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National Audubon Society North American birdfeeder handbook.

With minimal effort, you can attract birds to your yard by providing food, water, and nestboxes. This comprehensive guide will show you how to identify, attract, and feed birds; how to build bird houses, nestboxes, and feeders or where to buy them; and why these backyard visitors behave the way they do. Included are 80 profiles of the most commonly observed birds in North America with details of their nesting habits, songs, and feeding preferences. Also contains full details on how to create a bird-friendly environment in your yard. Explains which winter and summer foods to give birds, the importance of providing water in birdbaths and ponds, how to buy and build feeders and anti-squirrrel devices, and how to site and maintain nestboxes. 500+ beautiful color photos.

Make gardens bird-friendly with this delightful pocket-sized guide. Essential advice on how to attract birds to any yard with baths, tables, feeders, and nest boxes is complemented by a wonderful photographic directory of 45 North American species and their behavior patterns.

Updated for the first time in decades, this unparalleled reference work is the most comprehensive and authoritative guide to the birds of North America and now includes the latest information on conservation status and the effects of climate change--from the world's most trusted name in birding, beloved by millions of backyard enthusiasts and experts alike “If you’ve ever wondered what birds show up in your backyard or which species you see when your family is on vacation, then this beautiful, freshly updated bird guide from the National Audubon Society is perfect for you.” —Portland Book Review Developed by the creators of the best-selling Audubon field guides, this handsome volume is the result of a collaboration among leading scientists, scholars, taxonomic and field experts, photo editors, and designers. An indispensable reference, it covers more than 800 species, with over 3,500 full-color photographs of birds in their natural habitat, often with four or five images of each species. For ease of use, the book includes a glossary, an index, and a ribbon marker, and is arranged according to the American Ornithological Society's latest Checklist of North and Middle American Birds—with birds sorted by taxonomic orders and grouped by family, so that related species are presented together. Range maps, reflecting the impact of climate change, accompany nearly every entry, along with a physical description and information on voice, nesting, habitat, and similar species. This guide also includes an important new category on conservation status and essays by leading scholars in each field who provide holistic insights into the world of birds. Whether trying to determine which owl is interrupting your dinner or successfully identifying all of the warblers that arrive in spring, readers will come to rely on this work of remarkable breadth, depth, and elegance. It is a must-have reference for the library of any birder, and is poised to become the number one guide in the field.