{"product_id":"nesting-birds-of-a-tropical-timothy-brush-9781585444908","title":"Nesting Birds of a Tropical Frontier: The Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas","description":"The story behind the birds everyone wants to see \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHalfway between Dallas and Mexico City, along the last few hundred miles of the Rio Grande, lies a subtropical outpost where people come from all over the world 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing 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 \u003ci\u003eNesting Birds of a Tropical Frontier, \u003c\/i\u003ehe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe species are all dependent upon appropriate habitat, from riparian forest to mesquite savannah, and Brush describes the history of these habitats and the special features that keep the birds coming. He also discusses conservation and the need for both large-scale land acquisitions by public and private groups and small-scale restoration through urban parks and individual landscaping. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArt 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Timothy Brush\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1585444901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781585444908\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas A\u0026amp;M University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.18w x 0.82d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Reference Bks Annual\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2006 pg. 638","brand":"Timothy Brush","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44078456865023,"sku":"9781585444908","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a62f2fd5-7ddc-49a0-9d16-6e18595efadc.jpg?v=1685475624","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/nesting-birds-of-a-tropical-timothy-brush-9781585444908","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}