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Anne LeMieux's avatar

Wonderful work! (Have you ever read The Bat-Poet by Randall Jarrell with illustrations by Maurice Sendak?)

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Rosalie Haizlett's avatar

Not yet! But I just looked it up and it looks very fun. Love Sendak's illustrations.

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Lischer Tracy's avatar

I’m so glad I found your column. All fascinating. Yesterday visiting here in Santa Barbara CA I hiked to a seal rookery. We had to observe from cliff top as there were pups. Thank you for all the good work you do. So important these days.

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Rosalie Haizlett's avatar

Thanks, Lischer! Glad you got to go on a seal rookery adventure—I'd LOVE to do that!

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suzannemarshall13@gmail.com's avatar

Wonderful

Article and paintings. I already bought your book. It is on my shelf het in Curcialinho. Portugal. I miss the lovely Appalachians that you describe and paint so well

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Rosalie Haizlett's avatar

Aw, very special to know that you're enjoying my book in Portugal! Thanks for reading.

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The Rogue Crow's avatar

Lovely illustration and prose! What a great opportunity

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Rosalie Haizlett's avatar

Thanks for reading!

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Susan `'s avatar

I so enjoyed seeing your first illustrated column :) Very nice indeed.

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Rosalie Haizlett's avatar

Thanks for taking a look!

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Jen L's avatar

I love bats! They're so important to the ecocsystem. Beautiful article and illustrations!

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Rosalie Haizlett's avatar

Thanks for reading the article, Jen!

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Cheryl Borkowski's avatar

Love the article and illustrations!

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Rosalie Haizlett's avatar

Thanks, Cheryl!

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KHM's avatar

What a neat way to combine science and art. The world needs more beautiful and important, informative work like this. Thank you for sharing - and creating!

(I love bats! Never had much interaction with them up close, but I've always loved seeing them swoop around at dusk and hearing them chitter—barely audible, they force me to listen more closely. Also, they eat a lot of bugs. Being in southeast Georgia, that wins big points in my book!)

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Rosalie Haizlett's avatar

Thanks for taking the time to leave this comment! Yes, it's hard to imagine how many bugs there would be in the Southeast without bats.... yikes!

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Melanie Boetel's avatar

One of my favorite things of a summer evening is watching the bats start swooping around the backyard at dusk

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Michelle Maggiore's avatar

I held a bat once at a Sierra Club talk. Such delicate and fascinating creatures!

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Laurie's avatar

Very interesting and beautiful illustrations.

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