A Birder's Guide to Southeastern Arizona (Lane/Aba Birdfinding Guide #102) [Spiral-bound]

Richard Cachor Taylor (Author), Harold R. Holt (Author), James A. Lane (Author)

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 342 pages
• Publisher: Amer Birding Assn; Spiral edition (August 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 187878806X
• ISBN-13: 978-1878788061
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #192,671 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Hiking up to 500 miles each summer for eight years while conducting research on the Elegant Trogon in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Rick Taylor developed an intimate knowledge of the birds, habitats, and locations throughout Southeastern Arizona. During the course of his research in 1977 he reported the first Eared Trogon seen in the United States. Inevitably, his interest in trogon ecology lead him south into Mexico, then Central and South America, where he soon discovered the magic of tropical birds. In 1980 he founded Borderland Tours, a birding company dedicated to responsible ecotourism which operates trips throughout the world. Aside from leading tours to locations from Arizona to Africa and Alaska to Asia every year, Rick has authored location checklists for finding birds in Arizona's Huachuca Mountains (1995) and Chiricahua Mountains (revised 2010), as well as "Trogons of the Arizona Borderlands" (1994). Rick's popular bird-finding guide, "A Birder's Guide to Southeastern Arizona," was published by the American Birding Association in a revised and updated edition in 2005. His "Birds of Southeastern Arizona," a regional photo field guide covering all the regularly-occurring birds in this area, as well as all of the Mexican specialties, was published by R.W. Morse Co. in 2010.

Customer Reviews

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Where, what and when. THE book for birding SE Arizona!, January 4, 1999

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This review is from: A Birder's Guide to Southeastern Arizona (Lane/Aba Birdfinding Guide #102) (Spiral-bound)

This is a great resource for planning and executing a birding expedition to southeast Arizona. Excellent maps, detailed species accounts, and helpful directions and resource listings. This book tells you what specialties to look for at specific locations and when they are most likely to be found there. A great guide for birding southeast Arizona, from roadside birding to backcountry hiking. I especially appreciate the tear out maps of trails and inside cover maps of locations and ecoregions.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A birder's guide to southeastern arizona, October 24, 2000

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William C. Glenn "Bill Glenn" (Las Cruces, NM United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Birder's Guide to Southeastern Arizona (Lane/Aba Birdfinding Guide #102) (Spiral-bound)

Taylor's updated version is an essential tool for anyone who is not familiar with s.e. arizona, and extremely helpful for those who are. It contains detailed descriptions of birding areas, maps, species to expect at different times of the year, and more. Rick takes you right to the hard-to-find Arizona specialties, as well as all the rest, and does it in an enjoyable manner. This book is fun to read even after leaving Arizona. You will not be disappointed with this one!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars But wait, there's more!, February 8, 2005

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Virgil Urp (AZ, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Birder's Guide to Southeastern Arizona (Lane/Aba Birdfinding Guide #102) (Spiral-bound)

A new 2005 edition is due soon and may already be out.

Why buy the 1995 version?