Chasing birds across Texas: a birding big year
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Main Author: Adams, Mark Thomas (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: College Station Texas A & M University Press c2003
Edition:1st ed
Series:Louise Lindsey Merrick natural environment series no. 35
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Item Description:Chapter 1 - Birth of a Birder and a Texas Big Year - 8 -- - Chapter 2 - Starting Close to Home - 19 -- - Chapter 3 - The Rio Grande Valley in Winter - 29 -- - Chapter 4 - Pursuing Varied Thrush - 41 -- - Chapter 5 - Home and Away Games - 48 -- - Chapter 6 - Northeast Texas Rarities - 58 -- - Chapter 7 - A Long Weekend in the Pineywoods - 65 -- - Chapter 8 - Big Year Nemesis Number One: Painted Redstart - 72 -- - Chapter 9 - Dawn at the Lek - 76 -- - Chapter 10 - Into the Ooze - 84 -- - Chapter 11 - Spring Migration - 89 -- - Chapter 12 - The Road to Four Hundred Species - 103 -- - Chapter 13 - West Texas Bounty - 114 -- - Chapter 14 - Late Spring in the Rio Grande Valley - 122 -- - Chapter 15 - Strategies and Surprises - 129 -- - Chapter 16 - Big Year Nemesis Number Two: Louisiana Waterthrush - 137 -- - Chapter 17 - Into the Gulf of Mexico - 141 -- - Chapter 18 - Among Butterflies and Friends - 148 -- - Chapter 19 - Red Birds in August - 153 -- - Chapter 20 - Adventures while Chasing a Long-tailed Jaeger - 157 -- - Chapter 21 - Welcoming the Invaders - 162 -- - Chapter 22 - Studies in Pain: American Golden-Plover and Yellow Rail - 173 -- - Chapter 23 - Two West Texas Gifts - 181 -- - Chapter 24 - Of Owls and Cranes - 187 -- - Chapter 25 - Frantic December Days - 190 -- - Chapter 26 - Chasing to the End - 202 -- - Chapter 27 - Reflections on a Texas Big Year - 214 -- - Appendix - A Texas Big Year Species List - 221 -- - Appendix B - Other Species Seen in Texas in 2000 - 241
The author tells of his trek across thousands of miles of Texas territory to explore nearly five hundred different species of birds and their habitats
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 254 p., [8] p. of plates)
ISBN:158544295X
1585442968
1603446303
9781585442959
9781585442966
9781603446303

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