ABOUT the AUTHOR

Pamela Moore has lived in Sheridan, WY for the last 24 years, and taught music to children at all of Sheridan County School District #2 elementary schools. After retiring in 2018 she turned more of her attention to birds and began writing a children’s book.  Moore has loved nature for as long as she can remember and she has shared that love with children in her music classes for 36 years.  As the 1996 Wyoming Teacher of the Year, she shared this quote which she now shares with you.

“In the end, we will conserve only what we love;

we will love only what we understand,

and we will understand only what we are taught.”

                                        Baba Dioum of Senegal

Her dedication to teaching the whole child led her to read a book that would impact her teaching for the rest of her career. "Reading Magic", by Mem Fox (2001) states: “Rhymers will be readers: it’s that simple.” Little did Moore know that one book and a little bird would provide the spark required to put her on a new path. 

One day, a Pine Siskin actually stepped onto her finger. It allowed her to gently remove a bothersome glob of gunk from its beak. Then the bird remained sitting in her hand and allowed her to pet it. When it flew off, she was hooked on caring for birds. To learn more about birds, Moore soon joined the local Bighorn Audubon Society. She eventually became a board member serving as Secretary, Education Chair, and Vice-President. She has presented numerous educational programs about birds to children. Over the years other birds would need and accept her assistance before they flew away. Eventually, a juvenile Cedar Waxwing inspired her to write her book, Wyoming Birds for Kids.