It has been shown that backyard bird conservation has made a difference in certain bird populations. With this carefully researched, handsomely illustrated, and easy-to-use guide, both suburban and rural residents alike now have a compendium of information that will allow you to provide appropriate housing for cavity nesting birds in your area. Join that conservation effort and attract fascinating birds like bluebirds, wood ducks, purple martins, and American kestrels to your backyard.
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"...both suburban and rural residents alike now have information at their fingertips...to provide appropriate housing for cavity-nesting birds." -- Wayne R. Petersen, Vice President, American Birding Association
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Create a haven for native birds the naturalists' way.
With this beautifully illustrated guide, you'll learn to identify, attract, and house some of North America's most fascinating cavity nesters, including Bluebirds, Purple Martins, Screech-Owls, Wood Ducks, and American Kestrels.
Experienced naturalists Ren, and Christyna Laubach provide detailed profiles of 25 species, featuring more than 100 color photographs of adult birds, eggs, and nestlings. In addition, you'll learn how to:
-- Construct and mount 8 practical, species-appropriate nestbox designs
-- Guard nestlings against predators
-- Monitor and keep records of bird activity
-- Landscape to attract birds
-- Organize and participate in conservation programs
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Great guide,
By Jack Sanders (Ridgefield, CT USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Backyard Birdhouse Book (Paperback)
I was sent this then-new book seven or eight years ago to review for my newspaper column on birds, and found it to be an excellent guide, not only on how to build boxes for all sorts of cavity-nesting birds, but also how to deal with problems like predators and pests. I built one of the boxes; it went together well and has served quite a few feathered families over the past five or six years.
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Great book! Lots of info on nestboxes..,
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This review is from: The Backyard Birdhouse Book: Building Nestboxes and Creating Natural Habitats (Hardcover)
I was interested in putting up some birdhouses (nestboxes) in my backyard and trying to attract some of the more exotic birds, etc... I checked out about a dozen books form the library.. Well, this one hands down was the best...
Book starts out by going over the birds you would want to attract to your nestboxes, with pictures and bios on all the birds, such as bluebirds, chickadees, titmouses, etc.... Then it goes into the nestboxes, pro and cons of certain nestboxes.. and tells you how to alter each nestbox to attract the birds at the beginning of the book (mainly you just drill a size hole).... While watching birds in my backyard or building a nestbox, I have consulted this book over and over.. It's a great book, and I have no idea why the other reviewer gave it such a bad review..
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Backyard Birding,
This review is from: The Backyard Birdhouse Book (Paperback)
excellent for the backyard birder. It offers really useful ideas for attracting birds and keeping them coming to your yard.
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Of the approximately 650 different species of breeding birds found in North America, only 86 nest in cavities. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
feathered nestlings, predator guards, diameter keyhole, jewel wasps, diameter entrance hole, climbing predators, secondary cavity nesters, galvanized finishing nails, expansion bit, maple dowel, fecal sacs, box plan, nest construction, other wrens, telescoping pole, shrubby areas, cutting diagram, siding nails, tree swallows, nest cup, brood patch, guide holes, longevity record, nesting cavity, nest sites Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
House Sparrows, Profiles of Cavity Nesters, House Wrens, North America, United States, European Starling, Wood Floor, Northern Flicker, Bewick's Wren, Purple Martin, Wood Duck, Great Crested Flycatcher, Black-capped Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, American Kestrel, Carolina Chickadee, Hooded Mergansers, Eastern Bluebird, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Western Bluebirds, Carolina Wrens, Violet-green Swallows, Eastern Screech-Owl, Mountain Bluebird, New York New!
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Of the approximately 650 different species of breeding birds found in North America, only 86 nest in cavities. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
feathered nestlings, predator guards, diameter keyhole, jewel wasps, diameter entrance hole, climbing predators, secondary cavity nesters, galvanized finishing nails, expansion bit, maple dowel, fecal sacs, box plan, nest construction, other wrens, telescoping pole, shrubby areas, cutting diagram, siding nails, tree swallows, nest cup, brood patch, guide holes, longevity record, nesting cavity, nest sites Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
House Sparrows, Profiles of Cavity Nesters, House Wrens, North America, United States, European Starling, Wood Floor, Northern Flicker, Bewick's Wren, Purple Martin, Wood Duck, Great Crested Flycatcher, Black-capped Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, American Kestrel, Carolina Chickadee, Hooded Mergansers, Eastern Bluebird, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Western Bluebirds, Carolina Wrens, Violet-green Swallows, Eastern Screech-Owl, Mountain Bluebird, New York New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Life Histories of North American Nuthatches, Wrens, Thrashers, and Their Allies by Arthur C. Bent on page 59, and page 68
- Birds of North America (Usborne Spotter's Guides) by Philip Burton on page 90, and Back Matter
- Birds of North America by Bertel Bruun in Back Matter
- Ecology & Management of the Wood Duck by Frank C. Bellrose on page 90
- A Field Guide to Western Birds' Nests by Hal H. Harrison in Back Matter
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- Storey's Basic Country Skills: A Practical Guide to Self-Reliance by John Storey on page 174, and Back Matter
- Helping Orphaned or Injured Wild Birds: Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-210 (Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin) by Diane Scarazzini on page 29, and Back Matter
- Build a Bluebird Trail: Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-213 (Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin, a-213) by Dale Evva Gelfand on page 24, and page 26
- The Family Butterfly Book by Rick Mikula in Back Matter
- Common Birds of Montana & Idaho by J. Duane Sept in Back Matter
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