Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Paintings by Lynn Barber -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. A Big Year: What, Why, and When -- 2. Help for Big Year Birders -- 3. Two States -- 4. Two Big Years -- 5. Favorite Birding Places in Texas and Alaska -- 6. Spotting Birds in Texas and Alaska -- RARE BIRDS -- Rare in Both States -- Seen in Both States -- Seen Only in Texas -- Seen Only in Alaska -- Rare in Alaska -- Seen in Both States -- Rare in Texas -- Seen in Both States -- OTHER BIRDS -- Seen in Both States -- Seen Only in Texas -- Seen Only in Alaska -- 7. An Outrageous Idea
Appendix 1. Birds Seen in Texas and Alaska -- Appendix 2. Big Year Comparison -- Appendix 3. Month by Month -- Appendix 4. Useful References in Planning Big Years -- Index
Summary
"At home in both Texas and Alaska, Barber offers here an inside look into how to plan, execute, and thoroughly enjoy a year of finding the birds that inhabit the nation's most diverse and in many ways most opposite landscapes"-- Provided by publisher
