Birds & Blooms

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• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00007AVOG
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,041 in Magazines (See Top 100 in Magazines)
  • #4 in Magazines > Home & Garden > Animal Care & Pets > Birds
  • #18 in Magazines > Home & Garden > Gardening & Horticulture
  • #38 in Magazines > Science & Nature

Customer Reviews

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best All 'Round..., October 15, 2009

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Ambergris "John Thomas" (New England.....USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Birds & Blooms

As an avid bird watcher and backyard feeder, I currently subscribe to four various magazines on the subject of our feathered friends. Some bird magazines, like any other subject of a periodical, are obviously designed for the true thorough enthusiast of the topic. Where the publishers assume that for the reader money is no object, and nary a page is turned without yet another colorful AD taking up most of what should be regular features and articles. Birds & Blooms is the definitive example in my opinion of a periodical on the subject of backyard birding and habitats written and designed for everyday, down home regular folks. It is interesting, colorful, easy to read, humorous, and always and ever informative. If you're looking for a travel log of some bird watcher who just got back from a mountain tour of Costa Rica, your looking at the wrong magazine. B&B is made up of articles, memories, and features written on a home spun level that could be easily drawn from the recesses of our own story. Backyard feeding advice and reader contributed pictures of yards, gardens, and home made bird houses make up the bulk of its material. Along with helpful, easy to understand departments that offer a variety of entertainment and valuable advice. I highly recommend B&B as a magazine to just sit back and relax with, and simply enjoy. As a subscriber to many magazines of this nature, its my opinion they don't come any sweeter...

Update: Since the writing of this review, I have to reluctantly admit that this magazine has significantly changed its format due to a new ownership. It's not exactly a shadow of its former self, but it certainly has taken an unfortunate turn for the commercial. Never did I see large 2 and three page ads for vacations and cruises and other things that have nothing to do with....well, birds and blooms. It's still not a bad magazine for backyard birders, but I would now suggest you pick up a copy at your local store first and judge for yourself if its worth it for you. Most unfortunate they have gone so commercial...

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love this magazine!, February 14, 2007

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J. Green "nose4news" (Lawrenceville, Ga United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Birds & Blooms

Very colorful photos, informative articles written by subscribers and bird watching nuts like me! Tips on feeding birds, gardening, etc. Extremely informative magazine. Not a page of it wasted. There's as much info in the magazine on "birds" as there is on "blooms" so regardless of your interest, you'll enjoy the publication. I look forward to it every other (bimonthly publication) month and have gleaned a lot of tips on attracting, feeding and identifying birds as well as planting tips for flowers.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Magazine has gone downhill, May 12, 2010

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D. Daugherty "knownway" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Birds & Blooms

I have been a long-term subscriber to Birds & Blooms. Apparently a few years ago Reader's Digest took over Reiman Publications. Ever since, I've noticed the quality of the magazine going downhill. It used to be ad-free. Not anymore. Now, I have to deal with 3-page drug company ads in a magazine that is supposed to be devoted to birding and gardening. I can pick up any other old magazine and see at least 4-5 drug company ads. I don't want to have to page through them in this magazine. I won't be renewing my subscription.