Attracting Birds to Your Backyard: 536 Ways To Turn Your Yard and Garden Into a Haven For Your Favorite Birds (A Rodale Organic Gardening Book)
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (933 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0875967906 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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The alphabetical approach--from acorns to zinnias--and short entries make it a perfect book to pick up and browse at any time.” Don and Lillian Stokes, hosts of PBS's Birdwatch with Don and Lillian Stokes and authors of Stokes Field Guides to Birds“Attracting Birds to Your Backyard provides all the essential techniques and information for success in feeding, housing, and gardening for birds. I love it.” Jim Brett, curator emeritus of Hawk Mountain Sanctuary“An entertaining approach to attracting and learning about birds. Sally Roth has done a great service to backyard bird watchers.&rdqu
This A-to-Z guide includes:Terrific tips and plans for building bird feeders, birdbaths, and birdhouses.Recipes for making bird food that is sure to be a hit with your feathered friends--including Chickadee Doughnut Delights and Easy Bird Treat Mini-Muffins.The 25 best plants to grow to attract birds to your yard--including columbine and honeysuckle, hummingbird favorites.How to identify and attract goldfinches, chickadees, cardinals, and more than 50 other favorite birds to your yard. Enjoy your home and garden as never before when you have a yard that's filled with colorful birds and bird songs as well as flowers. Plus, you'll learn what their songs and antics really mean.With Attracting Birds to Your Backyard, you are on your way to creating your own backyard bird sancturay today!
"Something for everyone" according to Kat A.. Whether you're a birder or a gardener, or like me, a little of both, you'll love this book! I'm a novice birder and I bought this book hoping to find ideas about feeding and gardening for birds. I found what I was looking for and then some. This book has refreshing ideas, is user-friendly, humorous and practical. You'll learn interesting facts about some of our most common birds, identifying them, attr. "lots of good information, suggestions and ways to enable you to" according to dantheman. Interesting, lots of good information, suggestions and ways to enable you to enjoy birds more whether you are just watching, feeding or constructing houses and habitat.. Loved it so much I wanted to buy it Checked this book out at the library. Loved it so much I wanted to buy it.
She is a contributing editor of Fine Gardening magazine and writes a weekly column about nature for several Indiana newspapers. She frequently lectures and leads workshops on natural history, gardening, and native plants.. Sally Roth is a lifelong naturalist and gardener, is the author of Natural Landscaping and Taylor's Guide to Ornamental Grass