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Southern Birds: Backyard Guide - Watching - Feeding - Landscaping - Nurturing - North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Miss: Backyard Guide

Autor Bill Thompson, Quayside
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 sep 2013
From the editor of the nation’s premier birding magazine, a no-nonsense, no-fluff quick guide to the birds you see every day.
 
Of all the classic American pastimes, perhaps none is as widely accessible as watching birds. Our unusually vast, diverse environmental landscape supports fascinating species and variations exclusive to each region of the country. But while birders often spend their efforts in search of the rarest creatures, some of the most beautiful and intriguing birds are the ones that frequent our backyards (or nearby) daily. For that reason, where other, larger volumes focus on bird types that the casual observer is never likely to encounter, Southern Birds concisely celebrates those species living under our very noses. Written by Bill Thompson III, the editor and co-publisher of Bird Watcher’s Digest, this portable 5"x8" book contains the same variety of entertaining and informative entries that make Bird Watcher’s Digest the nation’s most popular birding magazine. Inside, you’ll find profiles of the 55 most common birds in the South, complete with large color photos, gender-specific physical descriptions, nesting and feeding information, bird call particulars, and interesting stories about each species. Thompson also introduces the reader to the basics of bird watching: essential gear, bird-friendly food and plantings, housing tips, and observational techniques.
 
This guide covers North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, and Texas.
 
Look for our other backyard bird guides covering the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Northeast, and West regions of the United States.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781591865568
ISBN-10: 1591865565
Pagini: 160
Ilustrații: color photos
Dimensiuni: 130 x 203 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Editura: Cool Springs Press
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Cuprins

Welcome to Bird Watching in the South
Creating a Habitat
Profiles of Backyard Birds of the South
Hawks
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Pigeons & Doves
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Owls
Eastern Screech-Owl
Swifts & Hummingbirds
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Woodpeckers
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Flycatchers
Eastern Phoebe
Crows & Jays
Blue Jay
American Crow
Swallows
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Chickadees & Titmice
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Nuthatches
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Wrens
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Thrushes
Eastern Bluebird
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Mimids
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Starlings
European Starling
Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing
Warblers
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Tanagers
Summer Tanager
Sparrows
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Cardinals & Buntings
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Orioles & Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
Finches
Purple Finch
House Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Weaver Finches
House Sparrow
Birding Hotspots for the South
Birds I’ve Spotted 
Resources
Index
Meet Bill Thompson III 

Notă biografică

Bill Thompson III (Whipple, OH) is the editor and co-publisher of Bird Watcher’s Digest. He’s also a keen birder, the author of many books, a field trip leader, an ecotourism consultant, a guitar player, the host of the This Birding Life podcast (http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/podcasts/thisbirdinglife.php#episodes), a regular speaker and performer on the birding festival circuit, a gentleman farmer, and a fungi to be around. His North American life list is somewhere between 673 and 675. His favorite bird is the red-headed woodpecker. His “spark bird” was a snowy owl. He has watched birds in 25 countries and 44 states, but his favorite place to watch is on the 80-acre farm he shares with his wife, artist and writer Julie Zickefoose. Some kind person once called Bill “the Pied Piper of Birding” and he has been trying to live up to that moniker ever since.
http://billofthebirds.blogspot.com

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Create a Bird Sanctuary in Your Own Backyard
 
<M>Birding is one of America’s favorite hobbies, and with the help of Southern Birds: Backyard Guide you can enjoy this fast-growing activity from the comfort of your own home and yard. Written by noted birding authority Bill Thompson III of Bird Watcher’s Digest, this convenient guidebook features all of the birds, both common and exotic, that you are likely to see in backyards anywhere in the South.
 
ߝ Large, full-color photos of featured birds
ߝ Tips for attracting the birds you want (and how to keep them hanging around)
 
Whether you view birdwatching as a fun family activity or simply a way to make gazing out the window more interesting, this book is your key to a fascinating (and affordable) year-round hobby that can be enjoyed by people of all ages.

Descriere

Filled with beautiful photos and entertaining, informative entries, Southern Birds: The Backyard Guide is the perfect no-nonsense pocket manual for the 55 most common species in the Southern United States.