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for his master's degree, encouraged by a professor who suggested that he could have a career in ornithology. His master's study was on the impact of the construction of
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to wetland habitats. Apart from the data collected and his interpretation, it included his pen sketches. This was published in
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2014. Spanish translation by E. Weir & Karine Gil-Weir of Crane Music (1991, rev. 2013.)
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North American Owls: Biology and Natural History. 1988. 2nd. ed. 2002.
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This Fragile Land: A Natural History of the Nebraska Sandhills. 1995.
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The Ecology of a Tallgrass Treasure: Audubon’s Spring Creek Prairie.
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Wyoming’s Ucross Ranch: Its Birds, History, and Natural Environment.
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The North American Whistling-Ducks, Pochards and Stiff-tailed Ducks.
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A Chorus of Cranes. The Cranes of North America and the World. 2015.
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Bustards, Hemipodes and Sandgrouse: Birds of Dry Places. 1991.
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Birds and Birding in the Bighorn Mountains Region of Wyoming.
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Nebraska's Wetlands: Their Wildlife and Ecology. 2012.
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Lewis and Clark on the Great Plains: A Natural History
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The North American Geese: Their Biology and Behavior.
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Cormorants, Darters and Pelicans of the World. 1993.
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