Paul Johnsgard went to which school in Apr 1956?
Paul Johnsgard Paul Austin Johnsgard ( 28 June 1931-28 May 2021 ) was an ornithologist , artist and emeritus professor at the University of Nebraska . His works include nearly fifty books including several monographs , principally about the waterfowl and cranes . Childhood and education . Born in Fargo , North Dakota , he was introduced to the study of birds by a distant cousin who was a game warden . He spent these early years taking part in duck counts . After high school and junior college at Wahpeton , he enrolled at North Dakota State University to major in zoology . He then moved to Washington State University for his masters degree , encouraged by a professor who suggested that he could have a career in ornithology . His masters study was on the impact of the construction of OSullivan Dam to wetland habitats . Apart from the data collected and his interpretation , it included his pen sketches . This was published in The Condor and the article attracted the attention of Charles Sibley who invited him to consider a Ph.D . at Cornell University with him , with his work focusing on the phylogeny of six ducks Career . After completing his graduate degree , Johnsgard moved to England at the Wildfowl Trust at Gloucestershire founded by Sir Peter Scott . Over the course of two years , he produced his first book , the Handbook of Waterfowl Behaviour , which was published by Cornell University in 1965 . He is considered one of the most prolific authors of ornithology books . Selected publications . - Grouse and Quails of North America . 1973 . - The Plovers , Sandpipers and Snipes of the World . - The Grouse of the World . 1983 . - The Hummingbirds of North America . 1983 , 2nd ed . 1997 , ebook for 2nd ed . 2016 . - The Platte : Channels in Time . 1984 , 2nd ed . - The Pheasants of the World . 1986 . 2nd . ed . 1999 . - Diving Birds of North America . 1987 . - The Quails , Partridges and Francolins of the World . 1988 . - North American Owls : Biology and Natural History . 1988 . 2nd . ed . 2002 . - Hawks , Eagles and Falcons of North America : Biology and Natural History . 1990 . - Bustards , Hemipodes and Sandgrouse : Birds of Dry Places . 1991 . - Cormorants , Darters and Pelicans of the World . 1993 . - Arena Birds : Sexual Selection and Behavior . 1994 - This Fragile Land : A Natural History of the Nebraska Sandhills . 1995 . - Ruddy Ducks and other Stifftails : Their Behavior and Biology . 1996 ( With M . Carbonell ) - The Avian Brood Parasites : Deception at the Nest . 1997 . - Trogons and Quetzals of the World . 2000 . - Prairie Birds : Fragile Splendor in the Great Plains . 2001 . - The Nature of Nebraska : Ecology and Biodiversity . 2001 . - Grassland Grouse and their Conservation . 2002 . ebook 2014 - Great Wildlife of the Great Plains . 2003 . - Lewis and Clark on the Great Plains : A Natural History . 2003 . - Prairie Dog Empire : A Saga of the Shortgrass Prairie . 2004 . 2005 pbk edition - The Niobrara : A River Running Through Time . 2007 . - Ancient Voices over Americas Wetlands : The Sandhill and Whooping Cranes . 2011 . - Rocky Mountain Birds : Birds and Birding in the Central and Northern Rocky Mountains . 2011 . - Wetland Birds of the Central Plains : South Dakota , Nebraska and Kansas . 2012 . - Nebraskas Wetlands : Their Wildlife and Ecology . 2012 . - Yellowstone Wildlife : Ecology and Natural History of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem . 2012 . ebook 2013 - A Prairie’s Not Scary . 2012 . ( Children’s book on prairie ecology ) - Birds of the Central Platte Valley , Nebraska . 2013 . 182 pp . ( With Mary B . Brown. ) - The Birds of Nebraska . Revised edition 2013 . - Birds and Birding in the Bighorn Mountains Region of Wyoming . 2013 , With Jacqueline R . Canterbury & Helen Downing . - Musica de las Grullas : Una Historia Natural de las Grullas de América . 2014 . Spanish translation by E . Weir & Karine Gil-Weir of Crane Music ( 1991 , rev . 2013. ) - Game Birds of the World : A Catalog of the Madson Collection . 2014 . - Seasons of the Tallgrass Prairie : A Nebraska Year . 2014 . - Global Warming and Population Responses among Great Plains Birds . 2015 . - Natural Treasures of the Great Plains : An Ecological Perspective . 2015 . Edited with T . Lynch & J . Phillips ( 6 drawings and 4 contributed essays ) . - At Home and at Large on the Great Plains : Essays and Memories . 2015 . - A Chorus of Cranes . The Cranes of North America and the World . 2015 . - Birding Nebraska’s Central Platte Valley and Rainwater Basin . 2015 . - Swans : Their Biology and Natural History . 2016 . - The North American Grouse : Biology and Behavior . 2016 . - The North American Geese : Their Biology and Behavior . 2016 . - The North American Sea Ducks . 2016 . - The North American Perching and Dabbling Ducks . 2017 . - The North American Whistling-Ducks , Pochards and Stiff-tailed Ducks . 2017 . - Common Birds of The Brinton Museum and The Bighorn Mountains Foothills . ( with J . L . Canterbury ) . 2017 . - The North American Quails , Partridges and Pheasants . 2017 . - A Naturalist’s Guide to the Great Plains . 2018 - Wyoming’s Ucross Ranch : Its Birds , History , and Natural Environment . 2018 . ( With Jacqueline L . Canterbury ) - The Ecology of a Tallgrass Treasure : Audubon’s Spring Creek Prairie . 2018 . - Wyoming Wildlife : A Natural History . 2019 . - The North American Swans Their Biology and Conservation . 2020 . - The Abyssinian Art of Louis Agassiz Fuertes in the Field Museum , 2020 . - Audubon’s Lillian Annette Rowe Sanctuary : A Refuge , a River , and a Migration . 2020 . - Wildlife of Nebraska : A Natural History . 2020 . - Cranes in Life , Lore and Literature : A Catechism for Crane-lovers , 2020 . - Birds of the Nebraska Sandhills . 2020 . With Josef Kren . Sources . - Farrar , J . 1993 . Paul Johnsgard , Nebraskas Birdman . Nebraskaland 71 ( 2 ) : 38–47 . - Johnsgard , Paul . 2010 . My life in biology . Nebraska Bird Review 78 ( 3 ) :103-120 . - Klucas , G . 2002 . A beautiful mind . Nebraska Magazine . Summer , 2002 . pp . 24–27 . - Miles , L . 1993 . Paul Johnsgard and the Harmony of Nature . pp . 91–93 , in A . Jenkins ( ed. ) , The Platte River : An Atlas of the Big Bend Region . Univ . Nebr . Kearney . 194 pp . - Scully , M . G . 2001 . Heeding the call of sandhill cranes . Chronicle of Higher Educ . 47 ( 30: ) : B-17 . External links . - Downloadable publications by Johnsgard - Vita and biography - Audubon award - Profile