{"id":40033,"date":"2016-06-11T06:17:49","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T12:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=40033"},"modified":"2016-06-17T06:11:36","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T12:11:36","slug":"one-of-my-images-published-by-national-geographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/11\/one-of-my-images-published-by-national-geographic\/","title":{"rendered":"One Of My Images Published By National Geographic"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m uncomfortable tootin’ my own horn but I promised readers that I’d provide more details about who published this image when the book came out.<\/p>\n

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National Geographic recently published a new kids book about birds titled “Little Kids First Big Book Of Birds” and this image of mine is included in it. The photo is of an adult\u00a0Western Grebe back brooding one of its chicks at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.<\/p>\n

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My complimentary copy of the book was waiting for me when I returned home from my Montana camping trip earlier this week.<\/p>\n

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And here’s my image, cropped differently than I’d presented it on my blog. I was pleased to note that they used my photo to actually teach something about the natural history of birds – in this case the bare crown patch on the forehead of the chick that turns color when the youngster is begging for food (or becomes excited when separated from its parents).<\/p>\n

I was delighted that National Geographic used my photo in a book for little kids. I believe that teaching younger generations about the wonders of nature is an investment in our future – one of the fading number of hopes we have for a\u00a0relatively healthy planet down the road. And this retired biology teacher couldn’t be happier to be part of that effort.<\/p>\n

I’ve had concerns about the future integrity of National Geographic ever since climate-denier Rupert Murdoch took them over last year. Many observers fear an eventual\u00a0loss of autonomy and a\u00a0dumbing-down of the science in their publications as a result of his influence. But based on what I see in this book it hasn’t happened yet – the science seems accurate, unbiased and the reading level\u00a0appropriate for its intended audience.<\/p>\n

So I’m happy to have\u00a0played a small part in the project.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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