In the last thirty years, the Upper Texas Coast has become a "must 
go" destination for birders around the globe. This book will serve as 
an essential companion to the customary field guide and pair of 
binoculars for all visitors to Houston, High Island, Galveston, 
Freeport, or any of the area's other exciting birding spots. It also 
places the birdlife of the region, a seven-county area with a larger 
bird list than forty-three states, into historical and ecological contexts.

    Authors Eubanks, Behrstock, and Weeks—all recognized 
authorities on the migrant and resident birds of this region—present a 
thorough introduction to the area's history, physiography, and 
avifauna. Then, in generous discussions of bird families and species, 
they synthesize years of records, tracking the comings and goings of 
more than 480 birds and incorporating their own lifetimes of 
experience to create an "ornithological mosaic" of lasting significance.

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TED L. EUBANKS, JR. is president of Fermata Inc., a nature 
tourism, national trails, and wildlife-watching consulting business. A 
resident of Galveston, he is a recipient of the Roger T. Peterson 
Excellence in Birding Award. ROBERT A. BEHRSTOCK is an 
Arizona-based biologist, writer, photographer, and nature tour leader. 
RON J. WEEKS is a chemical engineer at Dow Chemical Company 
in Lake Jackson and a subregional editor for North American Birds.


Number Ten: Gulf Coast Studies, sponsored by Texas A&M 
University–Corpus Christi


What people are saying about this book

“. . . the three dedicated authors have made a spectacular 
contribution with Birdlife [in] Houston, Galveston, and the Upper 
Texas Coast that will provide countless hours of enjoyable and 
instructive reading and learning. . . .”—Texas Books in Review, 
December 2007

"The Birdlife of Houston, Galveston, and the Upper Texas Coast has 
been eagerly anticipated for years by students of Texas avifauna. 
The authors provide us now with an ornithological history of a region, 
which had been inadequately covered previously. Their years of 
combined field experience and careful search through published and 
unpublished sources now puts at our fingertips a tremendous 
resource on the birdlife in this region both past and present . . . So 
much information is contained between the covers that serious 
Texas birders will find this book a must for their libraries regardless 
of the fit. I am very pleased to add it to mine."—Texas Birds Annual 
2007

". . . a landmark in ornithology. . . . I’ve already dog-eared multiple 
pages, passionate to learn more about birds I’ve watched and studied 
for a lifetime. Moreover, I’m thrilled to have a reference book about 
birds on my home turf."—Gary Clark, Houston Chronicle

". . . an essential part of the library of every birder who lives in the 
region or who visits it. Birdlife of Houston, Galveston, and the Upper 
Texas Coast sets a new standard for what a regional guide can be. 
No region is more deserving of such a book."—Victor Emanuel, 
www.ventbird.com, December 2006

"The book will be of enormous benefit to the increasing number of 
birders and other naturalists drawn to the popular venues along the 
Texas coast."—John L. and Gloria A. Tveten

"It is a wealth of knowledge and is more detailed and in depth, as 
well as better constructed, than virtually all other such treatises."
—Paul Kerlinger