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Author: Darryl Jones Publisher: Cornell University Press ISBN: 150171080X Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 268
Book Description
Darryl Jones is fascinated by bird feeders. Not the containers supplying food to our winged friends, but the people who fill the containers. Why do people do this? Jones asks in The Birds at My Table. Does the food even benefit the birds? What are the unintended consequences of providing additional food to our winged friends? Jones takes us on a wild flight through the history of bird feeding. He pinpoints the highs and lows of the practice. And he ponders this odd but seriously popular form of interaction between humans and wild animals. Most important, he points out that we know very little about the impact of feeding birds despite millions of people doing it every day. Unerringly, Jones digs at the deeper issues and questions, and he raises our awareness of the things we don’t yet know and why we really should. Using the latest scientific findings, The Birds at My Table takes a global swoop from 30,000 feet down to the backyard bird feeder and pushes our understanding of the many aspects of bird feeding back up to new heights.
Author: Darryl Jones Publisher: Cornell University Press ISBN: 150171080X Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 268
Book Description
Darryl Jones is fascinated by bird feeders. Not the containers supplying food to our winged friends, but the people who fill the containers. Why do people do this? Jones asks in The Birds at My Table. Does the food even benefit the birds? What are the unintended consequences of providing additional food to our winged friends? Jones takes us on a wild flight through the history of bird feeding. He pinpoints the highs and lows of the practice. And he ponders this odd but seriously popular form of interaction between humans and wild animals. Most important, he points out that we know very little about the impact of feeding birds despite millions of people doing it every day. Unerringly, Jones digs at the deeper issues and questions, and he raises our awareness of the things we don’t yet know and why we really should. Using the latest scientific findings, The Birds at My Table takes a global swoop from 30,000 feet down to the backyard bird feeder and pushes our understanding of the many aspects of bird feeding back up to new heights.
Author: Dean T. Spaulding Publisher: Lerner Publications ISBN: Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 64
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Provides step-by-step instructions on building a backyard birdfeeder and explains which birds like which kinds of food, the best times to fill feeders, and how to keep squirrels away.
Author: Irene Cosgrove Publisher: Main Street Books ISBN: 9780385495479 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 100
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Easy-to-make, nourishing recipes for your backyard feathered friends! With just a little suet, some sand, kitchen scraps, and some inexpensive seeds and grains, you can whip up an enormous variety of delights for attracting and feeding birds. This handy little recipe book also features tips on birdhouses and nesting, birdbaths and seasonal feeding, as well as the best arrangement for your feeding stations. Combining the recipes from the popular classics My Recipes Are for the Birds and More of My Recipes Are for the Birds, fully updated and revised, this new edition is an essential guide for all those who take delight in opening their backyards to a large, colorful, and musical segment of the natural world.
Author: Joseph Grinnell Publisher: DigiCat ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 126
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Written by the nature-enthusiasts couple, Elizabeth and Joseph Grinnell, this book introduces readers to the field of ornithology - the study of birds. The Grinnells, who lived in California, present their understanding of the field in a whimsical yet intellectual manner, complete with illustrations of birds such as those they call "civilized blackbirds" and "neighborly mockingbirds".
Author: Paul J. Baicich Publisher: Texas A&M University Press ISBN: 1623492114 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 330
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Today, according to the US Fish and Wildlife Service, more than fifty million Americans feed birds around their homes, and over the last sixty years, billions of pounds of birdseed have filled millions of feeders in backyards everywhere. Feeding Wild Birds in America tells why and how a modest act of provision has become such a pervasive, popular, and often passionate aspect of people’s lives. Each chapter provides details on one or more bird-feeding development or trend including the “discovery” of seeds, the invention of different kinds of feeders, and the creation of new companies. Also woven into the book are the worlds of education, publishing, commerce, professional ornithology, and citizen science, all of which have embraced bird feeding at different times and from different perspectives. The authors take a decade-by-decade approach starting in the late nineteenth century, providing a historical overview in each chapter before covering topical developments (such as hummingbird feeding and birdbaths). On the one hand, they show that the story of bird feeding is one of entrepreneurial invention; on the other hand, they reveal how Americans, through a seemingly simple practice, have come to value the natural world.
Author: Elissa Wolfson Publisher: Cool Springs Press ISBN: 076036608X Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 99
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Produced in association with the National Audubon Society, Audubon Birding Adventures for Kids introduces you and your children to the love of all things birding. Whether exploring the forest, the backyard, or the city, you and your kids will learn about the habits of North America’s most popular songbirds, how to create safe and welcoming environments for them, how to observe them, and how to construct easy and safe species-appropriate birdhouses and feeders for common birds. The bird ID section includes descriptions of species and range maps. Kids will find exciting activities and games, as well, including how to form birding groups, scavenger hunts, and a birdsong listening game. In addition to practical, field-tested knowledge and fascinating information about the species covered, this guide is packed with beautiful color photography. Since all the information presented is the product of years of National Audubon Society expertise, both you and your kids can be sure you're getting the best advice before setting about your birding adventures.
Author: Dean T. Spaulding Publisher: ISBN: 9780822531784 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 64
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Describes bird species that are extinct or endangered and efforts by scientists, governments, and organizations to protect endangered birds. Includes step-by-step instructions for projects that readers can do to help local birds, such as building birdfeeders, birdhouse, and birdbaths.
Author: Darryl Jones
Author: Darryl Jones
Author: Dean T. Spaulding
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Author: Irene Cosgrove
Author: Joseph Grinnell
Author: Paul J. Baicich
Author: Elizabeth Grinnell
Author: Elissa Wolfson
Author: Dean T. Spaulding
Author: Dean T. Spaulding