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Useful, Easy to Read, Great Gift, Makes a Difference, August 16, 2006
This review is from: 101 Ways To Help Birds (Paperback)
I bought this as a gift for my wife, who just qualified our backyard as a National Wildlife Habitat. It is sensibly organized in five parts:
Part I: Helping Birds at Home
Part II: Enhancing the Natural Habitat of Your Backyard
Part III: Supplementing Backyard Habitat
Part IV: Helping Birds Away from Home
Part V: Helping Birds on a Larger Scale
As experienced bird lovers and supporters, I can readily say that there is a great deal in this book that I was unaware of. Parts III and IV were most interesting to me, and Part V I had never really thought about. If birds are the "canary in the coal mine" for the Earth, then this book, as other reviewers have suggested, of larger importance, but for me, it is quite simply a wonderful selection of 101 useful easy to read ideas that can make a difference.
Very nice.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
101 Ways to Help Birds, April 1, 2006
This review is from: 101 Ways To Help Birds (Paperback)
This is the book you've been waiting for. Naturalist Laura Erickson sets out 100+ things we can do to ensure the survival of birds, from making our windows collision proof to choosing fuel-efficient cars to buying a duck stamp. Lively and well-researched, the book is a gold mine of information about the many hazards to birds and the things we can do about them.
Instead of just feeling guilty about the impact we're having on the natural world, 101 Ways to Help Birds shines like a beacon of hope. We learn why garden store chemicals are bad for birds, why water looms as a major issue and how to conserve it, how to help an injured or sick bird and why shade-grown coffee is a boon for birds.
Erickson cares so deeply about birds and their continued survival on this planet that she devoted three years of her life to researching and writing a book to help turn the tide. Readers may not wish to go quite as far as she does:, Erickson's been known to stop her car to toss a dead skunk off the road to save a hungry turkey vulture from feeding too close to traffic. But you'll find all sorts of suggestions, both big and small, for making the world a safer and better place for birds, written in Erickson's engaging style.
This book occupies a unique niche-I know of no other like it--and 101 Ways to Help Birds belongs on the shelves of anyone who feeds birds, watches birds and just generally cares about birds.
101 Ways to Help Birds, by Laura Erickson, Stackpole Books, 2006
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful 101 ways, May 7, 2006
This review is from: 101 Ways To Help Birds (Paperback)
This book is so useful because it gives all kinds of tips, from saving an injured bird to trying to solve the issue of birds flying into windows. They are tips on food loved by diffent species, ideas for youth helping birds, or advice for controlling rodents.
There are addresses and internet links to birds associations, organizations, environment agencies. Did you know that orioles love orange marmelade ? Do you know when is best to clean your chimney and that it is dangerous to provide heated bird baths in winter ? Exquisite illustrations appear throughout the book.
And then there are small personal stories that will touch your heart.
If you are only mildly interested in birds, this book will make an avid and loving birder out of you, and life will sizzle even more !
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