my article!
Dear friends and nature lovers, thank you for sharing my photo-essay on monarch butterflies.
http://www.berkeleyside.com/2015/11/23/first-time-observed-hundreds-of-monarch-butterflies-cluster-in-berkeleys-aquatic-park/
Hope you will get to see them, for yourself, at Berkeley's Aquatic Park (estuary).
jumping topsmelt: photo Elaine Miller Bond
Check out my latest article — about jumping fish!
Qestion: What is making thousands of tiny splashes in Berkeley's Aquatic Park?
Answer: Young fish, called topsmelt.
To find out more and see photos/videos of the action, please read my latest article in Berkeleyside:
http://www.berkeleyside.com/2015/11/02/making-a-splash-young-fish-jump-in-berkeleys-aquatic-park/
Pelican feasting on small fish. Photo: Elaine Miller Bond
photo: Elaine Miller Bond
ELAINE PRESENTING AT A FESTIVAL
Please join me for a slide show about a sweet little family of hummingbirds. It's all part of UNCHARTED: The Berkeley Festival of Ideas.
When: Friday, October 16, 2015 at 3pm
Where: Freight and Salvage in Berkeley, CA
My presentation will give a little insight into my recent article about a hummingbird's nest, shared 1,000 times on Facebook. The article may be found here.
Many thanks to Berkeleyside, publisher of the article and organizer of the festival.
Hope to see you there!
LISTEN to my radio interview (podcast)
Yesterday, I have a nice long conversation with generous hostess LilyCat on FCCFREE Radio ("Radio for the People, By the People"). We talked about prairie dogs, photography, all kinds of good stuff.
For this week only, the podcast may be found here
In the future, it may be found in the radio archives:
http://fccfreeradio.com/archive/
And
http://www.lilycat.com/radioshows.html
Please listen, and enjoy!
photo: Elaine Miller Bond
Just published... my photo-essay on a HUMMINGBIRD'S NEST
To read the article, please click HERE.
Please, enjoy!
Elaine on the radio!
photo: Elaine Miller Bond
prairie dog pups from the book, THE UTAH PRAIRIE DOG.
Please tune in to the FCC Free Radio ("Radio for the People, by the People") this Sunday afternoon for a great conversation with entertaining host LilyCat:
12-2pm "LilyCat on Stuff" radio show.
http://www.fccfreeradio.com/
We should be talking about prairie dogs, animals, inspiration, photography... all kinds of great stuff.
Go prairie dogs!
Prairie dog pups, photo: Elaine Miller Bond
Book Party on May 9
Please join me for a celebration and slide show from my latest book, THE UTAH PRAIRIE DOG: LIFE AMONG THE RED ROCKS. Artfully written by Dr. Theodore Manno and photographed by me, this book chronicles the lives of the rarest and smallest prairie dog species. It was recently published by University of Utah Press.
WHEN: Saturday, May 9, 2015, 7pm
WHERE: Book Passage Bookstore and Café
51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA 94925
Store phone: (415) 927-0960
Hope to see you there!
Published in Diablo magazine
My eagle release photo made the pages of Diablo magazine.
Here's the link to the online version (pages 10-11):
http://trendmag2.trendoffset.com/publication/?m=3642&l=1
Special thanks to the Lindsay Wildlife Museum, whose hospital cared for and rehabilitated the golden eagle — enabling her release back to the wild.
Thank you, too, to Berkeleyside, for publishing the eagle's full story:
http://www.berkeleyside.com/2015/01/05/flying-high-again-golden-eagle-returns-to-east-bay-skies/
Hooray for eagles and the people who care for them!
photo: Elaine Miller Bond
Flying high again! New article on golden eagle
Published today... my new article on a very special (and somewhat feisty) golden eagle.
Please, read and enjoy:
http://www.berkeleyside.com/2015/01/05/flying-high-again-golden-eagle-returns-to-east-bay-skies/
Special thanks to the Lindsay Wildlife Museum and Berkeleyside.
PUBLISHED!
Today, I get to hold our new book for the first time!
THE UTAH PRAIRIE DOG: LIFE AMONG THE RED ROCKS is inspired by the fine work of Dr. John Hoogland, artfully written by Theodore Manno, and photographed by me.
To order your copy, please visit the publisher, University of Utah Press
or order on Amazon.
Thank you for your support, and more importantly, for helping raise awareness and understanding of our native prairie dogs.
THE UTAH PRAIRIE DOG ranked #3 on Amazon
Update, Nov. 5:
Now our book has reached #1 on Amazon New Releases
(in books about Desert Ecosystems)
The book even got a snazzy orange flag on the Amazon site. Thanks for your supporting our work... and more importantly, for caring about prairie dogs.
THE UTAH PRAIRIE DOG: LIFE AMONG THE RED ROCKS,
written by Theodore G. Manno
photographed by Elaine Miller Bond
As of today, our book, THE UTAH PRAIRIE DOG, has reached its highest Amazon rankings yet:
#3 in the "Deserts" category (in math & science books on ecosystems)
#10 in the "Endangered Species" category (under math & science, nature & ecology)
#23 in the "Wildlife" category (under math & science, nature & ecology).
This wonderful achievement is only made possible through incredible friends, supporters, and wildlife lovers, like you. Thank you.
For more about the Utah Prairie Dog, please visit my books page.
Photo by Elaine Miller Bond from THE UTAH PRAIRIE DOG
Acorn Woodpecker, Pinnacles National Park
My photo went viral
In less than a month, my acorn woodpecker photo received 8,146 views and 96 shares — by the Audubon Society and other wildlife groups — on Facebook.
As you can see, the woodpecker is busily caching acorns in the bark of a tree ("granary"). What an amazing behavior to witness in nature. And what an incredible response from people who care.
Photos by Claudia Santos
Story from my book inspires preschoolers
Preschoolers in Oakland, CA — with the guidance from their amazing teacher, Claudia Santos — created these beautiful turtles (plus a sparkling blue ocean!), inspired by my book, Dream Affimals: Affirmations + Animals.
In particular, they learned about loggerhead sea turtles, how they start their lives by hatching from eggs buried by their mother in beach sand. Then, under the light of the moon, the tiny turtles run to safety in the sea—the a vast and abundant place where they will spend most of the rest of their lives.
What can we learn from the tale of the sea turtle? As the books says: "To reach for an ocean dreams."
illustration by Elaine Miller Bond
BLUEBIRD ON URBAN FENCE
Hooray... My photo made the finals!
Going green: Frog article published this week!
Please check out my latest article on frogs, and more importantly, frog CONSERVATION.
Published by Berkeleyside, the article examines the threats faced by frogs and other amphibians, plus a few small things we can do to help.
For more info, please hop to these helpful links:
For my other Berkeleyside articles, please click HERE.
Photo exhibition "To Fly" opening Thursday, October 16
Please join me in celebrating my upcoming photo exhibition — "To Fly" — this Thursday night in Oakland. The show will feature a small selection of images of birds in flight. I'm very excited.
When? 6-9pm on Thursday, October 16
Where? FOUND on Piedmont
4125 Piedmont Avenue (near 41st Street... and near some cafés, restaurants!)
Oakland, CA 94611
If you cannot catch the art opening, then I hope you will drop by FOUND some other time. My photos should be hanging (flying!) for about one month.