Jamie Ritter
Explore Corpus Christi with a local birder and history teacher. It's always great to go birding with someone who knows the area intimately, and that's what you get with this book. Written by a local bird enthusiast and teacher, this is more than all birding all the time. Ms. Ritter includes information for those of us with other interests (spring time wildflowers, 'horny toads', farm and ranch experiences, historical sites, local interests) and directs the readers to local eateries you may not find, or venture into, otherwise. Sites that are included on the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail Map - Central See maps are noted as well.
From the publisher: Named the Birdiest City in the United States since 2003, Corpus Christi has one of the richest collections of birdlife in the United States--with more than 510 species concentrated in this southeastern part of Texas, from the vagrant Cape May Warbler to the common Red-winged Blackbird.
Birding Corpus Christi and the Coastal Bend guides you to seventy-eight of the best birding locations between Tivoli and Riviera (note: this includes Aransas National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) and other spots and tours along the Gulf Coast to see the Whooping Cranes on the wintering grounds). Here you can see a huge assortment of shorebirds and nesting waterbirds, wintering species, tropical surprises from the Lower Rio Grande Valley, and migrating birds along the Eastern, Mississippi, and Central Flyways. Organized by region, this comprehensive guide includes everything you need for a successful birding trip.
Paperback, vii + 256 pages, 6 x 9 inches, maps, B&W photos, drawings, 2007.
