Essential for the estimated 62 million Americans who watch and feed birds in their backyards—from the experts at National Geographic and co-author of the popular and perennial best seller Field Guide to the Birds of North America.
No matter where you live—in the country, city, a high-rise or house—this handy guide will quench your curiosity about the feathered creatures in your midst. It features 150 of the most common and interesting birds likely to be observed at backyard feeders, nesting nearby or just migrating through. An indispensable visual index of all 150 species appears on the inside front and back laminated covers, making identification a snap.
Beginning with Backyard Basics, an easy-to-follow, richly illustrated presentation on observing and identifying birds—with tips on attracting and feeding your favorite birds, birdhouses, and bird-friendly landscapes to entice nesting—the book is full of National Geographic’s iconic field guide images and maps.
Core species on everyone’s list—such as robins, woodpeckers, bluebirds and chickadees—are featured in two-page spreads including practical tips with additional imagery. Sidebars captivate with interesting and little known facts.
Backyard Guide to Birds is linked to even more content, including audio of each of the book’s 150 birds’ songs and calls at nationalgeographic.com/birding.
Backyard Birds I can now identify I gave this book to three amateur bird fans who enjoy watching birds at their kitchen window feeders. All reported back that this was the most useful bird book they had seen, with clear photos & identifying features, and interesting relevant facts.
Great book I have a 4 year that loves birds…we have several bird feeders and this is the first book I bought. It is a good book. Smaller in size, both inside covers fold out and have the page numbers listed. If you are buying this for a child, I would prob pick a book that offers more picks than this one…this one has great pictures, but is mostly informative and not a love of pictures. Obviously each type is pictured but there are more words than pictures by far. Great book as she gets older and can…
Perfect for armchair bird-watchers! Having read the reviews on this book and the other, more comprehensive (and expensive) NG bird book, I am pleased I made this choice so I could enjoy the birds in the small backyard in NJ. I should add that I am a visiting Brit, who has been enthralled by the range and colors of the local avian population. Like another reviewer, I find the 4-page colour index a quick and easy way of identifying the type of bird I’m looking at. The drawings are clear and accurate, include an easy-to-see…