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The FeederWatcher's Guide to Bird Feeding [Paperback]

Jack Griggs (Author), Margaret A. Barker (Author)
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Book Description

Cornell Bird Library Guide December 5, 2000

Learn from FeederWatcher Experts How to Feed and Attract Birds

Join Margaret Barker on a fascinating tour of FeederWatcher's backyards and bird feeders. Margaret captures the joy in the FeederWatcher's words as they explain how to attract the finches you've seen down the road, how to discourage the flock of Starlings you'd really rather went elsewhere, and how to live peacefully with squirrels and raccoons. You'll discover which birds you can attract and which ones will return year after year.

Each winter thousands of FeederWatchers identify birds attracted to their yards and record data about them. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology compiles the data into the largest existing database on backyard birds. No one has more hard facts on backyard birds than the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and no one knows more about attracting birds than the FeederWatchers.

FeederWatchers are participants in Project FeederWatch, a joint research and education project of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the National Audubon Society, Bird Studies Canada, and the Canadian Nature Federation.


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About the Author

Jack Griggs is the author of the bestselling All the Birds of North America and the creator of the Cornell Bird Library series. He lives in South Haven, Michigan.

Margaret A. Barker was the coordinator of Project FeederWatch for six years. She lives in Freeville, New York.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 136 pages
  • Publisher: Collins Reference; 1st edition (December 5, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0062737449
  • ISBN-13: 978-0062737441
  • Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,258,847 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful, but somewhat limited., June 17, 2004
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This is a great book for anyone interested in learning about the birds who visit our backyard feeders. There are some good tips here--what types of feeders to select, what types of food to offer, how much cover is needed, etc. There is also a wonderful section on how to tell the difference between diffferent breeds of birds that look very similar, i.e. the House Finch and Purple Finch. Quite a bit of the book includes interviews with backyard feeder enthusiasts from different sections of the USA. I was pleased to see one from a town that is very close to my own.

The second half of the book lists, with photographs and commentary, the 50 most frequent visitors to backyard bird feeders in the USA. I really wish the list had included the top 100 (or more!) birds, as I'm often seeing birds at my feeders that are not on the list. Also, in some cases, there is only one picture of the named bird, and I much prefer it when there is a picture of both the male and female of the species in question.

It seems like I'm grabbing this book a lot though, so it has been quite a help to me.

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Alex D. bird review, November 6, 2007
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I probably love birds more than any other 9-year old in America!! I have basically a library of bird books - and this is one of my best. It is educational, interesting and a treasure to me. It has helped to get 26 species at my feeders. It doesn't just tell you important bird feeding info, but is fascinating to read and learn from. My favorite section is "what the birds have taught us" about landscaping, food, feeders and water. I also dream of becoming a FeederWatcher - my parents say they will sign us all up. Plus this is a book in the Cornell Bird Library series, which makes it defiantly a good book.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars FeederWatcher's Guide to Bird Feeding, December 21, 2000
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I found this large-format field guide to feeding common backyard birds to be well laid out and very informative. The anecdotal references to various feeder sites across the country were interesting, and the material on field identification and feeding was well presented. This is a good book for bird feeding enthusiasts as well as novice bird feeders. Great pictures!
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