Birding the Southwestern National Parks (W.L. Moody, Jr. Natural History Series) Book

At the end of the twentieth century roughly 265 million people visited the 374 sites in the American National Park System. These places, designated and protected because of their significance to our nation's historical and natural heritage, contain some of the most beautiful landscapes in the United States-landscapes that naturally lend themselves to outdoor recreation. In this book, veteran parks interpreter Roland H. Wauer introduces the pleasures of birding in the national parks of the American Southwest. From California to Texas, from hugely popular destinations such as Arizona's Grand Canyon to the mostly undiscovered shores of Amistad National Recreation Area, Wauer visits fourteen sites and gives us his advice on what birds to expect and where and how to find them. Birding the Southwestern National Parks is written for anyone visiting, or planning to visit, the following Southwestern parks: * Death Valley National Park, California and Nevada * Joshua Tree National Park, California * Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada and Arizona * Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona * Sunset Crater Volcano, Wupatki, and Walnut Canyon National Monuments, Arizona * Montezuma Castle National Monument, Arizona * Tonto National Monument and Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona * Saguaro National Park, Arizona * Chiricahua National Monument, Arizona * Carlsbad Caverns and Guadalupe Mountains National Parks, New Mexico and Texas * White Sands National Monument, New Mexico * Big Bend National Park, Texas * Amistad National Recreation Area, TexasRead More