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Author Brush, Timothy

Title Nesting birds of a tropical frontier : the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas / Timothy Brush
Published College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 245 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Series Perspectives on south Texas
Perspectives on south Texas
Contents Machine generated contents note: Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas -- Ecological diversity and history -- Habitats and birds of the valley -- spectacular annual cycle -- Breeding birds of the valley
Summary "Halfway between Dallas and Mexico City, along the last few hundred miles of the Rio Grande, lies a subtropical outpost where people from all over the world come to see birds. Located between the temperate north and the tropic south, with desert to the west and ocean to the east, the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas provides habitat for a variety of birds seen nowhere else in the United States. If you want to see a Hooked-billed Kite, Muscovy Duck, or Altamira Oriole, this is the place." "Drawing on years of personal observation and study, Timothy Brush has written a classic work of natural history about the little-known breeding bird communities of the Valley and the diversity of nesting strategies and behaviors that can be seen. Brush estimates that there are more than 150 current breeding species in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. In Nesting Birds of a Tropical Frontier, he describes the habits, distribution, changes in occurrence, and general outlook of these as well as former breeders, concentrating on Valley specialties and other birds of particular interest in the Valley." "Art by Gerald Sneed and color photographs by several of Texas' top nature photographers show off some of the Valley's famous birds. Historical maps of vegetation and geology help us gain a better perspective on the changes that have taken place along the Rio Grande and on the breeding bird communities of the U.S.-Mexico frontier."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-236) and index
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Subject Birds -- Habitat -- Texas -- Lower Rio Grande Valley
Birds -- Texas -- Lower Rio Grande Valley
NATURE -- Animals -- Birds.
NATURE -- Birdwatching Guides.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Ornithology.
Birds
Birds -- Habitat
Texas -- Lower Rio Grande Valley
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781603446167
1603446168