Seasons of the Tallgrass Prairie
eBook - ePub

Seasons of the Tallgrass Prairie

A Nebraska Year

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Seasons of the Tallgrass Prairie

A Nebraska Year

About this book

A respected author and scholar, Paul A. Johnsgard has spent a lifetime observing the natural delights of Nebraska’s woodlands, grasslands, and wetlands. Seasons of the Tallgrass Prairie collects his musings on Nebraska’s natural history and the issues of conservation facing our future.

 

Johnsgard crafts essays featuring snow geese, owls, hummingbirds, and other creatures against the backdrop of Great Plains landscapes. He describes prairie chickens courting during predawn hours and the calls of sandhill cranes; he evokes the magic of lying upon the prairie, hearing only the sounds of insects and the wind through the grasses. From reflections following a visit to a Pawnee sacred site to meditations on the perils facing the state’s finite natural resources, Seasons of the Tallgrass Prairie celebrates the gifts of a half century spent roaming Nebraska’s back roads, trails, and sometimes-forgotten places.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. Preface and Acknowledgments
  8. Part One. Wild Places and Natural Treasures
  9. 1. A Place Called Pahaku
  10. 2. The Life and Hard Times of the Platte River
  11. 3. Nebraska’s Magical Spring Migration
  12. 4. The Birds of Nebraska’s Boondocks
  13. 5. What Is a Tallgrass Prairie?
  14. 6. Close Encounters with Nature at Spring Creek Audubon Prairie
  15. Part Two. Seasonal Enchantments
  16. Spring
  17. 7. The Snow Geese of the Central Flyway
  18. 8. A Congruence of Cranes with Karine Gil-Weir
  19. 9. The Whooping Cranes Are Still Surviving Tough Odds with Karine Gil-Weir
  20. 10. The Strange Courtship of Prairie Grouse
  21. 11. The Secretive Shorebirds and Their Amazing Migrations
  22. Summer
  23. 12. Birds of the Tallgrass Prairie
  24. 13. Nebraska’s City-Dwelling Peregrines
  25. 14. The Ancient Romance of the Yucca and the Yucca Moth
  26. Fall
  27. 15. A Dazzle of Hummingbirds
  28. 16. A Symphony of Swans
  29. 17. A Plethora of Pelicans
  30. Winter
  31. 18. A Gathering of Eagles
  32. 19. A Parliament of Owls
  33. 20. The Feathers of Winter
  34. Part Three. The View from a High Hill
  35. 21. A Summing Up
  36. Appendix
  37. Bibliographic Sources
  38. About Paul A. Johnsgard