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21st-Century Gardening
The Bird Garden: A Comprehensive Guide to Attracting Birds to Your Backyard Throughout the Year
"This is an excellent guide to attracting birds... The Bird Garden can be highly recommended for all gardening collections".
—Library Journal
Birds are the most visible and familiar form of wildlife, fascinating millions with their brilliant colors, varied songs, and entertaining behavior. By planting certain carefully selected trees and shrubs, you can create an attractive landscape that will encourage a wide variety of birds to visit your backyard, whether you have acres of land or just a small garden.
The National Audubon Society's Bird Garden provides a fully illustrated guide to garden birds, and the plants that will attract them, all conveniently organized into five geographic regions. Here is complete information concerning the nest, the song, and the food preferences of 100 familiar garden birds. Descriptions and lists of more than 300 trees, shrubs, and other plants explain their growth habits and cultural preferences, their hardiness, and the birds that rely on them for food or cover.
Birds are often attracted to the garden by nestboxes and platforms, feeders, dust baths, and water sources. These features are described and illustrated, with clear, concise directions for construction.
—Library Journal
Birds are the most visible and familiar form of wildlife, fascinating millions with their brilliant colors, varied songs, and entertaining behavior. By planting certain carefully selected trees and shrubs, you can create an attractive landscape that will encourage a wide variety of birds to visit your backyard, whether you have acres of land or just a small garden.
The National Audubon Society's Bird Garden provides a fully illustrated guide to garden birds, and the plants that will attract them, all conveniently organized into five geographic regions. Here is complete information concerning the nest, the song, and the food preferences of 100 familiar garden birds. Descriptions and lists of more than 300 trees, shrubs, and other plants explain their growth habits and cultural preferences, their hardiness, and the birds that rely on them for food or cover.
Birds are often attracted to the garden by nestboxes and platforms, feeders, dust baths, and water sources. These features are described and illustrated, with clear, concise directions for construction.
176 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1995
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September 8, 2012
For starters, this book has wonderful colorful pictures. Creating a habitat to encourage birds to visit (and live) in your yard is the overall goal of the author. Plants for hummingbirds, nesting structures, siting your feeder, stocking the stations, and information about bird baths is given.
It doesn't explain that if you live in the west versus the east, and you want to build a bluebird house, that the hole size is different. If you are new to this subject and find an activity that you are considering you may want to dig a little deeper elsewhere. The upside is that U. S. regions with recommended plants and common birds are shown in great detail.
Overall, if you want a nice first book about inspiring birds to visit you this may be one you'll want to consider. If you want to spend your money wisely my favorite book on birds is The Backyard Bird Feeder's Bible by Sally Roth. I can't say enough nice things about it.
It doesn't explain that if you live in the west versus the east, and you want to build a bluebird house, that the hole size is different. If you are new to this subject and find an activity that you are considering you may want to dig a little deeper elsewhere. The upside is that U. S. regions with recommended plants and common birds are shown in great detail.
Overall, if you want a nice first book about inspiring birds to visit you this may be one you'll want to consider. If you want to spend your money wisely my favorite book on birds is The Backyard Bird Feeder's Bible by Sally Roth. I can't say enough nice things about it.
September 27, 2023
This book offers a lot of information for those who wish to invite more birds into their yards and gardens. It covers basics like providing food, water, and shelter. It then goes into types of plants that can attract birds. I own other books that have more detailed information as well as ones for specific regions of the country or planting zones, but this is a good book for a beginner. Since it is published by the Audubon Society the information is accurate, whereas I've seen some books from other sources that contained information that was not. Nice illustrations and suggestions.
May 9, 2012
Best for those beginning research into designing a bird-friendly garden.
Information is divided up into six zones (Northeast, Southeast, South Florida, Prairies & Plains, Western Mountains & Deserts, Pacific Coast), & lists the birds attracted to particular trees, shrubs, ground covers & vines.
Information is divided up into six zones (Northeast, Southeast, South Florida, Prairies & Plains, Western Mountains & Deserts, Pacific Coast), & lists the birds attracted to particular trees, shrubs, ground covers & vines.
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June 11, 2011Pages to remember p. 70, 94
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