Feed the Birds: Attract and Identify 196 Common North American Birds
"Informative and practical... This guide, filled with richly colorful photos, is enthusiastically recommended for birders, bird watchers, and anyone else who cares about birds' role in our precariously fragile environment."
—Booklist

Feeding birds is growing in popularity and is enjoyed by over 50 million North Americans each year.

Feed the Birds is designed as a resource for beginners and experienced birdwatchers alike. Covering 196 bird species that are attracted to backyard bird feeders, this book helps the reader not only attract and identify birds but also understand their behavior and adaptations to the environment. A wide variety of feeders and seed types are presented with helpful tips on how to attract the largest variety of birds.

Each profile for the 196 featured species includes a variety of photographs, an identification guide, a range map, information on bird seed and natural food preferences, and behavior. Other topics include:

  • Why feeding birds is important
  • Building do-it-yourself feeders
  • Foiling squirrels
  • Attracting birds with natural foods and water
  • Building shelters and nest boxes
  • Involving children
  • Photographing birds
  • Hand feeding
  • Recognizing individual birds and identifying similar-looking species
  • Growing plant varieties that make a garden attractive to birds.

The book also contains information on how to choose the right seeds; the importance of ensuring all windows are bird-safe (with links to organizations that work to reduce bird-window collision); cat-friendly deterrents; and citizen science activities like the annual Christmas Bird Count and Project Feederwatch. Feed the Birds is a complete guide that should be near every bird enthusiast's window.

Endorsed by the Canadian Wildlife Federation, a conservation-oriented organization with more than 250,000 members. CWF has a long history of fostering bird habitat, conservation and recognition.

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Feed the Birds: Attract and Identify 196 Common North American Birds
"Informative and practical... This guide, filled with richly colorful photos, is enthusiastically recommended for birders, bird watchers, and anyone else who cares about birds' role in our precariously fragile environment."
—Booklist

Feeding birds is growing in popularity and is enjoyed by over 50 million North Americans each year.

Feed the Birds is designed as a resource for beginners and experienced birdwatchers alike. Covering 196 bird species that are attracted to backyard bird feeders, this book helps the reader not only attract and identify birds but also understand their behavior and adaptations to the environment. A wide variety of feeders and seed types are presented with helpful tips on how to attract the largest variety of birds.

Each profile for the 196 featured species includes a variety of photographs, an identification guide, a range map, information on bird seed and natural food preferences, and behavior. Other topics include:

  • Why feeding birds is important
  • Building do-it-yourself feeders
  • Foiling squirrels
  • Attracting birds with natural foods and water
  • Building shelters and nest boxes
  • Involving children
  • Photographing birds
  • Hand feeding
  • Recognizing individual birds and identifying similar-looking species
  • Growing plant varieties that make a garden attractive to birds.

The book also contains information on how to choose the right seeds; the importance of ensuring all windows are bird-safe (with links to organizations that work to reduce bird-window collision); cat-friendly deterrents; and citizen science activities like the annual Christmas Bird Count and Project Feederwatch. Feed the Birds is a complete guide that should be near every bird enthusiast's window.

Endorsed by the Canadian Wildlife Federation, a conservation-oriented organization with more than 250,000 members. CWF has a long history of fostering bird habitat, conservation and recognition.

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Feed the Birds: Attract and Identify 196 Common North American Birds

Feed the Birds: Attract and Identify 196 Common North American Birds

by Chris Earley
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Feed the Birds: Attract and Identify 196 Common North American Birds

by Chris Earley

Overview

"Informative and practical... This guide, filled with richly colorful photos, is enthusiastically recommended for birders, bird watchers, and anyone else who cares about birds' role in our precariously fragile environment."
—Booklist

Feeding birds is growing in popularity and is enjoyed by over 50 million North Americans each year.

Feed the Birds is designed as a resource for beginners and experienced birdwatchers alike. Covering 196 bird species that are attracted to backyard bird feeders, this book helps the reader not only attract and identify birds but also understand their behavior and adaptations to the environment. A wide variety of feeders and seed types are presented with helpful tips on how to attract the largest variety of birds.

Each profile for the 196 featured species includes a variety of photographs, an identification guide, a range map, information on bird seed and natural food preferences, and behavior. Other topics include:

  • Why feeding birds is important
  • Building do-it-yourself feeders
  • Foiling squirrels
  • Attracting birds with natural foods and water
  • Building shelters and nest boxes
  • Involving children
  • Photographing birds
  • Hand feeding
  • Recognizing individual birds and identifying similar-looking species
  • Growing plant varieties that make a garden attractive to birds.

The book also contains information on how to choose the right seeds; the importance of ensuring all windows are bird-safe (with links to organizations that work to reduce bird-window collision); cat-friendly deterrents; and citizen science activities like the annual Christmas Bird Count and Project Feederwatch. Feed the Birds is a complete guide that should be near every bird enthusiast's window.

Endorsed by the Canadian Wildlife Federation, a conservation-oriented organization with more than 250,000 members. CWF has a long history of fostering bird habitat, conservation and recognition.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780228102014
Publisher: Firefly Books, Limited
Publication date: 09/20/2019
Pages: 296
Sales rank: 599,457
Product dimensions: 6.90(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Chris Earley is a zoologist and environmental biologist. He is the Interpretive Biologist and Education Coordinator at The Arboretum, University of Guelph. His previous books include Falcons in the City, Warblers of the Great Lakes Region and Eastern North America, and Birds A to Z. He lives in Guelph, Ontario.

Table of Contents

Introduction 8

Attracting and Feeding Birds

1 Feeding Wild Birds 19

What to Feed 22

How to Feed 28

2 Creating a Bird Friendly Backyard 47

Backyards for Wildlife 48

Natural Foods 52

Water 59

Shelter 62

Nesting Material and Boxes 64

Squirrels and Cats 71

Windows 76

3 Bird Feeder Building Plans 79

4 Bird Behavior and Biology 89

Bird Behavior 91

Recognizing Individual Birds 104

What Is Wrong with That Bird? 107

Nature's Predators 113

Predator Detectors 116

Adaptations 119

Identifying Birds

5 Bird Identification 127

Bird Quick-Find Guide 134

Gaudy Game Birds 136

Delightful Doves 142

Hovering Hummingbirds 150

Wonderful Woodpeckers 156

Crafty Crows and Joyful Jays 166

Chickadees, Titmice and Nuthatches 176

Wrens, Kinglets and Thrushes 188

Mimics, Starlings and Waxwings 198

Fantastic Finches 206

Winning Warblers 222

Sparrows, Towhees and Juncos 228

Tremendous Tanagers and Captivating Cardinals 244

Gorgeous Grosbeaks and Beautiful Buntings 250

Bold Blackbirds 256

Ornate Orioles 264

More Feeder Birds 270

Raptors and Shrikes 285

Birds at My Feeder List 290

Works Cited 291

Further Reading 291

Photo Credits 292

Index 295

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