author
Dwight R. Platt
b. 1931
A Kansas biologist and naturalist, this author wrote clear, field-based studies of birds and snakes that grew out of decades of teaching and research. His work is especially tied to the landscapes and wildlife of the Great Plains.
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Food of the Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm, in South-central Kansas
by Dwight R. Platt
About the author
Born in Chicago on August 4, 1931, he studied at Bethel College and then earned a master's degree in zoology from the University of Kansas. Archival records also note that he served with the American Friends Service Committee in Orissa, India, from 1954 to 1956, where he married LaVonne Godwin.
He went on to teach biology at Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas, where he became professor emeritus. His published work focused on natural history and field observation, including studies of crow diet and the natural history of hognose snakes.
His long connection to Kansas ecology and herpetology is reflected in later recognition from the Kansas Herpetological Society, which created an award bearing his name alongside Henry S. Fitch. That legacy fits the character of his writing: careful, observant, and rooted in the living world around him.