Julie Zickefoose

Writer/artist JULIE ZICKEFOOSE is fascinated by the interface of birds and people. She is the author of Natural Gardening for Birds ; Letters from Eden: A Year at Home, in the Woods ; The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds With Common Birds ; and Baby Birds: An Artist Looks Into the Nest . She is the only person ever to specialize in painting the day-to-day development of nestling birds. Studying blue jays, a familiar yet deeply mysterious species, has opened a new world to her. She lives and...See more

Writer/artist JULIE ZICKEFOOSE is fascinated by the interface of birds and people. She is the author of Natural Gardening for Birds ; Letters from Eden: A Year at Home, in the Woods ; The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds With Common Birds ; and Baby Birds: An Artist Looks Into the Nest . She is the only person ever to specialize in painting the day-to-day development of nestling birds. Studying blue jays, a familiar yet deeply mysterious species, has opened a new world to her. She lives and documents the lives of birds, bobcats, coyotes, deer, and other wildlife on an 80-acre sanctuary in southeast Ohio. See less