Posts Tagged ‘Greg Hoch’

With Wings Extended: A Leap into the Wood Duck’s World by Greg Hoch From University Of Iowa Press: A century ago, many people had given up on the wood duck, dooming it to extinction along with the passenger pigeon and Carolina parakeet. Today, it’s one of the most familiar and most harvested ducks in the […]

by Greg Hoch

A look into the world of the American Woodcock, one of the strangest birds around.

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Booming from the Mists of Nowhere: The Story of the Greater Prairie-Chicken by Greg Hoch From University Of Iowa Press: For ten months of the year, the prairie-chicken’s drab colors allow it to disappear into the landscape. However, in April and May this grouse is one of the most outrageously flamboyant birds in North America. […]