Gardening for the Birds
Gardening for the Birds

Author: George Adams

Publisher: Timber Press

Published: 2013-07-02

Total Pages: 445

ISBN-13: 1604694092

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“An engaging and inspiring comprehensive guide.” —Booklist “A great benefit of creating a bird-friendly landscape is enjoying your garden while watching a bluebird dropping in for a worm in a freshly dug patch, a phoebe snapping at insects, or a hummingbird probing nectar-rich flowers while robins sing in the trees.” With the right native plants, arranged to mimic natural ecosystems, you will provide birds with food, water, shelter, and nesting places. Instead of just visiting your garden to snack, birds will call it home! George Adams offers close-up profiles of birds from across all regions of North America to teach you their nesting, breeding, and feeding habits along with guidance for regional plant selection and garden design.

Birds in Your Backyard
Birds in Your Backyard

Author: Robert J. Dolezal

Publisher: Reader's Digest Association

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780762104956

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Offers advice on how to create home gardens that attract birds, discusses the rewards of backyard birds, provides instructions for building birdhouses and feeders, ponds, perches, and other features, identifies feed and seed options, and includes tips on bird watching and an encyclopedia of seventy-five flowers, trees, and shrubs.

The Backyard Bird Sanctuary
The Backyard Bird Sanctuary

Author: Alan Baczkiewicz

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2022-03-08

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1507217269

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"Attract, feed, and shelter 50 of your favorite species!"--Cover.

The Humane Gardener
The Humane Gardener

Author: Nancy Lawson

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 2017-04-18

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1616896175

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In this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson describes why and how to welcome wildlife to our backyards. Through engaging anecdotes and inspired advice, profiles of home gardeners throughout the country, and interviews with scientists and horticulturalists, Lawson applies the broader lessons of ecology to our own outdoor spaces. Detailed chapters address planting for wildlife by choosing native species; providing habitats that shelter baby animals, as well as birds, bees, and butterflies; creating safe zones in the garden; cohabiting with creatures often regarded as pests; letting nature be your garden designer; and encouraging natural processes and evolution in the garden. The Humane Gardener fills a unique niche in describing simple principles for both attracting wildlife and peacefully resolving conflicts with all the creatures that share our world.

Wild Your Garden
Wild Your Garden

Author: Jim and Joel Ashton

Publisher:

Published: 2020-04-02

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9780241435816

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"It's up to every single one of us to do our bit for wildlife, however small our gardens, and The Butterfly Brothers know just how that can be achieved." Alan Titchmarsh Join the rewilding movement and share your outdoor space with nature. We all have the potential to make the world a little greener. Wild Your Garden, written by Jim and Joel Ashton (aka "The Butterfly Brothers"), shows you how to create a garden that can help boost local biodiversity. Transform a paved-over yard into a lush oasis, create refuges to welcome and support native species, or turn a high-maintenance lawn into a nectar-rich mini-meadow to attract bees and butterflies. You don't need specialist knowledge or acres of land. If you have any outdoor space, you can make a difference to local wildlife, and reduce your carbon footprint, too. "Wildlife gardening is one of the most important things you can do as an individual for increasing biodiversity and mitigating the effects of climate change. From digging a pond to planting a native hedge, the Butterfly Brothers can help you every step of the way." Kate Bradbury

Birdscaping Your Garden
Birdscaping Your Garden

Author: George Adams

Publisher: Rodale Books

Published: 1998-04-15

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780875969565

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This guide shows how an ordinary yard can become a wonderland of songbirds by simply adding colorful native plants designed to attract many varieties of birds. 120 color photos & 60 illustrations.

Welcome to Subirdia
Welcome to Subirdia

Author: John M. Marzluff

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2014-09-30

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 0300210302

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Welcome to Subirdia presents a surprising discovery: the suburbs of many large cities support incredible biological diversity. Populations and communities of a great variety of birds, as well as other creatures, are adapting to the conditions of our increasingly developed world. In this fascinating and optimistic book, John Marzluff reveals how our own actions affect the birds and animals that live in our cities and towns, and he provides ten specific strategies everyone can use to make human environments friendlier for our natural neighbors. Over many years of research and fieldwork, Marzluff and student assistants have closely followed the lives of thousands of tagged birds seeking food, mates, and shelter in cities and surrounding areas. From tiny Pacific wrens to grand pileated woodpeckers, diverse species now compatibly share human surroundings. By practicing careful stewardship with the biological riches in our cities and towns, Marzluff explains, we can foster a new relationship between humans and other living creatures—one that honors and enhances our mutual destiny.

Natural Gardening for Birds
Natural Gardening for Birds

Author: Julie Zickefoose

Publisher: Rodale Books

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780875968834

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Explains how to create a garden that attracts birds, covering such topics as feeding stations, plant choices for various purposes, and problem solving, providing information for each ecological region of North America. Also includes an annotated resource list.

A Garden to Save the Birds
A Garden to Save the Birds

Author: Wendy McClure

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company

Published: 2021-04-01

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 0807527548

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ALA Top 10 Sustainability-themed Children's Books 2022 A brother and sister learn that small changes can make a big difference. When a bird flies into their window by accident, Callum and his sister, Emmy, learn that from the outside, the glass looks just like the sky. They also learn that the United States has lost a lot of birds in recent years—and that there are lots of things their family can do to help. First, they set out feeders and make the windows safe. Then, for the winter, they build a little shelter and put out a heated birdbath. By springtime, all kinds of birds are visiting their yard! But with such a big problem, is there more they can do to make a difference?

Garden Birds
Garden Birds

Author: Noble Proctor

Publisher: Rodale

Published: 1996-08-15

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 9780875969503

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An informative handbook of American birds explains how to use landscaping and plantings to provide food and shelter and attract birds to the garden, offers practical tips on food for birds, and includes a directory of one hundred types of birds