Description
The Backyard Bird Watcher is the ultimate guide for all who enjoy watching wild birds at their back doors. Richly anecdotal, The Backyard Bird Watcher provides a wealth of practical information and step-by-step, surefire ways to convert any backyard into a first-rate bird sanctuary. Learn how to: * set up feeding stations, bird houses, water areas * solve pest problems * treat sick and injured birds * photograph wild birds. The Backyard Bird Watcher offers a month-by-month planning and preparation calendar to ensure bird-watching enjoyment, as well as lists of organizations, manufacturers, books, and other items of interest to the backyard bird watcher. Beautifully illustrated with dozens of detailed drawings and more than 200 black-and-white and color photographs, The Backyard Bird Watcher is a must for anyone who wants splendid wild birds to be a rewarding part of his or her everyday life. Contents Introduction by Roger Tory Peterson Foreword 1 The Sport of Backyard Bird Watching 2 Planning and Planting the Backyard Bird Habitat 3 How to Build a Feeding Station 4 A Birdhouse Can Be a Home 5 The Importance of Water 6 Problems in Eden 7 Traumas of the Backyard Hospital 8 The Art of Backyard Bird Photography 9 A Calendar for Your Birding Year Organizations of Interest to Birders Some Manufacturers of Bird Feeders, Birdhouses and Bird Bath Equipment Other Books of Interest to the Backyard Bird Watcher Other Items of Interest to the Backyard Bird Watcher Index
