Chasing birds across Texas : a birding big year /

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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Adams, Mark Thomas
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2003.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Louise Lindsey Merrick natural environment series ; no. 35.
Temas:
Birds > Counting > Texas.
Birds > Texas.
Oiseaux > Comptage > Texas.
Oiseaux > Texas.
NATURE > Animals > Birds.
NATURE > Birdwatching Guides.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Ornithology.
Birds
Birds > Counting
Texas
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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