CURRICULUM VITAE

Douglas L. Wechsler
The Academy of Natural Sciences
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-1195
Phone (215) 299-1069
e-mail wechsler@acnatsci.org

EXPERIENCE:
1987 -
Present

DIRECTOR, VISUAL RESOURCES FOR ORNITHOLOGY, The Academy of Natural Sciences.
Ornithologist/Photographer. Direct the world's largest collection of bird photographs. Photography and research related to birds. Field work in Ecuador, Guyana, Philippines, Cameroon, Borneo and Alaska.
1984 -
Present

PHOTOGRAPHER/WRITER. Freelancer specializing in natural science subjects. Publications in hundreds of books, magazines, calendars, CD-ROM's and museum exhibits.
1982-
1984		 FIELD BIOLOGIST, The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Research on foraging ecology of hummingbirds in Costa Rica.
1979-
1981
 WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST, Washington State Department of Game
Field research in habitat management and preservation related to endangered species and habitat mitigation.
1973 -
1978
 OTHER POSITIONS. Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Bureau of Land Management - bird, reptile, amphibian and mammal surveys. Ranger-Naturalist, Point Reyes National Seashore. Field Assistant studies of lizard ecology and tropical bird ecology and behavior. Co-taught Ornithology Oberlin College.

EDUCATION:
1975/76 Courses in Wildlife Science, Ecology, Environmental Studies. University of Washington, Seattle.
1973 B.A. Biology. Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio.

AFFILIATIONS:
American Ornithologists' Union
American Society of Picture Professionals
North American Nature Photography Association
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators

PUBLICATIONS:
Wechsler, Doug. 2002. Poison Dart Frogs (The Really Wild Life of Frogs series) PowerKids Press, Rosen Publishing Group.

Wechsler, Doug. 2002. Treefrogs (The Really Wild Life of Frogs series) PowerKids Press, Rosen Publishing Group.

Wechsler, Doug. 2002. Bull Frogs (The Really Wild Life of Frogs series) PowerKids Press, Rosen Publishing Group.

Wechsler, Doug. 2002. Leopard Frogs (The Really Wild Life of Frogs series) PowerKids Press, Rosen Publishing Group.

Wechsler, Doug. 2002. Glass Frogs (The Really Wild Life of Frogs series) PowerKids Press, Rosen Publishing Group.

Wechsler, Doug. 2002. Wood Frogs (The Really Wild Life of Frogs series) PowerKids Press, Rosen Publishing Group.

Wechsler, Doug. 2001 Peregrine Falcons (The Really Wild Life of Birds of Prey series) PowerKids Press, Rosen Publishing Group.

Wechsler, Doug. 2001 Ospreys (The Really Wild Life of Birds of Prey series) PowerKids Press, Rosen Publishing Group.

Wechsler, Doug. 2001 Great Horned Owls (The Really Wild Life of Birds of Prey series) PowerKids Press, Rosen Publishing Group.

Wechsler, Doug. 2001 Red-tailed Hawks (The Really Wild Life of Birds of Prey series) PowerKids Press, Rosen Publishing Group.

Wechsler, Doug. 2001 Bald Eagles Snakes (The Really Wild Life of Birds of Prey series) PowerKids Press, Rosen Publishing Group.

Wechsler, Doug. 2001 Vultures (The Really Wild Life of Birds of Prey series) PowerKids Press, Rosen Publishing Group.

Wechsler, Doug. 2001 Rattlesnakes (The Really Wild Life of Snakes series) PowerKids Press, Rosen Publishing Group.

Wechsler, Doug. 2001 Pit Vipers (The Really Wild Life of Snakes series) PowerKids Press, Rosen Publishing Group.

Wechsler, Doug. 2001 Taipans (The Really Wild Life of Snakes series) PowerKids Press, Rosen Publishing Group.

Wechsler, Doug. 2001 Boas (The Really Wild Life of Snakes series) PowerKids Press, Rosen Publishing Group.

Wechsler, Doug. 2001 Pythons Snakes (The Really Wild Life of Snakes series) PowerKids Press, Rosen Publishing Group.

Wechsler, Doug. 2001 Garter Snakes (The Really Wild Life of Snakes series) PowerKids Press, Rosen Publishing Group.

Wechsler, Doug. 1999. Bizarre Birds. Boyds Mills Press.

Wechsler, Doug. 1998. Dark times for Cuba's sabal palms. International Wildlife. 28: (2) 38-43

Wechsler, Doug. 1998. VIREO - the bird bicture library. Hasselblad Forum. 34: (3&4) 54-55.

Wechsler, Doug. 1995. Bizarre Bugs. Cobblehill Press.

Wechsler, Doug. 1989 VIREO's wantlist. Birding. 21:110-113.

Wechsler, Doug. 1989. I met the Rambo Ants. Ranger Rick.

Wechsler, Doug. 1985. Prowling through a sleeping jungle. International Wildlife 15(6): 12-16

Wechsler, Doug. 1984. Jungle gold fever. BBC Wildlife. 2(9): 460.

Willis, E.O., D. Wechsler, and F.G. Stiles. 1983. Forest-falcons, hawks, and a pygmy-owl as ant followers. Rev Brasil. Biol. 43(1) 23-28.

Wechsler, Doug. 1982. The Desert Lives. Washington Wildlife. (May) 13-16

Willis, E.O., D. Wechsler, and S. Kistler. 1982. Galbula albirostris (Aves, Galbulidae), Trogon rufus (Trogonidae), and Electron platyrhinchum (Motmotidae) as army ant followers. Rev. Brasil. Biol. 42(4): 761-766.

Willis, E.O., D. Wechsler, and Y. Oniki. 1998. On behavior and nesting of MacConnell's flycatcher (Pipromorpha macconnelli): Does female rejection lead to male promescuity. Auk 95(1): 1-8.

SELECTED PHOTO CREDITS

Magazines: Audubon, Birder's World, Birding, Bird Watcher's Digest, Continental, Der Spiegel, Discover, Equinox, GEO(Germany), International/National Wildlife, National Geographic, Natural History, Orion, Smithsonian, Weekly Reader, Wild Bird.

Book publishers: Wm. C. Brown, Harcourt, Holt, Houghton Mifflin, Macmillan, National Geographic, Penguin, Saunders, Scientific American, Scott Foresman, Time-Life.

Museums: Academy of Natural Sciences, New England Science Center, Smithsonian Traveling Exhibitions.

Calendars: Advil, Camden House, National Geographic, World Wildlife.

CD's: American Interactive Media, Applied Optical Media, Sonic Images, Peterson Field Guides, Thayer's Birds of North America.

Zoos: Bronx Zoo, Philadelphia, Louisville, St. Louis.