Chasing birds across Texas : a birding big year /

Chasing birds across Texas : a birding big year /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Adams, Mark Thomas.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2003.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 254 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), map
Language:	English
Series:	Louise Lindsey Merrick natural environment series ; no. 35 Louise Lindsey Merrick natural environment series ; no. 35.
Subject:	Birds -- Counting -- Texas. Birds -- Texas. Birds. Birds -- Counting. Texas. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11123922

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ISBN:	9781603446303 1603446303 158544295X 9781585442959 1585442968 9781585442966 1299052282 9781299052284
Notes:	English. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Adams, Mark Thomas. Chasing birds across Texas. 1st ed. College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2003 158544295X

Table of 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.