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The Audubon Backyard Birdwatcher: Birdfeeders and Bird Gardens

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Presents information on how to use birdfeeders and landscaping in the garden to attract birds, with discussions of bird behavior and profiles of the most common garden birds, describing plumage, voice, feeding, and nesting habits.

400 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1941

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Robert Burton

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A trained zoologist, Robert Burton is an established author in the field of everyday natural history, focussing on the commonplace rather than the exotic or unusual. He is the wildlife columnist for the Royal Horticultural Society's The Garden and has written many articles for other magazines, including the RSPB magazine Birds. He continues the popular Nature Note in the Daily Telegraph started by his father, Dr. Maurice Burton.
Coming from a family of natural historians, Robert Burton has grown up with the concept of the garden as a sanctuary for birds and other animals. Although he has pursued his nature studies all around the world, he now works mainly from home, where he has plenty of opportunities to observe the visitors to his garden.

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January 28, 2008
I have learned to reconize the birds in my own private backyard garden. This book was a gift to my husband and I and it has been well used and we will continue to use it not only as a coffee table book that gets picked up often but as an excellent reference to enhance the love we have for the beauty in our own backyard.
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August 10, 2009
I recommned this wonderfully illustrated hard cover version to any bird enthusiast! A must have on your porch/sunroom coffee table! The audio sibling to this book lets you sample each birds song(s) while viewing the birds and their respective habitat - my backyard!!!
This is really a great gift - to be looked at all year long!
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September 20, 2014
Found this book at the library book sale. A nice introduction to backyard birds in North America, and the division by region is helpful. I don't think we'll be constructing a bird garden (our dogs are not bird-friendly), but I liked it for merely augmenting my ability to identify types of birds.
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January 27, 2008
This book was given to my husband and I as a gift and it has been an outstanding reference and has enhanced our enjoyment in our own private gardens.
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