America's Favorite Backyard Birds

America's Favorite Backyard Birds
Author: Kit Harrison
Publisher: Touchstone Books
Total Pages: 300
Release: 1989-04-15
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

From Simon & Schuster, America's Favorite Backyard Birds is Kit and George Harrison's inside look at the little-known and fascinating personal lives of our best-loved backyard birds. With an intro by Roger Tory Peterson, America's Favorite Backyard Birds describes the characteristics and behavior of ten common species of birds, including the robin, cardinal, blue jay, and mockingbird.

National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Birds of North America, 2nd Edition

National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Birds of North America, 2nd Edition
Author: Jonathan Alderfer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2019
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1426220626

You don't have to be an experienced birder to enjoy this guide! With hundreds of illustrations and a user-friendly format, you'll soon be spotting and identifying birds in your locale in no time. The updated text highlights the latest trends in birding and the most up-to-date ornithological information. -- adapted from back cover

Backyard Birds

Backyard Birds
Author: Jonathan P. Latimer
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 52
Release: 1999
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780395922767

Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, voices, and habitats of a variety of common birds, arranged by their color. Includes the Peterson System of identifying birds by their unique markings.

Feeding Wild Birds in America

Feeding Wild Birds in America
Author: Paul J. Baicich
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2015-03-30
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1623492114

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.

Backyard Birds

Backyard Birds
Author: Fred Alsop
Publisher:
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1998
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

The complete guide to attracting, identifying, and photographing birds in a Southern backyard.

The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America

The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Author: Matt Kracht
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2019-04-02
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1452177392

National bestselling book: Featured on Midwest, Mountain Plains, New Atlantic, Northern, Pacific Northwest and Southern Regional Indie Bestseller Lists Perfect book for the birder and anti-birder alike A humorous look at 50 common North American dumb birds: For those who have a disdain for birds or bird lovers with a sense of humor, this snarky, illustrated handbook is equal parts profane, funny, and—let's face it—true. Featuring common North American birds, such as the White-Breasted Butt Nugget and the Goddamned Canada Goose (or White-Breasted Nuthatch and Canada Goose for the layperson), Matt Kracht identifies all the idiots in your backyard and details exactly why they suck with humorous, yet angry, ink drawings. With The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America, you won't need to wonder what all that racket is anymore! • Each entry is accompanied by facts about a bird's (annoying) call, its (dumb) migratory pattern, its (downright tacky) markings, and more. • The essential guide to all things wings with migratory maps, tips for birding, musings on the avian population, and the ethics of birdwatching. • Matt Kracht is an amateur birder, writer, and illustrator who enjoys creating books that celebrate the humor inherent in life's absurdities. Based in Seattle, he enjoys gazing out the window at the beautiful waters of Puget Sound and making fun of birds. "There are loads of books out there for bird lovers, but until now, nothing for those that love to hate birds. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America fills the void, packed with snarky illustrations that chastise the flying animals in a funny, profane way. " – Uncrate A humorous animal book with 50 common North American birds for people who love birds and also those who love to hate birds • A perfect coffee table or bar top conversation-starting book • Makes a great Mother's Day, Father's Day, birthday, or retirement gift

Backyard Birds and Blossoms

Backyard Birds and Blossoms
Author:
Publisher: Princeton University Press/The Cornell Lab Publishing Group
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-04-11
Genre: Birds
ISBN: 9781943645244

Coloring enthusiasts, bird lovers, and flower gardeners will all delight in our biggest and most exciting new coloring book, Backyard Birds and Blossoms. This exciting new coloring book is set at home where the majority of America's birders and gardeners live and interact with nature every day. Featuring glorious backyard birds with flowering annuals, perennials, trees, shrubs, and vines, each coloring page is intricately designed with scientific accuracy to create real and true connections with nature at home. As a BONUS feature, we've included a 30" wide poster that can be removed and colored for a wonderful extended experience. And this is our first coloring book to include our FREE downloadable BIRD QR app to tap, listen to bird sounds, and learn. Backyard Birds and Blossoms is the third adult coloring title from leading bird authority, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and this one dives deeper into what birders love as they enjoy their own personal "great outdoors" at home. For this special coloring book, we've assembled an "A-team" of contributors--Dr. Emma Ileana Greig, the Cornell Lab's Director of the renowned "citizen science" platform, Project FeederWatch; Stacy Tornio, former editor of Birds & Blooms Magazine and author of Bird Brainiacs; and Brenda Lyons, the illustrator who brought us America's Favorite Birds.

Backyard Birds of Georgia

Backyard Birds of Georgia
Author: Bill Fenimore
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2009-03
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1423605675

BACKYARD BIRDS IS AN EXCITING SERIES of books that explores the top twenty-five backyard birds most commonly found in each state. It includes a profiled size scale that allows the reader to quickly identify the correct bird, and each bird entry is accompanied by a stunning color photograph and specific description, including identification marks, behavior, habitat, and nesting style-even the song the bird makes! As an added feature, author Bill Fenimore also provides expert tips for building the ultimate backyard bird sanctuary, from creating birdbaths and planting proper foliage to offering a bird's favorite foods.

Yard Birds

Yard Birds
Author: Philip Levy
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2023-04-18
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0813949661

In 2009, the New Yorker declared chickens the "it bird" and heralded "the return of the backyard chicken." This honor occurred as, a host of American cities were changing their laws to allow chickens in residents’ backyards. Philip Levy, a sometime chicken keeper himself, mixes cultural history with husbandry to chronicle the weird and wonderful story of Americans’ urban chickens. From the streets of Brooklyn to council chambers in Albany to the beat of Key West’s Chicken Nuisance Patrol, yard birds are an important and growing part of American city life. Part history, part travelogue, and part reportage, Yard Birds takes the reader on a tour-de-force journey across America, past and present, to profile its urban chickens housed in luxury coops or dying at yearly rituals. What emerges is a compelling picture of city chickens that can both serve as hipster status symbols and guarantee that the families keeping them have at least something to eat. Levy’s smart and entertaining investigation of the contemporary urban chicken craze reveals that poultry flocks were historically an integral part of America’s urban spaces; chickens have simply returned home now, some to very fancy roosts.

The Backyard Bird Watcher

The Backyard Bird Watcher
Author: George Harrison
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1988-06-15
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0671663747

Provides advice and step-by-step instructions for converting a back yard into a bird sanctuary.