Synopses & Reviews
Given its central location and favorable habitats, Kansas is blessed with a surprising diversity of birds: 453 species documented within its borders. This book focuses on the 203 species that breed in the state-from the Green-Winged Teal to the Great-tailed Grackle-to create an accurate and timely reference based on standardized methods of data collection.
The Kansas Breeding Bird Atlas represents the efforts of 180 volunteers who diligently sought out birds over six years, observing their behavior and searching for active nests and fledged young throughout the state, whether in tallgrass prairies, riparian forests, or wetlands. In addition to these volunteers' efforts, Busby and Zimmerman gathered a wealth of information relating the observations to ecological factors affecting the birds' habitat selection.
In the book, each species is conveniently presented in a two-page spread containing a line drawing, descriptive account, data summary table, distribution map, and, in most instances, a table of breeding status by physiographic region and BBS (Breeding Bird Survey) map. Breeding codes-possible, probable, or confirmed-are assigned in accordance with recommendations of the North American Ornithology Atlas Committee. The illustrations consist of classic drawings by Orville Rice and Robert Mengel, plus over one hundred new drawings by Dan Kilby.
This is the definitive guide for anyone, amateur or professional, concerned with the activities of Kansas's breading birds, and it provides information essential to environmental and conservation planning as well. The Kansas Breeding Bird Atlas is your one source for complete and authoritative data on these avian species that breed in Kansas.
Table of Contents
Foreword, Alfred E. Johnson
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction, Robert J. Hoard and William E. Banks
2. Late Quaternary and Modern Environments in Kansas, Rolfe D. Mandel
3. The Effects of Late Quaternary Landscape Evolution on the Archaeological Record of Kansas, Rolfe D. Mandel
4. The Paleoarchaic of Kansas, Jeannette M. Blackmar and Jack L. Hofman
5. Woodland Adaptations in Eastern Kansas, Brad Logan
6. Plains Woodland Complexes of Western Kansas and Adjacent Portions of Nebraska and Colorado, John R. Bozell
7. The Central Palins Tradition, Donna C. Roper
8. The Late Prehistoric on the High Plains of Western Kansas: High Plains Upper Republican and Dismal River, Laura L. Scheiber
9. Late Prehistoric Oneota in the Central Plains, Lauren W. Ritterbush
10. The Great Bend Aspect, Donald J. Blackeslee and Marlin F. Hawley
11. Looking South: The Middle Ceramic Period in Southern Kansas and Beyond, Scott D. Brosowske and C. Tod Bevitt
12. Wichita Ethnohistory, Susan C. Vehik
13. The Kansa, James O. Marshall
14. The Pawnee in Kansas: Ethnohistory and Archaeology, Donna C. Roper
15. Paleoethnobotanical Research in Kansas, Mary J. Adair
16. Kansas Lithic Resources, C. Martin Stein
Appendix
References Cited
The Contributors
Index