May 2010 Texas Parks & Wildlife I just received my new Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine, always some great photos and articles. Most of the content is available online at http://www.tpwmagazine.com Melissa Gaskill has an article on invasive species, and offered a website texasinvasives. org Cynthia Walker Pickens wrote on a kid’s day camp at Palmetto State Park located in Gonzales. http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/palmetto/ Some related books • Naturalists of the Frontier by Samuel Wood Geiser • The Best in Tent Camping: Texas: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos by Wendel Withrow • Parks for Texas: Enduring Landscapes of the New Deal (Clifton & Shirley Caldwell Texas Heritage Series) by James Wright Steely • Plants of Central Texas Wetlands (Grover E. Murray Studies in the American Southwest) Sheryl Smith-Rodgers has an article on Fort Leaton, complete with website http://www. tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/fort_leaton/ A few books on related to Fort Leaton: • Baronial Forts of the Big Bend; Ben Leaton, Milton Faver, and their private forts in Presidio County by Leavitt Corning • Traces of Texas History: Archeological Evidence of the Past 450 Years by Daniel E. Fox • Tales of the Big Bend by Elton Miles • The Legend Of Fort Leaton by Allan Kimball Kathryn McGranahan did a nice article on San Angelo with and offered several websites at: http://www.tpwmagazine.com/archive/2011/may/threedays/ A few books related to San Angelo. • Early San Angelo (Images of America) by Virginia Noelke • San Angelo: A Look Back, Volume I with Rick Smith (Preface) • Fort Concho: A History and a Guide (Fred Rider Cotton Popular History Series) by James T. Matthews • Fort Concho and the Texas Frontier by J. Evetts Haley • No Reason to Kill: The Search for Sheila Elrod's Killer by Russell S. Smith • Growing Up West of 100th Meridian by Emil Beck • Elmer Kelton: Essays and Memories by Judy Alter Ph.D (Editor), James Ward Lee (Editor) • Sandhills Boy: The Winding Trail of a Texas Writer by Elmer Kelton • Elmer Kelton Country: The Short Nonfiction of a Texas Novelist by Elmer Kelton • Elmer Kelton and West Texas: A Literary Relationship (Texas Writers Series, Vol 1) by Judy Alter Noreen Damude wrote an article on birding along the upper Texas Coast. A few books: • Exploring the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail: Highlights of a Birding Mecca by Mel White • Finding Birds on the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail: Houston, Galveston, and the Upper Texas Coast (Gulf Coast Books, sponsored by Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi) by Ted L. Eubanks Jr., Robert A. Behrstock, Seth Davidson • Birdlife of Houston, Galveston, and the Upper Texas Coast by Ted L. Eubanks Jr., Robert A. Behrstock, Ron J. Weeks, Victor Emanuel Shelly Plante compiled a great birding calendar for Spring and Summer 2011. http: //www.tpwmagazine.com/archive/2011/may/ed_2/index.phtml or http://beta-www. tpwd.state.tx.us/calendar/ Texas Birding Books • Birding Texas by Roland Wauer • Birds of Texas Field Guide by Stan Tekiela • National Geographic Field Guide to Birds: Texas by Jonathan Alderfer • A Field Guide to the Birds of Texas: and Adjacent States (Peterson Field Guide) by Roger Tory Peterson • Birds of Texas by Keith A. Arnold, Gregory Kennedy • Backyard Birds of Texas: How to Identify and Attract the Top 25 Birds by Bill Fennimore • The Birds of Texas by John L. Tveten • Smithsonian Handbooks: Birds of Texas (Smithsonian Handbooks) by Fred J. Alsop • Birder's Guide to Texas (Birder's Guides Series) by Edward A. Kutac Manuel Carrasco did a great article on falconry. • The Illustrated Birds of Prey: Red-Tailed Hawk, American Kestrel & Peregrine Falcon: The Ultimate Reference Guide for Bird Lovers, Artists, and Woodcarvers (The Denny Rogers Visual Reference series) • Falconry: The Essential Guide by Steve Wright • Falconry & Hawking by Phillip Glasier The teacher and student section features stargazing. • McDonald Telescope: Commemorating the Dedication and the Formal Opening of the McDonald Observatory of the University of Texas. May 5, 1939 • Guidebook for the Scientific Traveler: Visiting Astronomy and Space Exploration Sites Across America (Scientific Traveler) • Seeing Stars: The McDonald Observatory Its Science & Astronomers by Mark Mitchell • Big and Bright: A History of the McDonald Observatory (History of Science Series) by David S. Evans, J. Derral Mulholland E. Dan Klepper did a nice story on Hallie Stillwell (1897-1997) in the Legend, Lore & Legacy section. E. Dan Klepper’s Books • 100 Classic Hikes in Texas • Spirit Walker: J. D. Challenger And His Art • Ghost Dancing: Sacred Medicine and the Art of JD Challenger Hallie Stillwell’s Books • I'll Gather My Geese • My Goose is Cooked: Continuation of a West Texas Ranch Woman's Story • How Come It's Called That? : Place Names in the Big Bend Country • A Bowl of Red |
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