Böcker av Roland H. Wauer

Some of My Favorite Things reflect my many years of birding. As a hobby, an obsession, birds have dominated a substantial part of my life. To support my birding activities, I have been fortunate to have worked/lived in several national park areas and/or National Park Service offices. In succeeding order, they included Crater Lake in Oregon, Pinnacles and Death Valley in California, Zion in Utah, Big Bend in Texas, Santa Fe in New Mexico, Washington D.C., and Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee and North Carolina. Most of the birds included in Some of My Favorite Things, is the result of those diverse opportunities. Some of My Favorite Things includes a grand total of 90 species, 84 of which are photographs. Additional photographs are included to illustrate perinate habitats and/or characteristics.

His butterfly adventures included almost all of Mexico, from the border with Texas and Arizona to the Yucatan Peninsula. In Finding Mexican Butterflies, he brings the reader on his personal travels in pursuit of butterflies. He includes 12 trips, traveling into some of Mexico's most isolated, wild, and beautiful locations. Also on each trip, he photographed many of Mexico's unique habitats and all the butterflies encountered. 132 butterfly photos are included in Finding Mexican Butterflies, many of which have never before been published in such an adventure story.

Borderland Birds includes almost 100 birds that I have encountered along the southern border from Arizona to the Gulf. Many are "specialty birds", species that cannot be found elsewhere in the U.S. Examples include chachalaca, red-billed pigeon, hook-billed kite, Aplomado falcon, ferruginous pygmy-owl, elegant trogon, blue-throated and lucifer hummingbirds, Mexican and green jays, Audubon's and Altamira orioles, pyrrhuloxia, varied bunting, and Colima and Rufous-capped warblers. All of the birds are illustrated with photographs by Greg Lasley, Kelly Bryan, Bob Behrstock, and Martin Reid.

Raptors include 42 species of hawks, eagles, kites, falcons, and owls. All illustrations are in full color. Habitat preferences, life histories, and personalities are included. Many are common species that can be found most days, such as red-tailed hawks and great-horned owls, but others are more secretive species such as hooked-billed kites and elf owls. Several are magnificent creatures such as bald and golden eagles, swallow-tailed kites, and ospreys. A few can be found only in special habitats in various areas of the country. Examples include Harris's and zone-tailed hawks, spotted and snowy owls, and great gray owls.

To help both beginning and advanced birders make the most of their visits to the United States's northwestern national parks, Roland Wauer has written this finding guide, which introduces the most common birds and the most likely places to see them.

In this book, Roland Wauer shares his love of the Big Bend through journal entries that chronicle a year in the life of the park.

What birds to look for in the West Indies, and how to get to them.