ARTICLES ON HAWAIIAN
BIRDS AND BIRDWATCHING
Jack Jeffrey - Hawai'i's most prolific Bird photographer
A long time resident of the Big Island and a wildlife biologist, Jack Jeffrey is intimately familiar with Hawaii's hidden valleys and remote rainforests. He brings to his images the knowledge of 25 years of observation and study of Hawaii's endemic species. Combined with a naturalist's curiosity, a photographer's patience and technical skill, Jack captures the spirit of Hawaii's rare forest birds, plants and other natural treasures in his wonderful photographic images.
Born in New England, Jack moved to Guam in the 1960's where he attended the University of Guam, receiving a Bachelors Degree in Biology and entered the graduate school program. He worked for four years as a wildlife biologist for Guam Fish and Game and travelled throughout the Pacific photographing island flora and fauna and developing an interest in bird photography.
He moved to Hawaii in 1974 and began a life dedicated to the protection and preservation
of Hawaii's endemic birds. He is currently the wildlife biologist at Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge on
the Big Island.
Jack is co-author of two books on Hawai'i's birds with Hawai'i's foremost ornithologist, H Douglas Pratt. The books, "Hawai'i's Beautiful Birds" and "A Pocket Guide to Hawai'i's Birds" have been on Hawai'i's "best seller" list since their first printing in 1996. Jack's bird and natural history photographs have been featured in such publications as National Geographic (Canon Endangered Species Series), Audubon Magazine, National Wildlife, Smithsonian, Natural History, Life, Time, and Newsweek, Birding, Wild Bird, Hana Hou! and Hawaii, as well as in numerous textbooks, calendars and postcards.
In August 2002 Jack was awarded the Sierra Club's prestigious "Ansel Adams" award, for his work on photographing Hawai'i's indigenous species, more details can be found by Clicking Here.
Jack has a great website featuring many of his photographs of Hawaiian Birds and Wildlife, as well as Hawaiian environmental information and details of his work, check it out:
http://www.jackjeffreyphoto.com
Hawai'i's Beautiful Birds by Jack Jeffrey and H. Douglas Pratt. Mutual Publishing, Honolulu.
This large-format book is packed with fantastic colour photographs by Jack and is accompanied by text by H. Douglas Pratt, one of Hawai'i's most knowledgeable birders and ornithologists. Every one of the sixty-four pages contains beautifully photographed images from around the Hawaiian Islands taken by Jack, with additional photographs by Doug Pratt, and the photographs, especially the endemic forest bird photographs, really convey the beauty and uniqueness of the Islands' varied and amazing species.
The book covers most of the species that a visitor is likely to observe on a trip to Hawai'i, from seabirds to introduced forest birds and ducks & geese to the endemic Drepanidinae Honeycreepers.
"Enjoy a journey of discovery among the birds of America's tropical paradise, from the spectacular native honeycreepers that evolved in the isolation of Hawai'i's mid-ocean mountain tops, to the avian immigrants that enliven the resorts of modern Waikiki. Hawai'i's colorful and intriguing birds brighten our days, pique our curiosity, and teach us respect for the Islands' natural and human history. The work of two highly regarded naturalists and photographers brings Hawai'i's beautiful birds into sharp focus. With surprising completeness you will meet rare native birds now confined to remote mountain forests, colorful birds of ponds and taro fields, and wanderers from surrounding seas, as well as the colorful songsters brought to Hawai'i from around the world." - Mutual Publishing, Honolulu.
A Pocket Guide to Hawai'i's Birds
by Jack Jeffrey and H. Douglas Pratt. Mutual
Publishing, Honolulu.
As the name would suggest, this small soft-back book is ideal for use in the field as it fits neatly into a pocket or small bag. The book contains 112 pages of beautiful colour photographs and informative text and guides the reader through different habitats and the birds that may be encountered there; whether that is in the high elevation mountains watching 'Elepaio's feed in native vegetation, observing Hawaiian Stilts walking amongst the taro loi's of lowland wetlands, or simply wandering through downtown Honolulu watching the amusing antics of Common Mynas - there is something for everyone in this book.
"This guide is an introduction to the beautiful birds that inhabit America's only tropical
state. Whether you are a visitor or a resident, you should find something here to broaden your horizons and increase
your appreciation of the natural history of this unique archipelago. Not intended as a complete "field guide",
this book will nevertheless identify all the birds likely to be seen by the beginner. The text approaches the subject
thematically, with the birds grouped in ways that will help one understand how they are all interwoven into the
fabric of nature. The first sections are a small format version of the text and pictures found in Hawai'i's Beautiful
Birds. to these have been added sections on species not covered in the larger book, a survey of Hawai'i's Endangered
Species, and a thumbnail guide to the best places to look for birds in the Islands...it is sure to open your eyes
to island beauties you may have overlooked before." - Mutual Publishing,
Honolulu.
'Akiapola'au and Maui Creeper by Jack Jeffrey.
These books can be ordered through the following outlets:
All the books can also be purchased at
Koke'e Natural History Museum, Borders Books and many other book shops
and Hawaiiana shops throughout The Islands.
also
Mutual Publishing
1127 11th Avenue, Mezz. B., Honolulu, Hawai'i 96816
O'ahu 'Elepaio by Jack Jeffrey.
Christian Melgar, Worthing West Sussex, UK. 2002.
