Southern Birds: Backyard Guide - Watching - Feeding - Landscaping - Nurturing - North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, Texas

by Bill Thompson

Overview

From the editor of the nation's premier birding magazine, a no-nonsense, no-fluff quick guide to the birds you see every day.

Of all the classic American pastimes, perhaps none is as widely accessible as watching birds. Our unusually vast, diverse environmental landscape supports fascinating species and variations exclusive to each region of the country.

While birders often spend their efforts in search of the rarest creatures, some of the most beautiful and intriguing birds are the ones that frequent our backyards (or nearby) daily. For that reason, where other, larger volumes focus on bird types that the casual observer is never likely to encounter,

Southern Birds concisely celebrates those species living under our very noses. Written by Bill Thompson III, the editor and co-publisher of Bird Watcher's Digest, this portable 5"x8" book contains the same variety of entertaining and informative entries that make Bird Watcher's Digest the nation's most popular birding magazine.

You'll find profiles of the 55 most common birds in the South, complete with large color photos, gender-specific physical descriptions, nesting and feeding information, bird call particulars, and interesting stories about each species. Thompson also introduces the reader to the basics of bird watching: essential gear, bird-friendly food and plantings, housing tips, and observational techniques.

This guide covers North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, and Texas. Look for our other backyard bird guides covering the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Northeast, and West regions of the United States.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781591865568
Publisher:	Cool Springs Press
Publication date:	09/15/2013
Series:	Bird Watcher's Digest Backyard Guide Series
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	1,037,041
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Bill Thompson III (Whipple, OH) is the editor and co-publisher of Bird Watcher's Digest. He's also a keen birder, the author of many books, a field trip leader, an ecotourism consultant, the host of the This Birding Life podcast, and a regular speaker and performer on the birding festival circuit. His North American life list is somewhere between 673 and 675. His favorite bird is the red-headed woodpecker. His "spark bird" was a snowy owl. He has watched birds in 25 countries and 44 states, but his favorite place to watch is on the 80-acre farm he shares with his wife, artist and writer Julie Zickefoose. Some kind person once called Bill "the Pied Piper of Birding" and he has been trying to live up to that moniker ever since.

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Table of Contents

Welcome to Bird Watching in the SouthCreating a HabitatProfiles of Backyard Birds of the SouthHawksSharp-shinned HawkCooper’s HawkPigeons & DovesRock PigeonEurasian Collared-DoveMourning DoveCommon Ground-DoveOwlsEastern Screech-OwlSwifts & HummingbirdsChimney SwiftRuby-throated HummingbirdWoodpeckersRed-headed WoodpeckerRed-bellied WoodpeckerDowny WoodpeckerHairy WoodpeckerNorthern FlickerPileated WoodpeckerFlycatchersEastern PhoebeCrows & JaysBlue JayAmerican CrowSwallowsPurple MartinTree SwallowBarn SwallowChickadees & TitmiceCarolina ChickadeeTufted TitmouseNuthatchesWhite-breasted NuthatchBrown-headed NuthatchWrensCarolina WrenHouse WrenThrushesEastern BluebirdWood ThrushAmerican RobinMimidsGray CatbirdNorthern MockingbirdBrown ThrasherStarlingsEuropean StarlingWaxwingsCedar WaxwingWarblersYellow-rumped WarblerTanagersSummer TanagerSparrowsEastern TowheeChipping SparrowField SparrowSong SparrowWhite-throated SparrowDark-eyed JuncoCardinals & BuntingsNorthern CardinalIndigo BuntingPainted BuntingOrioles & BlackbirdsRed-winged BlackbirdCommon GrackleBrown-headed CowbirdBaltimore OrioleFinchesPurple FinchHouse FinchPine SiskinAmerican GoldfinchWeaver FinchesHouse SparrowBirding Hotspots for the SouthBirds I’ve Spotted ResourcesIndexMeet Bill Thompson III