League Member James J. Szczur (aka, Professor Jim) is an award winning author and pronghorn expert, university professor, wildlife photographer, and adventurer at heart. His book, Exploring the Neighborhood Pronghorn Community, chronicles his pronghorn adventures in Colorado Springs.
While Professor Jim has traveled to Africa, this safari took him to the American West where he spent nearly two years observing pronghorn up close and personal. A move to Colorado Springs in 1991 gave the author ample opportunity to observe herds of pronghorn in the surrounding grasslands near his home.
By 2020, he was in a position where he could devote undivided attention to these usually reclusive yet always curious creatures. He was interested in their behavior, movements, and annual migrations, and most importantly, how they were coping with the ever-encroaching housing developments.
Happy in open grasslands and prairies, he would often see them not far from bulldozers paving roads for a new subdivision, literally hanging on to their territory as another house was in construction. Definitely see the pronghorn book photo slideshow and for more information about pronghorn, the book, and scheduling show-n-tell guest appearances and book signings—see JamesSzczur.wordpress.com.
(“Author Spotlight on James Szczur” is extracted from Anita L. Sherman book review in The Epoch Times, "Exploring the Neighborhood Pronghorn Community").