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"Sullivan had a unique passion for urban ecology and his writings bring out the naturalist in all of us. A master of the short essay (each is 1000 to 1500 words), the author captivated his audience by skillfully blending ecological theory, natural history, and humor. . . . . An excellent resource for any urban dweller with an interest in natural history. . . . The essays can be enjoyed equally by scientists and nonscientists, whether or not they have ever been to or lived in Chicago. This book is also a ''must read'' for any high school or college environmental science class, especially [in] the growing field of urban ecology."-Quarterly Review of Biology (Aaron M. Ellison and Jessica L. Butler Quarterly Review of Biology )
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"Sullivan had a unique passion for urban ecology and his writings bring out the naturalist in all of us. A master of the short essay (each is 1000 to 1500 words), the author captivated his audience by skillfully blending ecological theory, natural history, and humor. . . . . An excellent resource for any urban dweller with an interest in natural history. . . . The essays can be enjoyed equally by scientists and nonscientists, whether or not they have ever been to or lived in Chicago. This book is also a ''must read'' for any high school or college environmental science class, especially [in] the growing field of urban ecology."-Quarterly Review of Biology (Aaron M. Ellison and Jessica L. Butler Quarterly Review of Biology )
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A selection of savvy observations on urban ecology from one of the Midwest's foremost authorities on the subject, Hunting for Frogs on Elston collects the best of naturalist Jerry Sullivan's weekly Field & Street columns, originally published in the Chicago Reader. Engaging, opinionated, inspiring, and occasionally irreverent, Hunting for Frogs on Elston pays tribute to Chicago's natural history while celebrating one of its greatest champions.
Published in association with the Chicago Wilderness coalition, Hunting for Frogs on Elston comprehensively chronicles Chicagoland's unique urban ecology, from its indigenous prairie and oft-delayed seasons to its urban coyotes and passenger pigeons. In witty, informed prose, Sullivan evokes his adventures netting dog-faced butterflies, hunting rattlesnakes, and watching fireflies mate. Inspired by regional flora and fauna, Sullivan ventures throughout the metropolis and its environs in search of sludge worms, gyrfalcons, and wild onions. In reporting his findings to otherwise oblivious urbanites, Sullivan endeavors to make "alienated, atomized, postmodern people feel at home, connected to something beyond ourselves."
In the sprawling Chicagoland region, where an urban ecosystem teeming with remarkable life evolves between skyscrapers and train tracks, no writer chronicled the delicate balance of nature and industry more vividly than Jerry Sullivan. An homage to the urban ecology Sullivan loved so dearly, Hunting for Frogs on Elston is his fitting legacy as well as a lasting gift to the urban naturalist in us all.
Published in association with the Chicago Wilderness coalition, Hunting for Frogs on Elston comprehensively chronicles Chicagoland's unique urban ecology, from its indigenous prairie and oft-delayed seasons to its urban coyotes and passenger pigeons. In witty, informed prose, Sullivan evokes his adventures netting dog-faced butterflies, hunting rattlesnakes, and watching fireflies mate. Inspired by regional flora and fauna, Sullivan ventures throughout the metropolis and its environs in search of sludge worms, gyrfalcons, and wild onions. In reporting his findings to otherwise oblivious urbanites, Sullivan endeavors to make "alienated, atomized, postmodern people feel at home, connected to something beyond ourselves."
In the sprawling Chicagoland region, where an urban ecosystem teeming with remarkable life evolves between skyscrapers and train tracks, no writer chronicled the delicate balance of nature and industry more vividly than Jerry Sullivan. An homage to the urban ecology Sullivan loved so dearly, Hunting for Frogs on Elston is his fitting legacy as well as a lasting gift to the urban naturalist in us all.
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As a native-born Chicagoan, I grew up knowing that a prairie was any piece of land that supported neither buildings nor tress. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
nature preserve system, savanna birds, eastern prairie fringed orchid, fall flora, stewardship network, nodding wild onion, bottlebrush grass, bat detector, prairie remnants, brush birds, prairie species, vernal ponds, lichen flora, prairie restoration, chorus frogs, prairie plants, wet prairies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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As a native-born Chicagoan, I grew up knowing that a prairie was any piece of land that supported neither buildings nor tress. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
nature preserve system, savanna birds, eastern prairie fringed orchid, fall flora, stewardship network, nodding wild onion, bottlebrush grass, bat detector, prairie remnants, brush birds, prairie species, vernal ponds, lichen flora, prairie restoration, chorus frogs, prairie plants, wet prairies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, Cook County, Poplar Creek, Lake Michigan, Nature Conservancy, North Shore, Des Plaines River, Roger Tory Peterson, Somme Woods, New York, Forest Preserve District, Lake County, Morton Arboretum, North Branch of the Chicago River, Bluff Spring Fen, Field Museum, Floyd Swink, Indiana Dunes, Lincoln Park, North Branch Prairie Project, Illinois River, Lake Calumet, Busse Woods, Harms Woods, North Park Village New!
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- Plants of the Chicago Region by Floyd Swink on 6 pages
- Field Guide to the Birds; Eastern land and water birds by Roger Tory Peterson on 5 pages
- Birdwatching with American Women: A Selection of Nature Writings by Deborah Strom on page 17, and page 19
- A World of Watchers by Joseph Kastner on page 21, and page 23
- A White Heron and Other Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) by Sarah Orne Jewett on page 17
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