About the Author

Mark W. Lockwood is a conservation biologist with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. He is a member of the Texas Bird Records Committee and a former member of the American Birding Association's Checklist Committee. He is the regional editor of the quarterly Texas column that appears in North American Birds and was awarded the Ludlow Griscom Award for Outstanding Contributions in Regional Ornithology from the American Birding Association in 2012. He is the author of eight books, including The TOS Handbook of Texas Birds. He lives in Alpine, Texas. Brian E. Small has been a full-time professional bird and nature photographer for more than 20 years. He served as the photo editor for the American Birding Association's membership magazine Birding for the past 15 years. He lives in Los Angeles.