Duck walk : a birder's improbable path to hunting as conservation /
In fall 2016, lifelong birdwatcher, naturalist and esteemed Texas artist Margie Crisp decided to take up a shotgun and start hunting ducks. Few nature enthusiasts understand the role that the hunting industry plays in the conservation of wildlands and wildlife, protecting far more critical habitat t...
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| Language: | English |
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College Station :
Texas A&M University Press,
[2023].
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Kathie and Ed Cox Jr. books on conservation leadership.
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword / Andrew Sansom
- Preface / Margie Crisp
- Acknowledgments
- Duck Soup: List of Abbreviations
- Part 1: Revelation: Conservation Contretemps
- Legacy
- Teal Dreams
- Gearing Up
- The Painted Bird
- All In
- Part 2: Pulling the Trigger: An Act of Conservation
- Redheads on Redfish Bay
- Epicure's Scaup Gumbo
- Feather Heads
- A Feathered Prize
- Kindred Spirits
- I'll Fly Away
- Part 3. River of Ducks: The Waist of the Hourglass
- Oklahoma
- Kansas
- Nebraska
- The Ephemeral Landscape: The Pothole Prairie Region
- South Dakota
- Canada
- North Dakota
- Make Way for Ducklings
- Part 4: Hunting Season: Opening Day
- On the Texas Rice Prairie
- In the Big Dog's Yard: South Dakota
- Redhead Redux
- Birdwatcher's Brain
- Season's End
- Back at the Vineyard
- Epilogue
- Further Reading
- Appendix: A Concordance of Common Duck and Goose Names.