An engaging portrait of the Eastern Bluebird's life in the wild, told in straightforward text and illustrated with brilliant color photos taken by some of the country's top nature photographers. Offers a concise natural history, exploring the bluebird's feeding habits, courtship and nest building, development and fledging, communication, territory defense, migration, and more. The bluebird's relationship with humans is discussed in detail, too. A must-have for bluebirders. Appealing to anyone interested in birds.
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Gary Ritchison is a professor at Eastern Kentucky University. He has been published in numerous ornithological journals and is the author of Northern Cardinal. He lives in Richmond, Kentucky.
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An informative and wonderfully illustrated book,
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We recently moved to our neighborhood and surprisingly found that two bluebirds live in the area. We know how scarce they have been in recent years and want to help them as much as we can, to survive and proliferate. This book is exactly what we needed. It has everything we there is to know about bluebirds, from what to feed them and how to build or purchase a house that they may nest in, without fear of other birds disturbing them. It is a great book!!!
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This book is an explanation of the Eastern Bluebird in great detail. It cover virtually all aspects of its behavior and habits, territorial needs, feeding behavior, defense, nest box needs and many other aspects of their survival. While somewhat scientific in its coverage and detail, it is not a difficult read. Indeed, the book is a mere 107 pages with contextual pictures on every page. If you want to understand the Eastern Bluebird, this book is a one stop shop. It will also provide you with insights to the behavior of birds in general. A great book.
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This is a beautiful and informative book all about the Eastern Bluebird. I have a bluebird trail at my house in Wisconsin as part of BRAW. This book was easy to read, not too technical, not too simplistic.
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The bluebird is like a speck of clear blue sky seen near the end of a storm, reminding us of an ethereal region and a heaven which we had forgotten. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
adult bluebirds, young bluebirds, female bluebirds, nestling bluebirds, most bluebirds, drop hunting, bluebird eggs, other bluebirds, extrapair copulations, bluebird populations, provisioning rates, replacement mate, parental territories, nonbreeding period, nestling period, bluebird nests, bluebird boxes, natal dispersal, nonbreeding season, roost sites, begging calls, nesting attempt, cavity nesters, nest material, song types Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Eastern Bluebirds, United States, House Sparrows, Mountain Bluebirds, European Starlings, House Wrens, Blue Grosbeaks, North American Bluebird Society, Peterson Box, Northern Mockingbirds, South Carolina, American Robins, Great Plains, New Mexico New!
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The bluebird is like a speck of clear blue sky seen near the end of a storm, reminding us of an ethereal region and a heaven which we had forgotten. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
adult bluebirds, young bluebirds, female bluebirds, nestling bluebirds, most bluebirds, drop hunting, bluebird eggs, other bluebirds, extrapair copulations, bluebird populations, provisioning rates, replacement mate, parental territories, nonbreeding period, nestling period, bluebird nests, bluebird boxes, natal dispersal, nonbreeding season, roost sites, begging calls, nesting attempt, cavity nesters, nest material, song types Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Eastern Bluebirds, United States, House Sparrows, Mountain Bluebirds, European Starlings, House Wrens, Blue Grosbeaks, North American Bluebird Society, Peterson Box, Northern Mockingbirds, South Carolina, American Robins, Great Plains, New Mexico New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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This book cites 4
books:
- The Bluebird: How You Can Help Its Fight for Survival by Lawrence Zeleny on page 99, and Back Matter
- Wild Bird Guide: Northern Cardinal (Wild Bird Guides) by Gary Ritchison in Back Matter
- The Bluebird Book: The Complete Guide to Attracting Bluebirds (Stokes Backyard Nature Books) by Donald W. Stokes in Back Matter
- Kentucky Warbler (Notable American Author Series - Part I) by James Allen in Back Matter
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