Pastonkik: Oâos

A collection of wild animal photography by nature photographer Kimberly J Tilley. In this book there are a few of her favourite images from her backyard and travels of wildlife. The images were created from 2007 - 2020 at various locations in the USA. This book series title, Pastonkik, means "in the United States" and it comes from the Abenaki language. The Abenaki are from the Northeast. Native American languages and Latin are used in this series to identify specimens. There are 18 books in total featuring Kimberly's favourite landscapes, waterscapes, insects, plants, birds and wildlife images.

"The horse is an iconic image of North America, the origin of Equus. There was a protection act created in the 1970s to preserve this creature that has helped humans for thousands of years. Over the years people in government positions have ignored this protection order and has been brutally rounding up horses and killing them. There is less than 100,000 wild equines roaming the western landscape. There is over 6 million cows consuming over 80% of wild vegetation and eroding the landscape. Ranchers and hunters are the reason why the government spends over 60 million dollars a year slaughtering wild equines and inserting birth control into mares." -Page 18