Welcome to the official website of ornithologist, illustrator, author, and leading authority on the birds of Hawaii and the Pacific Islands, H. Douglas Pratt.

Dear Friends,

I finally got around to putting up a website, thanks to the able help of Josh Southern. He has done a great job of organizing a huge amount of material and making it easy to navigate. This website has been “under construction” since going live in late 2009. Now it is essentially complete, although I intend to add things fairly often. Throughout the site you will find explanatory comments from me, usually in italics.

This site is basically an illustrated autobiography or CV, which I hope will continue to grow for many years. The tabs at the left direct you to the various aspects of my life and career that may interest you. New features recently added (as of 2011) include:

1) ways to purchase or commission original art work (Art Sales);

2) ways you can contribute to my most important “legacy” project, a new edition of A Field Guide to the Birds of Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific, co-authored with Phil Bruner (New Book);

3) my ever-expanding Pacific Birds Bibliography, offered as a service to scholars and researchers, which you can download directly or, for the most up-to-date version, obtain from me by email;

4) a section on Biophilately, better known as stamp collecting with a biological theme, showing some of the stamps I have designed with images of birds, mammals, and plants;

5) A Music section, for those not interested in birds, where you can learn about my music sideline, hear some clips, and view some video of my playing.

So come on in and look around. I hope you find something interesting, informative, or entertaining. Please send any comments, criticisms, corrections, suggested additions, etc., to me at doug@hdouglaspratt.com.

Thanks for visiting,
Doug




Recent Updates

07/12/11
Click on this thumbnail image to view a segment about Doug Pratt from the Travel Channel program "Designs on Travel"