The Stokes Birdfeeder Book: An Easy Guide to Attracting, Identifying and Understanding Your Feeder Birds

The Stokes Birdfeeder Book: An Easy Guide to Attracting, Identifying and Understanding Your Feeder Birds

by Lillian Q. Stokes, Donald Stokes
The Stokes Birdfeeder Book: An Easy Guide to Attracting, Identifying and Understanding Your Feeder Birds

The Stokes Birdfeeder Book: An Easy Guide to Attracting, Identifying and Understanding Your Feeder Birds

by Lillian Q. Stokes, Donald Stokes

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Overview

Copiously illustrated with maps, line drawings, and full-color photographs, this large format paperback book contains the essential information that backyard nature enthusiasts want and need to select feeders and understand the basics of birdfeeding.
Now you can start to enjoy the birds at your feeder more than you ever have before! This book will help you in three important ways:
  • You can attract more birds by following our easy method of providing the Four Basic Feeders. If you are just starting out, we offer helpful tips for choosing the best feeders and the birds' favorite foods.
  • You can become an expert at identifying your feeder birds with this book. There is a beautiful color photograph of both male and female for each bird, accompanied by identification clues.
  • You can understand the behavior of birds at your feeder, because for each bird there is a chapter filled with fascinating information about its life.

Don't let another day go by without starting on this path to a richer experience at your feeders.
Also included is your own Bird Feeder Journal.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780316049566
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Publication date: 11/15/2008
Sold by: Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format: eBook
File size: 7 MB

About the Author

Donald and Lilian Stokes are widely recognized as America's foremost authorities on birds and nature. They are the hosts of the PBS series BirdWatch with Don and Lilian Stokes. Their books include the bestselling Stokes Field Guide to Birds (Eastern and Western editions).

Table of Contents

Attracting Birds1
The Four Basic Feeders1
Sunflower Seed Feeder2
Ground Feeder with Cracked Corn and Mixed Seed4
Suet Feeder6
Water8
How to Attract Hummingbirds10
Dealing with Squirrels12
Troubleshooting14
Plantings That Attract Birds16
Bird Behavior18
Watching Bird Behavior18
Social Behavior20
Maintenance Behavior22
A Year in the Life of a Bird24
Four Behaviors Everyone Asks About26
The Birds28
Identifying Your Birds28
Cardinal30
Chickadees32
Cowbird34
American Crow36
Evening Grosbeak38
Finches40
Goldfinch44
Grackle46
House Sparrow48
Hummingbirds50
Jays54
Junco56
Mockingbird58
Mourning Dove60
Nuthatches62
Pigeon64
Pine Siskin66
Red-Winged Blackbird68
Sparrows70
Starling74
Titmouse76
Towhee78
Woodpeckers80
Resources84
Your Bird Feeder Journal86
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