Earth, Water, and Sky: A Naturalist's Stories and Sketches Book

	Preface
I	Earth: Stray Feathers in the Dust	1
	Sacred Places and the Voices of Ancestors	3
	Dawn Rendezvous on the Lek	6
	The Elusive Tree Quails of Mexico	16
	Quail Music	26
	On Display: The Pheasants	33
	Bustards: Stalkers of the Dry Plains	44
	Glittering Garments of the Rainbow	50
II	Water: A River of Time	61
	Adrift in Time on the Niobrara River	63
	The Evolution of Duck Courtship	66
	The Elusive Musk Duck	79
	The Unlikely Ruddy Duck	86
	Torrent Ducks of the Andes	92
	Seabirds of the Pribilofs	101
III	Sky: Migrations of the the Imagination	109
	The Gifts of the Cranes	110
	Flight of the Sea Ducks	115
	The Triumphant Trumpeters	123
	The 6,000-mile Odyssey of a Globe-trotting Bird	130
	Where Have All the Curlews Gone?	139
	The Geese from beyond the North Wind	147
	Suggested Readings	159
	Citations for Previously Published Articles	161
	Index	163