Improving the quality of land for wildlife is the single most constructive step that anyone can take to assist wild bird populations. Happily, it is well within almost everyone's capability to improve bird habitats by providing important food and cover plants. Through this book, I will assist caring landowners and managers of properties ranging in size from urban balconies and suburban backyards to larger properties such as country estates, schoolyards, cemeteries, corporate parks, airports, golf courses, wildlife refuges, and parklands of all sizes. Managers of agricultural land, greenways, and vacant lots alike will find inspiration and techniques within these pages that will help them carry out the urgent and satisfying work of improving land for wild birds."-from the Introduction In a book long awaited by landscapers, birders, gardeners, and naturalists, Stephen W. Kress provides a practical, comprehensive, and thoroughly illustrated guide to attracting birds to any property, be it a small patch of land in the city or a showplace countryside garden, a median strip or an expansive woodlot, a commercial building or a community park. In Kress's view, the best way to attract birds is to enrich habitats by improving vegetation, natural foods, water supplies, and nest sites. Drawing on decades of experience, Kress offers a remarkable variety of techniques and resources for habitat improvement. In this book, he addresses the special needs of managers of large properties, giving them a toolbox of strategies for habitat restoration; organizes his suggestions by habitat type, such as forest, grasslands, and shrublands; offers advice for selecting native plants by region; details the importance of wetland conservation; discusses the safe use of pesticides and fertilizers; provides useful information on nesting structures and feeding stations; and lists plant vendors and print and online resources for further study. Throughout, Kres
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"Filled with accurate and practical information from bird seed and bird houses to bird-friendly shrubs and trees, this book is an encyclopedia of everything you need to know to make your property a more welcoming and more beneficial habitat for wild birds."--David Sibley, author of The Sibley Guide to Birds
"The design of gardens and landscapes is one of the most important ways in which we can make space for wildlife; this book is simply the most detailed and authoritative source of information on the subject I have yet seen."--Noel Kingsbury, Sheffield University, author of Gardens by Design and Designing Borders
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Stephen W. Kress is Vice-President for Bird Conservation, National Audubon Society. He also directs the Audubon Seabird Restoration Program, which develops innovative techniques for restoring puffins, terns, and many other species of seabirds. He also teaches field ornithology classes at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology and the Hog Island Audubon Camp in Maine. In addition, he is the author of many books, including The National Audubon Society North American Birdfeeder Guide, The Bird Garden, and The National Audubon Society Birder's Handbook, as well as many scientific papers about seabird restoration. .
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What I love most about this book is that it combines everything that a homeowner, landowner, bird watcher needs to attract birds to their surroundings. After collecting many different books on bird feeding, gardening for birds, landscaping for birds and managing land for birds, I am thrilled to be able to recommend a book that "has-it-all".
With chapters that address forest, grassland and shrubland management, a landowner will find thorough advice on how to look at their property and the larger surrounding landscape in terms of bird habitat. Kress does not ignore the homeowner's interest in creating a backyard sanctuary for birds either. Highlights include a wonderful list of bird attracting perennials and annuals, a plethora of bird feeder designs, and a chapter on healthy habits to exercise in your yard and neighborhood. The book has plant, tree and shrub recommendations by region for the entire United States complimented simply by pen & ink drawings. The drawings are simple and meant to give the reader a visual of the leaves, fruits and general shape of the plant. This guide should not be used as a field guide to identifying plants, trees, shrubs or birds. This book is a "guide to attracting birds" and should not be used in place of a true field guide to birds or plants. The lengthy resource list in the appendix will help readers find those field guides needed for identification and much more. As a conservation educator, I recommend this book for bird enthusiasts, naturalists, landowners and gardeners. It connects our love of birds with our passion for the land while encouraging responsible stewardship of the natural world around us.
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Very thorough reference for anyone looking to provide a backyard habitat for local birds. Things people as individuals can do. Plantings, feeds, birdhouses, it's all here. Writig style clear and consise.
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This is a great book. It is complete, clear, full of valuable information, and nicely illustrated. The title is accurate; the book would be useful to a wide range of folks--from individuals with small yards to landscape managers in places with large properties.
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Backyard bird gardeners and large landscape managers alike can increase the number and variety of birds by studying natural habitats and mimicking them at a manageable scale. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Backyard bird gardeners and large landscape managers alike can increase the number and variety of birds by studying natural habitats and mimicking them at a manageable scale. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
attracting birds, selecting plants, backyard habitats, grassland management, deciduous shrubs, evergreen shrubs, sun drained, spring capsule, fall drupe, shrubby fencerows, shrubland birds, grassland size, nyjer seed, brushy fencerows, birdseed mixtures, white proso millet, artificial nest boxes, wild bird foods, other good choices, roosting boxes, window collisions, peanut hearts, grassland birds, bristle grass, nesting platforms Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Audubon Society Guide, Sun Dry, North America, Sun Moist, Alien Height, United States, Supplemental Feeding, Preferred Fruit Fruit Name Zone, Preferred Soil Fruit Period Fruit Type, Light Soil Period Type Remarks, Shrubland Management, New Mexico, Nova Scotia, Forest Management, Fall Cone, New York, Department of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service, British Columbia, Late Red, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Preferred Fruit Name Zone, Fall Acorn, National Audubon Society Browse Sample Pages:
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