Backyard Birds of Winter

by Carol Lerner

A beginner's guide to winter bird-watching features information about the appearance, range, and habits of more than forty common North American birds

Genres: Nature, Picture Books, Science, Animals, Nonfiction, Childrens, Birds

48 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1994

Reviews

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

The illustrations are wonderful and the descriptions of all the birds are very fun to read! There are a lot of fun facts that I hadn't known before. I also appreciated that the book didn't focus just on the backyard birds of the northeast, which I think is common with backyard bird books. It was nice to learn about the chestnut-backed chickadee, the mountain chickadee, varied thrush, and the Florida scrub jay, which I didn't realize is a threatened bird unique to the scrub land in Florida. There is a very good description of types of bird food and ways to feed birds at the end. It was also neat to see a little shout-out to Project FeederWatch at the end too!

[Willow · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book to use as a detailed field guide and reference book. If you are interested in learning about the different birds, you may enjoy reading through all the text; I did. My kids did not. They thought it was boring. Admittedly, it was not written in a living way; it was very factual and did read like a field guide, so it wasn't great as a science read-aloud. But the illustrations were beautiful, and we liked looking at them all and seeing if we could name the birds without looking at the text.

[Hilary · Rating 4 out of 5]

Detailed lifesize bird illustrations.

[Alyssa Bohon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Perfect for reading with the kids to go with our backyard bird feeder watching - colorful, informative, nice big picture book.

[Clive]

Notes: Text-heavy but nice, didn’t use—good for older child, maybe 5+

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

On our way to a program at the library, my five-year-old son started asking me about birds. So, when we got to the library, I checked out this book.

The illustrations are beautifully done and make recognition easy, and the text was just the right length and information for a young reader/listener.