""Parking Lot Birding: A Fun Guide to Discovering Birds in Texas" is for people who would love to see a wide variety of birds without hiking the winding trails often associated with serious birding. Divided geographically, with each of the nine sections centered on a large urban area or defined ecoregion, each birding stop includes the name and address of a specific birding location, number of species that have been recorded in that location, and types of birding amenities offered. The parking area or the campus of a nature center often offers opportunities to see more birds more easily. From those cleared spaces, the parking lot birder can peer into the habitats that the birds need to thrive-the thickets, woodlands, wetlands, or fields that extend beyond the manicured areas. We don't have to trek arduously into the hinterlands to have meaningful wildlife encounters"-- Provided by publisher.

Things to Know before You Go -- Houston/Galveston -- Piney Woods -- Dallas/Forth Worth -- Austin and Central Texas -- San Antonio and the Western Edwards Plateau -- Corpus Christi and the Coastal Bend -- Rio Grande Valley -- Trans-Pecos -- Lubbock and the Panhandle.