Twelve Hundred Miles by Horse and Burro - J. Stokely Ligon and New Mexico's First Breeding Bird Survey

Informationen zum Autor Harley Shaw worked as a research biologist for the Arizona Game and Fish Department from 1963 to 1990 and spent eight years capturing and radio-tracking mountain lions. Mara E. Weisenberger is a wildlife biologist with the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Klappentext Birding enthusiasts, historians, naturalists, and even armchair adventurers will all find something to love in this chronicle of a young man from a West Texas ranching family with a driving ambition to be a professional naturalist and writer. Zusammenfassung A compelling account of an expedition undertaken by wildlife expert J. Stokley Ligon in 1913! when he traveled alone on horseback through New Mexico. The materials and insights found in this volume also reveal aspects of Ligon's family history! his early interest in wildlife! and the development of the wilderness skills needed to undertake such a survey.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Harley Shaw, Harley G. Shaw, Harley G./ Weisenberger Shaw, Mara E Weisenberger, Mara E. Weisenberger
• Verlag: The University of Arizona Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.10.2011
• EAN: 9780816528615
• ISBN: 978-0-8165-2861-5
• Seiten: 240
• Themen: Ratgeber > Natur > Naturführer; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges