Documenting Michigan’s History and Wildlife: An Interview with Author Anneke Letitia

At the same time, native wildlife, including local birds and insects, faces a quiet decline due to habitat loss. Q: For “Birds Bugs Butterflies,” you spent eight years photographing local wildlife. Anneke Letitia: Yes, my Birds Bugs Butterflies book was photographed and authored over eight years. Q: What specific message do you hope younger readers take away when they look at the wildlife photos in “Birds Bugs Butterflies”? How My Interest in Birds, Bugs, Butterflies BeganMy interest in birds, bugs and butterflies began when I was three years old, walking with my father along the paths of Apelsche, a national forest in the Netherlands.