Produced in association with the National Audubon Society, the Audubon North American Birdfeeder Guide covers the best ways to attract, observe, and feed birds in your own backyard. From profiles of individual species to understanding bird behavior, this new compact edition provides a wealth of knowledge in a convenient and portable format.
One of the best birding books available This guide is the best! It gives great information on identifying birds, bird behavior, bird food, bird feeders, bird houses, trees and plants that attract different species of birds. All of the information is interesting to read and helps you to improve your birding skills and knowledge. It gives you ideas on how to attract each different bird. It gives information on birdfeeders and how to place them correctly for the best results. I’m a “birder” and I bought this book as a gift…
Bird Feeding and Watching I bought this book for someone else, but it was based on my previous purchase for myself. The book has been extremely valuable to me as a backyard bird watcher. The descriptions of each bird and it habits are brief but seem thorough, at least for my use. It also has a lot of information on bird habits just in general and how to attract species to your yard. I have other books that are pretty dense to read and hard to find the most common birds I see. I would recommend this book especially…
New to Birding I’ve started to do bird photography and love it. I bought this book (and Birds of Eastern North America: A Photographic Guide by Paul Sterry) because the first section provides a decent background on the nature of birds. It also provides information on what to plant in order to attract certain birds, and how to build bird houses.Birding has opened my world to discovering “new” birds in my yard and I’ve gotten to appreciate their singing and their habits.