
Bird-by-bird Gardening
The Ultimate Guide to Bringing in Your Favorite Birds--year After Year
[Emmaus, Pa.] : Rodale, [2006]
Format: Book
Description: vii, 392 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 cm
Bird lovers learn what specific bird families like best and how to entice their favorites to the backyard in this newest guide from the author of The Backyard Bird Feeder's Bible.
What should a birder do if he likes bluebirds and wrens but is not all that interested in woodpeckers and starlings? Bird-by-Bird Gardening takes the chance and happenstance out of backyard birding. Readers learn what design features and edible treats will tempt particular bird families so their birdbaths and feeders will be overflowing with visitors of their choice.
Bird-by-Bird Gardening
Shows readers how to lure their preferred species with bird-friendly features such as water, shrub cover, nesting plants, and feeders
Includes 19 garden designs for attracting specific bird families
Provides water projects and feeder recipes for each bird family
With this book to guide them, bird lovers will soon have their favorite birds lingering longer in the backyard--and revisiting year after year.
What should a birder do if he likes bluebirds and wrens but is not all that interested in woodpeckers and starlings? Bird-by-Bird Gardening takes the chance and happenstance out of backyard birding. Readers learn what design features and edible treats will tempt particular bird families so their birdbaths and feeders will be overflowing with visitors of their choice.
Bird-by-Bird Gardening
Shows readers how to lure their preferred species with bird-friendly features such as water, shrub cover, nesting plants, and feeders
Includes 19 garden designs for attracting specific bird families
Provides water projects and feeder recipes for each bird family
With this book to guide them, bird lovers will soon have their favorite birds lingering longer in the backyard--and revisiting year after year.
Contents:
Woodpeckers -- Flycatchers -- Vireos -- Crows and jays -- Swallows -- Chickadees and Titmice -- Nuthatches -- Wrens -- Kinglets -- Thrushes (including bluebirds, robins, veeries) -- Mockingbirds, Catbirds, Thrashers -- Waxwings -- Warblers -- Tanagers -- Finches (including cardinals, grosbeaks, crossbills, pyrrhuloxia, sparrows, buntings, juncos, siskins, redpolls, towhees) -- Blackbirds and Orioles (includes grackles, meadowlarks & bobolinks) -- Hummingbirds -- Quails, bobwhites, grouse, wild turkeys, and ring-necked pheasants -- Seasonal specialties -- Regional delights -- USDA plant hardiness zone map.
ISBN:
1594863113 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
GARDEN Natural Rot | Southeast | Nonfiction | In |