DeKALB — NIU emeritus professor Michael Day mentioned his globe-spanning wildlife images on Sunday on the Annie Glidden Homestead.
The exhibit, “Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Little Fishes: DeKalb Wildlife on Former Glidden Land,” consisted of a show of birds, reptiles and mammals Day photographed all through his travels world wide.
Part of the Soup-er Sunday program, the occasion was supposed to assist the Joseph F. Glidden Homestead & Historical Center in DeKalb.
The occasion additionally offered complimentary bowls of soup, cookies and a tour of the house.
Day, who served as professor of English and director of first-year composition at NIU, affirmed his ardour for nature and its preservation.
“In many ways, you could say that I worship forests and wild things. I want to embrace the feeling of belonging in nature and of wild creatures as equals to humans,” Day stated. “They belong with us, not to us, and they are not to be conquered or killed off by human folly.”
Day has traveled to the Galapagos Islands, Antarctica, Australia, and Egypt, showcasing a wide range of animals from warblers, ravens and bald eagles, to turtles and frogs.
After the presentation, a tour of the Joseph F. Glidden Homestead and Historical Center, showcased the constructing’s historical past.
Notably, in 1895, Glidden donated 64 acres of his DeKalb land to kind the campus of then newly based NIU.
The subsequent Soup-er Sunday occasion might be held at midday on Feb. 8.