Onion, a North Carolina Dolphin

Follow the life of Onion, a bottlenose dolphin, and learn about how researchers have tracked him for more than 20 years Through his experiences, you will learn about the life of a dolphin and how to play a part in protecting these amazing animals. Written and illustrated by North Carolina dolphin researchers, this story is based upon real sightings of dolphins in coastal North Carolina with photos and illustrations. A glossary teaches children key scientific words. All sales of this book benefit the non-profit organization, the Outer Banks Center for Dolphin Research, an organization dedicated to the conservation of bottlenose dolphins in the Outer Banks of North Carolina through research and education.

Author: Jessica Sarah Taylor
Publisher: Outer Banks Center for Dolphin Research
Published: 03/01/2019
Pages: 26
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.18lbs
Size: 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.07d
ISBN: 9780578472089

About the Author
Taylor, Jessica Sarah: - As a naturalist, researcher, and educator, I have been lucky enough to spend the past 11 years of my career studying, observing, and teaching others about the Outer Banks dolphins. The Onion story was born during a stroller walk with my infant daughter years ago. Recently, in search of a good dolphin ecology story to teach her 1st grade class, the Onion story was finally finished. Learning about the Outer Banks dolphins has been an amazing experience and I am grateful for this "glimpse" into their lives. When I am not with the dolphins, I am busy raising my two human "calves," Emma and Jonathan, with my husband, Jay, and our dog, Winnie, at our Kill Devil Hills home. Together, we enjoy surfing, sailing, biking, kayaking, and visiting the beautiful Atlantic ocean.Bowles, Nan: - My husband Tom, our dog Spot and I live here along with the marsh grass, the marsh mud, a creek that flows in two directions, coyotes, marsh rabbits, and river otters, Great Blue Herons, Red-winged Black Birds, and White Egrets, marsh pinks, morning glories, loblolly and longleaf pines, tree frogs and lizards, mosquitoes, dragonflies, and butterflies. We all call the marsh home which is located on the east coast of North Carolina near the town of Beaufort. Twenty-one years of listening to community members in the marsh has opened my heart to the Earth parables coming through these plants or animals, the sun and moon. I call these stories, Earth parables because they always contain a lesson for me and for all humans. When time is taken to visit a flower or watch the lizards in my pathway, openings are created for stories and insights to come or for a moment of beauty to appear that asks to become a painting. This can happen as I am walking the land, canoeing the creek, hanging out on the dock, walking the forest trail on the edge of the marsh, or going for a swamp stomp. These stories, insights and images grow and ripen within me until they are ready to be put on paper in the form of watercolor paintings or photographs. In time they become a greeting card, with a teaching story written on the back for all to read.

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