2 Wednesday, February 16, 1933 Daily Nebraskan u owusos ac:i on JasplJay m coiiy uoiomo y 1 """" 4 V w' Staff photo by John Zoi Paul Johnsqard works on a sketch of a waterfowl in his Manter Hall office. m PcdPG MsM Par-Sy Wednesday, Feb. 16 8:00 p.m. Nebraska Union Find out more about the Spring Break Trip Everyone Welcome is By Linda Uekhus An exhibit of art, books, original manu scripts and wood sculpture by UNL profes sor, Paul Johnsgard. is on display at Ben nett Martin Public Library at 14th and N streets. The exhibit, in the Heritage Room, will be displayed until May 31 . Johnsgard, a professor in the School of Life Sciences, is an artist and published au thor. Many of the books he has authored and illustrated are about birds and their be havior. Johnsgard came to UNL 21 years ago with zoology and wildlife management de grees fromNorth Dakota State University, Washington State University and Cornell University. UNL was his first teaching posi tion after he completed a two-year fellow ship at England's Bristol University. At Bristol, he completed a study of the behav ior of all the waterfowl species of the world. Consequently, this research became the basis for his first book, "A Handbook of Waterfowl Behavior." After the success of the first book, Johnsgard said he undertook several writ ing projects, working on as many as eight projects at a time. He has published 15 books including "Song of the North Wind," "Hummingbirds in North America" and recently, "Dragons and Unicorns" which was the first book he coiuthored. His co-author was his daughter, Karin, a student at Nebraska Wesleyan University. He said he expects to have four new books out within the year. "Most of my books are about the behav ior and ecology of live animals, especially birds and mammals," he said. Johnsgard said he spends much of his summers traveling around America and the world doing research for his books. He also researches at libraries and museums includ ing those at Yale and at Oxford in England. Johnsgard said his research focuses on get ting data on distribution and on the speci mens themselves. He said when he is working on a book, he likes to be in total command: all the writing, drawings and photographs are his own. Although the book market is an impor tant consideration, when choosing the sub ject for a book, Johnsgard said his own in terest in the subject is also a deciding fac tor. He said he is more interested in study ing the less known behavior aspects of a certain bird species and he prefers to study larger birds because they are easier to ob serve. However, of the estimated 8,600 bird species in the world, Johnsgard esti mates that he has looked at only a few hundred species- so doesn't plan on run ning out of future "projects." He also said he probably will surpass his projected goal of 25 published books, because there are so many bird species he finds particularly in teresting. "Being an author has been a very re warding experience," he said. "It is the ob ligation of the scientist to do useful re search." He said he measures his books' success in terms of his satisfaction with the work and not in the number of book sales. Johnsgard said he also enjoys line draw ing, wood sculpture and photography. These other interests have little to do with his research and they are mainly recre ational activities or for self-expression, he said. Yet many of the drawings, sculptures and photographs are of birds or other ani mals, he said, and many of the drawings and photographs are published as part of a book. W :, M R I Wk s i "i f i J- I : U I Mi h mm urn A 'a?,'- K. fa H jy , m DmmwmXk toiler n i m & U --i V fcY)l m i iLiiLiu jlJU Uuvl (J k k f- a y f5(Fll GGfol33 tombs X ?$?0'jJ& X Real Pizza I f Jv7 a,w'k4T?mt BUY 2 (g GET AN 8 PACK OF ! n euvspii n J 1 p " " j GST AW 0 PAGEt 07 PEPSI f Mil I M II" W f 'J 1 11 I -it rzj(-rj n II I c If j L UUL"Q ip! ri r - if - r - n dJJl) u uu 0