Birds, Butterflies and Orchids: A Life in the Cloud Forest

Birds, Butterflies and Orchids: A Life in the Cloud Forest is a book of stunning and intimate photographs of Ecuador's Cloud Forests. Most of the book's plant and animal photographs were taken within a 15 minute walk of the photographer's home, giving us a rare glimpse of one of the world's most biodiverse, beautiful- and threatened- ecosystems. The 9 X 9 inch hard-cover (and sewn) book contains 120 pages with 160 photographs of-- besides plenty of birds, butterflie and orchids-- striking images of cloud forests, plants, moths, mantids, lizards, frogs, beetles, and spiders. The book also highlights some of the threats these biological jewels are facing. Table of Content: Acknowlegement Preface (by Peter Joost) Cloud Forests Orchids Butterflies, Moths, Beetles and Other Forests Denizens Birds The Curse of Copper A final Word Resources About the Photographs