A Field Guide of Birds of Texas

John H Rappole

ISBN 10: 0890965455 / ISBN 13: 9780890965450

About this Item

A Field Guide of Birds of Texas. Published by Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX, 1994. 1st Edition. Paperback. No DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: VG. Lamination on front wrinkled, some edge wear, top front cover creases, overall content excellent. 280 Pgs. ISBN 0890965455. LCCN 93-8448. By John H Rappole and Gene W Blalock. Number fourteen in the W L Moody Jr Natural History Series. This book provides an introduction and ready access to this spectacular variety. The text provides detailed information on identification, habitat preferences, voice, seasonal occurrence, abundance, and distribution. Maps show precisely where in the state the bird can be found. Photos of the bird in the field put the species in the proper visual context for identification; in fact, the photos for over half of the 622 species were taken in Texas. Texas is a unique region of the hemisphere, and its birdlife is an important part of what makes it special. This book will be useful to the beginner and the experienced birder alike. Description text copyright 2021 BooksForComfort. Item ID 33217.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Field Guide of Birds of Texas
• ISBN 10: 0890965455
• ISBN 13: 9780890965450
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

There are certain pilgrimages that must be made by the serious North American birder: Santa Ana in the lower Rio Grande Valley, Hawk Mountain, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware Bay, the Everglades, High Island, Point Reyes, and Big Bend, to name a few. It is no accident that many of these ornithological shrines are located in Texas, which has the most diverse avifauna in North America north of Mexico. Texas comes by this enormous diversity honestly, with rugged mountains, vast deserts, lush semi-tropical woodlands, prairies, bayous, cedar brakes, thorn forests, and one of the richest temperate migration corridors in the world located along the western Gulf Coast.

Birds of Texas: A Field Guide provides an introduction and ready access to this spectacular variety. The text provides detailed information on identification, habitat preferences, voice, seasonal occurrence, abundance, and distribution. Maps show precisely where in the state the bird can be found. Photos of the bird in the field put the species in the proper visual context for identification; in fact, the photos for over half of the 622 species were taken in Texas. Texas is a unique region of the hemisphere, and its birdlife is an important part of what makes it special. This book will be useful to the beginner and the experienced birder alike.

About the Author

John H. Rappole is research coordinator at the Conservation and Research Center, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, in Front Royal, Virginia.Gene W. Blacklock was curator of natural history and coordinator for education programs at the Welder Wildlife Foundation in Sinton, Texas, for twenty years. He is currently a wildlife consultant living in Corpus Christi, Texas.