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Suggested Reading

Birding Texas by Roland H. Wauer & Mark A. Elwonger
Falcon Publishing
1998
525 Pages, Paperback

$22.95
More the 200 sites
40 Page Status and Distribution Chart
More than 120 B&W Range Maps
ISBN: 1-56044-617-X

Birder's Guide to Texas by Edward A. Kutac

Gulf Publishing Company

1998

384 pages, Paperback

$18.95

-About 290 birding sites
-Current checklist for Texas birds listing 606 species
-11 brand new maps
-Updated maps of birding areas
-Information about birding resources, such as the Texas Bird Sound Library

Birds of the Trans Pecos by Jim Peterson & Barry Zimmer

University of Texas Press

1998

208 pages, Paperback

$19.95

- An annotated checklist of all 482 species found in the Trans Pecos region of West Texas. The species accounts include seasonal distribution, documentation of nesting, most likely habitat, etc.

-33 color photos

-14 b&w drawings

-2 maps

The Birds of North-Central Texas by Warren M. Pulich

Texas A&M University Press

1988

439 pages, Paperback

$17.95

- An annotated checklist of 418 species found in the 32 county area of North-Central Texas, with status, occurance, nesting, specimens, etc

- County maps showing many species' ranges

Birds of Texas by Roger Tory Peterson

Houghton Mifflin Company

1998

304 pages, Paperback

$21.95

- The original field guide to Texas birds, with excellent information and color plates, but the info is a bit outdated

Texas Wildlife Viewing Guide by Gary L. Graham

Falcon Publishing, Incorporated

1992

160 pages, Paperback

$10.95

-From endangered whooping cranes and tropical songbirds to bobcats and deer, this guide provides information on the optimum times and locations for seeing the best Texas has to offer. Color photographs; maps.

A Birder’s Guide to the Rio Grande Valley (ABA/Lane Birdfinding Guide Series) by Mark W. Lockwood, William B. McKinney, James N. Paton, Barry R. Zimmer
1999

189 pages; wire-O binding, Paperback
$23.95

-The text for this third edition has been thoroughly reviewed by local experts and revised where needed. Annotated checklist includes information on relative abundance, normal range, and proper habitat. The text covers an expanded area from the Gulf of Mexico to Las Cruces, New Mexico, with new sites, new maps, and 587 species.

A Birder’s Guide to Texas Coast (ABA/Lane Birdfinding Guide Series) by Harold R. Holt
1993

214 pages; wire-O binding, Paperback

$21.95

-Covers the coast from Beaumont to the mouth of the Rio Grande. Side trips take you to the Big Thicket and many locations in the greater Houston area. 38 absolutely great maps are coordinated with detailed birdfinding instructions in the text. Includes a Specialties section and seasonal and distributional abundance bar-graphs. Thoroughly field-checked by local birders for accuracy.

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