Birding Corpus Christi and the Coastal Bend: More Than 75 Prime Birding Sites

by Jamie Ritter

Overview

Detailed descriptions, maps, and photos lead the bird watcher to the more than 75 sites within a two-hour drive from Corpus Christi, Texas.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762739158
Publisher:	Falcon Guides
Publication date:	02/01/2007
Series:	Birding Series
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	264
Sales rank:	1,077,169
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

Jamie Ritter has lived in Corpus Christi, Texas, for the past twenty-five years. She was raised in McAllen, Texas, in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Her parents valued wildlife and the outdoors. She was a casual bird watcher all of her life but has treated it as a serious hobby for five years. She is a member of the Audubon Outdoor Club of Corpus Christi, a member of the Corpus Christi Botanical Gardens, and the recording secretary of the Coastal Bend Audubon Society. She has participated in Birdiest City Contests and Christmas Counts. Jamie is the mother of two daughters, Annette and Carrie, and the grandmother of Chloe. She teaches Texas and United States History at Smith Junior High in Sinton, Texas. In addition to bird watching, she enjoys painting, sewing, scrapbooking, and reading. She loves to travel.

Table of Contents

1) INTRODUCATION 2) CLIMATE AND HABITATS 3) PLANNING YOUR TRIP 4) BIRDING ETHICS 5)BIRDING SITES AROUND CORPUS CHRISTI AND THE COASTAL BENDCorpus Christi: DowntownCorpus Christi: NorthwestCorpus Christi: Flour Bluff and Padre IslandPortland/Ingleside/Bayside/SintonAransas Pass/Port AransasRockportGoliad/RefugioNorth and West of Corpus ChristiSouth of Corpus ChristiAPPENDIXESINDEX