North America is filled with an amazing diversity of feeder birds. From tiny hummingbirds, chickadees, and titmice to hefty cardinals, orioles, and woodpeckers, we all have the chance to experience the joy of feeding and watching dozens of common and uncommon types of birds wherever we live.
How do we attract the birds we want to see? What are the best foods and feeders? What types of birds can we expect in our area and how do we tell them apart? And how do we stop those unwanted visitors from getting all the food and ruining our feeders?
The Joy of Bird Feeding is the one-stop-shop resource for both beginners and long-time hobbyists to learn how to choose the right feeders and quality foods and how to improve backyard set-ups. It offers practical tips and solutions to attracting and identifying birds, offering the best foods for the birds you want to see, and how to deter those unwanted guests to feeding stations.
Each chapter focuses on an important aspect of the hobby and guides readers to the essential steps of bird feeding mastery:
• Setting up thoughtful bird feeding stations in your backyard
• Choosing the best foods
• Species guide to 180 feeder birds with photos, detailed
range maps, identification text, and preferred foods
• Comprehensive descriptions and photographs of
feeder types and how to set them up
• Critter solutions for unwanted guests at your feeders
• Buying and storing bird food
• Situations and solutions for every type of backyard,
apartment, or condo
• Common-sense bird feeding hygiene
• How to prevent window strikes and dealing with
injured birds
• Fun bird feeding activities and more!
Filled with useful information and illustrated with over 800 images and 180 maps, The Joy of Bird Feeding is truly the essential guide for anyone who loves to feed the birds.
about the author
After earning a B.A. in Biology from Indiana University (1975) and an M.A. in Horticulture/Plant Physiology from Purdue University (1979), Jim Carpenter managed two Indianapolis-area garden centers and a produce stand,
which was where he first learned the basics of the retail trade.
In 1981, Jim opened a 700 square foot retail shop on the north side of Indianapolis and named it Wild Birds Unlimited. This unique shop, one of the few open in North America at the time, specialized in all of the supplies that help people attract and enjoy birds in their backyard.
Today, Jim is president of the Wild Birds Unlimited franchise of more than 300 stores in the United States and Canada. He has served on or is currently a member of the boards of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the Indiana Nature Conservancy.
Advance praise for The Joy of Bird Feeding: The Essential Guide to Attracting and Feeding Our Backyard Birds
"Nobody in the world knows more about the science and art of feeding wild birds than Jim Carpenter. This book is not only a detailed "best practices" guide taught by the master, but it also lets us share in the sheer joy with which Carpenter approaches his hobby-turned-profession. Cover to cover, this fact-filled manual is a delight to read."
—John W. Fitzpatrick, Louis Agassiz Fuertes Director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
title: The Joy of Bird Feeding: The Essential Guide to Attracting and Feeding Our Backyard Birds
isbn: 978-1-935622-61-1
price: $28.00 ($38.00 can)
author: Jim Carpenter publisher: Scott & Nix, Inc. size: 8 x 9.125 inches
pages: 432
images: 800 color
maps: 180 color
format: Trade paper with flaps available: May 2017
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