Path Finder - COVID-19 Edition

Books by John Elmer Lee

Portraits of New Zealand Native Birds

The Portraits

Portraits of New Zealand Native Birds is an intimate book available as a paperback and as an e-book of photographic portraits of New Zealand native, endemic and migrant birds.


New Zealand readers of this book will gain a greater appreciation of native birds and the perils to their continued survival. The book also provides a showcase for the larger world to appreciate New Zealand’s beautiful birds.


Information is provided for amateur photographers to improve their skills in photographing birds in the wild, and will help would-be birders to understand the ethics of responsible bird observation.


Included are insights into the birds by New Zealand’s most renowned naturalists of the 19th and 20th centuries including Sir Walter L. Buller,T. H. Potts, H. Guthrie–Smith, Edgar F. Stead, Johannes C. Andersen, W. T. L. Travers, Captain F. W. Hutton, and Richard Henry to aid the reader’s understanding of the current state of native birds.


Avoiding Extinctions

Many of the birds represented in "Portraits of New Zealand Native Birds" are threatened or endangered. Encroachment on their habitats by humans, and the pests they brought with them into New Zealand, are the principal reason for many native birds precipitous decline, and only human intervention can save them.


Current measures are having limited success in reversing this trend. Greater protection of the native, endemic and migrant birds of New Zealand is vitally needed. A country that calls itself clean and green must do more than lip service to this ideal. This book is intended to shine a light on saving these birds and ensuring their future existence. To do this, increased funding of the Department of Conservation, greater expansion and protection of native bush and wetlands, the creation of more protected mainland and off shore havens, and cleaning of our rivers and steams must start now. Let us not tolerate the shame of inaction or allow indifference be the legacy we hand our children.

Path Finder - COVID-19 Edition

Path Finder – COVID-19 Edition is being distributed without charge, or at cost, depending of the version you want. For more information, see below.

About Path Finder

Path Finder is meant for those who have been awakened from the slumber of belief and dogma, and for those who seek their full potential. The title of this book refers to the journey to find meaning and purpose in your life, and is meant to help you gain clarity when undertaking your journey of self-discovery. It is not meant to tell you what to think, or not to think. While it will not tell you what to think, it may touch on how to think. What comes after that is up to you. Path Finder will also help you to enlarge upon your awakening, and will assist you to develop principles and practices to guide your journey. In this book there are teachings found in Christianity, Buddhism, and Sufism, as well as secular books of wisdom. I have taken freely from the words of saints, while avoiding dogma not related to those words. When awakened, you are capable of leading an intentional, committed and loving life. When awakened, you are able to do great good. When awakened, you are able to make a real difference in other people’s lives. The reward will not be the keys to heaven, or even the admiration of others. The reward is power. Power to choose. Power over yourself. Power to serve.


Ordering Path Finder

The ebook version of Path Finder is available at Apple books for free, Amazon books at cost, Kobo books at cost, and Barnes and Noble books at cost. A fixed layout version is available at Amazon.com as well.

The paperback book is available at cost at Amazon books, and the hardbound version is available at Barnes and Noble books at cost.

About Johnny Peaceseed
Johnny Peaceseed is my pen name. In the Spring of 2003, Johnny Peaceseed was born. The name was chosen as I struggled with the hypocrisies of war, and how I might contribute to the peace movement. The name allowed me to step out of my skin, and any reluctance I might feel about standing out in a crowd. Johnny allowed me to make speeches, to write blogs, to create t-shirts and buttons and flyers, and to become comfortable outside my comfort zone. This book again uses the name Johnny Peaceseed, only this time it refers to my intuitive mind, the true author of this book. We hope you enjoy.
~ John Elmer Lee