Learn from FeederWatcher Experts How to Feed and Attract Birds
Join Margaret Barker on a fascinating tour of FeederWatcher's backyards and bird feeders. Margaret captures the joy in the FeederWatcher's words as they explain how to attract the finches you've seen down the road, how to discourage the flock of Starlings you'd really rather went elsewhere, and how to live peacefully with squirrels and raccoons. You'll discover which birds you can attract and which ones will return year after year.
Each winter thousands of FeederWatchers identify birds attracted to their yards and record data about them. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology compiles the data into the largest existing database on backyard birds. No one has more hard facts on backyard birds than the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and no one knows more about attracting birds than the FeederWatchers.
FeederWatchers are participants in Project FeederWatch, a joint research and education project of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the National Audubon Society, Bird Studies Canada, and the Canadian Nature Federation.

The FeederWatcher's Guide to Bird Feeding

Science & Math

Griggs, Jack

Barker, Margaret A.

Biological Sciences

Collins Reference

Produced in association with the National Audubon Society, Audubon Birding Adventures for Kids introduces you and your children to the love of all things birding. Whether exploring the forest, the backyard, or the city, you and your kids will learn about the habits of North America’s most popular songbirds, how to create safe and welcoming environments for them, how to observe them, and how to construct easy and safe species-appropriate birdhouses and feeders for common birds. The bird ID section includes descriptions of species and range maps. Kids will find exciting activities and games, as well, including how to form birding groups, scavenger hunts, and a birdsong listening game. In addition to practical, field-tested knowledge and fascinating information about the species covered, this guide is packed with beautiful color photography. Since all the information presented is the product of years of National Audubon Society expertise, both you and your kids can be sure you're getting the best advice before setting about your birding adventures.

Audubon Birding Adventures for Kids: Activities and Ideas for Watching, Feeding, and Housing Our Feathered Friends

Children's Books

NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY

Wolfson, Elissa Ruth

Animals

Cool Springs Press

<div>The&nbsp;Audubon Birdhouse Book&nbsp;is the most authoritative book available for creating safe, sturdy, and easy-to-build homes for many of North America's favorite birds. This updated second edition includes important new and timely topics including impacts of climate change on birds, nestbox monitoring for community science, native plants, and how birders can help birds. Produced in association with the&nbsp;National Audubon Society,&nbsp;Audubon Birdhouse Book&nbsp;explains how to build and place functional&nbsp;DIY bird homes&nbsp;that are safe and appropriate for&nbsp;more than 20 classic North American species, from wrens to raptors. Each of the&nbsp;easy-to-build boxes and shelves&nbsp;within is accompanied by&nbsp;cut lists,&nbsp;specially created line diagrams, and&nbsp;step-by-step photography, making the projects accessible to those with even the most rudimentary woodworking skills. In addition, this practical and beautifully presented guide is packed with&nbsp;color photography&nbsp;and&nbsp;information about the bird species covered:&nbsp;Wrens, Warblers, Bluebirds, Flycatchers, Swallows, Titmice, Owls, Flickers, Kestrels, Chickadees, Ducks, Mergansers, Swallows, Doves, Swallows, Robins, Finches, Phoebes, Loons, Swifts, Herons, and Ospreys. Detailed information will help you&nbsp;properly place and maintain the homes&nbsp;to attract birds. And because these projects are the product of&nbsp;years of experience and field-testing, you can be sure you're getting the best advice regarding&nbsp;proper design, safe construction materials, and correct home placement&nbsp;to mitigate exposure to elements, pests, and predators. Finally, beyond the birdhouses, you'll find out how you can&nbsp;contribute to the larger birding community&nbsp;and even enhance your birding experience.</div>

The Birdhouse Book: Building, Placing, and Maintaining Great Homes for Great Birds

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

Today, according to the US Fish and Wildlife Service, more than fifty million Americans feed birds around their homes, and over the last sixty years, billions of pounds of birdseed have filled millions of feeders in backyards everywhere. Feeding Wild Birds in America tells why and how a modest act of provision has become such a pervasive, popular, and often passionate aspect of people’s lives. Each chapter provides details on one or more bird-feeding development or trend including the “discovery” of seeds, the invention of different kinds of feeders, and the creation of new companies. Also woven into the book are the worlds of education, publishing, commerce, professional ornithology, and citizen science, all of which have embraced bird feeding at different times and from different perspectives. The authors take a decade-by-decade approach starting in the late nineteenth century, providing a historical overview in each chapter before covering topical developments (such as hummingbird feeding and birdbaths). On the one hand, they show that the story of bird feeding is one of entrepreneurial invention; on the other hand, they reveal how Americans, through a seemingly simple practice, have come to value the natural world.

Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce, and Conservation

Business & Money

Baicich, Paul J.

Henderson, Carrol L.

Biography & History

Texas A&M University Press

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