The Wild Side, Volume 2
Scott Shalaway
The Wildside Volume 2 highlights seventy five of the best of Scott Shalaway's syndicated nature columns. Let Scott introduce you to the natural history of creatures you see and enjoy every day--birds, bats, butterflies, and many other animals and plants. Compare personal perspectives on nature. Tag along as he describes his outdoor adventures, from the wilds of West Virginia to the Galapagos Islands. And learn how to attract more wildlife to your backyard with food, nest boxes, and wildflowers.
Scott Shalaway (1952-2025) earned his PhD in wildlife ecology at Michigan State. After working first at the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and then as a zoology professor at Oklahoma State University, he moved to West Virginia to fulfill his dream of becoming a freelance nature writer. Scott’s life “on the wild side” encompassed 33 years writing more than 2,000 columns, seven books, and several hundred magazine articles--many of which won writing awards. For 22 of those years, he also hosted live weekly radio shows in Pittsburgh and Wheeling, West Virginia. Scott led 13 birding tours to Mexico and 11 more to Ecuador, the Galapagos, Maine, the Everglades, southern Arizona, Hawk Mountain and Cape May.
This audiobook is brought to life by Scott's eldest daughter, author and voice actor Nora Shalaway Carpenter.
Duration - 5h 41m.
Author - Scott Shalaway.
Narrator - Nora Shalaway Carpenter.
Published Date - Wednesday, 08 January 2025.
Copyright - © 1996 Scott Shalaway ©.
Location:
United States
Networks:
Scott Shalaway
Nora Shalaway Carpenter
Saddle Ridge Press
English Audiobooks
INAudio Audiobooks
Description:
The Wildside Volume 2 highlights seventy five of the best of Scott Shalaway's syndicated nature columns. Let Scott introduce you to the natural history of creatures you see and enjoy every day--birds, bats, butterflies, and many other animals and plants. Compare personal perspectives on nature. Tag along as he describes his outdoor adventures, from the wilds of West Virginia to the Galapagos Islands. And learn how to attract more wildlife to your backyard with food, nest boxes, and wildflowers. Scott Shalaway (1952-2025) earned his PhD in wildlife ecology at Michigan State. After working first at the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and then as a zoology professor at Oklahoma State University, he moved to West Virginia to fulfill his dream of becoming a freelance nature writer. Scott’s life “on the wild side” encompassed 33 years writing more than 2,000 columns, seven books, and several hundred magazine articles--many of which won writing awards. For 22 of those years, he also hosted live weekly radio shows in Pittsburgh and Wheeling, West Virginia. Scott led 13 birding tours to Mexico and 11 more to Ecuador, the Galapagos, Maine, the Everglades, southern Arizona, Hawk Mountain and Cape May. This audiobook is brought to life by Scott's eldest daughter, author and voice actor Nora Shalaway Carpenter. Duration - 5h 41m. Author - Scott Shalaway. Narrator - Nora Shalaway Carpenter. Published Date - Wednesday, 08 January 2025. Copyright - © 1996 Scott Shalaway ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:20
Preface
Duration:00:02:21
1 great blue heron
Duration:00:04:33
2 great horned owl
Duration:00:06:38
3 whip poor wills
Duration:00:07:26
4 pileated woodpecker
Duration:00:04:05
5 chickadees
Duration:00:06:21
6 nuthatches
Duration:00:04:20
7 bluebirds
Duration:00:06:52
8 cardinals
Duration:00:04:31
9 indigo bunting
Duration:00:02:52
10 song sparrows
Duration:00:04:25
11 goldfinches
Duration:00:04:12
12 sunflowers
Duration:00:04:28
13 melons
Duration:00:04:18
14 the blob
Duration:00:04:43
15 music of the night
Duration:00:04:12
16 monarch butterflies
Duration:00:04:50
17 tent caterpillars
Duration:00:04:20
18 brook trout
Duration:00:04:14
19 gray tree frogs
Duration:00:04:14
20 milksnakes & copperheads
Duration:00:04:04
21 opossums
Duration:00:03:51
22 bats
Duration:00:08:31
23 meadow voles and kestrels
Duration:00:04:25
24 muskrats &marshes
Duration:00:04:04
25 flying squirrels
Duration:00:03:40
26 acorns & squirrels
Duration:00:03:56
27 coyotes
Duration:00:04:34
28 feral cats
Duration:00:04:22
29 white tailed deer
Duration:00:03:33
30 why i write
Duration:00:03:31
31 chasing dreams
Duration:00:03:58
32 october lessons
Duration:00:04:47
33 a cosmic perspective
Duration:00:03:31
34 swimming holes
Duration:00:04:15
35 blackberry season
Duration:00:04:27
36 grasses
Duration:00:04:22
37 birding
Duration:00:04:19
38 hawkwatching
Duration:00:04:23
39 yellowstone wolves
Duration:00:04:35
40 roger tory peterson
Duration:00:04:42
41 green quotes
Duration:00:04:37
42 ten years and counting
Duration:00:04:24
43 twas the morning of christmas
Duration:00:02:32
44 whalewatching
Duration:00:04:06
45 dakota dreams
Duration:00:04:48
46 quiet water canoeing
Duration:00:04:16
47 rafting wv s new river
Duration:00:03:39
48 the new river s gentle side
Duration:00:04:22
49 an alaskan adventure
Duration:00:04:41
50 the enchanted islands
Duration:00:04:30
51 mainely birds
Duration:00:04:21
52 the puffin project
Duration:00:04:20
53 mainely moose
Duration:00:03:50
54 laurel caverns
Duration:00:04:06
55 mill grove
Duration:00:03:48
56 montana
Duration:00:04:33
57 colima
Duration:00:04:57
58 mexico revisited
Duration:00:03:53
59 florida fish story
Duration:00:04:23
60 dolly sods
Duration:00:04:55
61 mendon ponds
Duration:00:03:35
62 feeding wild birds
Duration:00:07:28
63 selective feeding who eats what
Duration:00:06:54
64 suet recipe
Duration:00:00:45
65 woodpecker trees
Duration:00:04:16
66 hand feeding wild birds
Duration:00:03:51
67 hummingbird q&a
Duration:00:05:23
68 the hole story
Duration:00:04:07
69 ghost trees
Duration:00:04:06
70 nest box basics
Duration:00:02:25
71 50 cent bluebirds
Duration:00:04:54
72 backyard water
Duration:00:04:11
73 winter water
Duration:00:04:28
74 wildflowers
Duration:00:07:38
75 attracting butterflies
Duration:00:05:03
For more information
Duration:00:00:36
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:20