Compact Guide to Kansas Birds - Softcover

TED CABLE is an award-winning leader in environmental education in the United States. He has consulted on conservation projects in more than 20 states, has designed several nature parks and preserves, and has worked extensively on conservation projects in Latin America and Africa. Currently a professor of Park Management and Conservation at Kansas State University, Dr. Cable is the author of more than 150 articles and presentations on conservation and has written five books to date. He recently was honored by both the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Agriculture for outstanding teaching in the field of environmental education. SCOTT SELTMAN is a rancher in western Kansas. He is widely recognized as one of the leading birders in the state. He is particularly experienced and knowledgeable about the birds of the High Plains region of Kansas, Oklahoma and eastern Colorado. KRISTA KAGUME began birding as a girl with her father at the family cabin. Restless at 17, Krista traveled North America and overseas, working at everything from a newspaper reporter to a helicopter mechanic. Finally ready to settle down a little, she earned a B.Sc. in Conservation Biology. She has since combined her two passions -- nature and writing -- to author or co-author numerous books and articles of natural history. GREGORY KENNEDY has been an active naturalist and adventurer since he was a young boy. He is the author of many books on natural history and has produced film and television work on environmental issues and indigenous concerns in southeast Asia, New Guinea, South and Central America and the high Arctic. His involvement in numerous research projects around the world range from studies in the upper canopy of tropical and temperate rain forests to deep water marine investigations.