The Backyard Bird-Lover's Guide: Attracting, Nesting, Feeding - Brossura

Mahnken, Jan

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0882669273 ISBN 13: 9780882669274

Casa editrice: WordUnited Ltd, 1996

Riassunto

Provides advice on feeding and housing birds, and offers detailed information on such types of birds as water birds, thrushes, swallows, tanagers, cardinals, towhees, sparrows, and finches

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An information-packed reference to attracting, feeding, and appreciating a wide variety of birds in your yard.

Whether you want to attract hummingbirds to your garden or bluebirds to your nesting box, this colorful guide is brimming with information on attracting and understanding backyard birds. You'll learn how to feed them, house them, provide nesting materials, and keep them coming back year after year.

Along with beautiful, detailed paintings by Jeffrey C. Domm and a foreword by Ren, Laubach of the Massachusetts Audubon Society, The Backyard Bird-Lover's Guide features a reference section with closeups of more than 135 species and their feeding and nesting habits. And there's much more:

-- A guide to feeders and food, and who eats what

-- A chapter on providing nestboxes for bluebirds, martins, owls, woodpeckers, wrens, wood ducks, and more

-- How to create gardens that attract birds

-- Tips on deterring cats, squirrels, and undesirable birds

-- How to identify nests and eggs - and what to do with a fallen nestling

-- Details of the family life of birds

Product Description

The ultimate reference guide for everyone who loves birds! This gorgeously illustrated volume is brimming with information about attracting, enjoying, and understanding 135 of North America s most common species. You ll learn how to feed them, house them, provide nesting materials, and keep them coming back year after year. More than half of the book is dedicated to in-depth profiles of individual species with detailed, accurate paintings of birds and information about their habits, size, breeding range, winter range, habitat, incubation and nesting periods, preferred foods, and much more.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: WordUnited Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0882669273
• ISBN 13: 9780882669274
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 310
• Disegnatore: Domm Jeffrey C.