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Kathy Biggs |
Kathy Biggs has been a nature lover all her life. Although she was born in Dallas, she grew up in the SF Bay Area in CA. As a child she traipsed through the fields and hills around her homes, enjoyed camping outings, collected insects, and tried unsuccessfully to catch birds by shaking salt on their tails. After she married she & her husband became birders. But it was when she and husband Dave built their wildlife garden pond using mostly native plants, that the dragonflies arrived and became her passion.
When she discovered that there were no guides available for the dragonflies in CA, she began collecting her own data which, as an educator, she decided to first 'publish' on the Internet to share with others. The web site eventually evolved into her first book, "Common Dragonflies of California, A Beginner's Pocket Guide." She is now putting the final touches on her second book, "Common Dragonflies of the Southwest, A Beginner's Pocket Guide." [should be available this spring] - More data about the book
Kathy worked as an educator in the CA public school system for 18 years before becoming an author/publisher/dragonfly/wildlife pond spokesperson. She and Dave enjoy excursions to many areas of the southwest, both to see the dragonflies and to teach people about them and about wildlife ponds.
Learn more about dragonflies, Earth's very first fliers, at her CA Dragonfly website:
Learn more about her love of wildlife ponds &/or visit their wildlife pond and her and her family at their "Bigsnest" website.