| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 254 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), map |
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Louise Lindsey Merrick natural environment series ; no. 35 |
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Louise Lindsey Merrick natural environment series ; no. 35.
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Birds -- Counting -- Texas
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Birds -- Texas
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NATURE -- Animals -- Birds.
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NATURE -- Birdwatching Guides.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Ornithology.
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Birds
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Birds -- Counting
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Texas
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781603446303 |
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1603446303 |
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1299052282 |
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9781299052284 |
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