The FeederWatcher's Guide to Bird Feeding

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Summary: the feeder watchers guide to bird feeding
Review: Although this is a very attractive book with good size beautiful detailed pictures of birds, I was disappointed to discover that even though it is sponsored by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, it is not really " comprehensive ". For exanple it does not mention ospreys at all which nest in good numbers in my area. It briefly mentions bob whites which nest in my area, but there are no pictures of this bird or feeding information. There are many similar ommisions and some of the feeding information is limited and not always creative. For a newly published book of this type, I expected it to be " more state of the art ".

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Summary: FeederWatcher's Guide to Bird Feeding
Review: I found this large-format field guide to feeding common backyard birds to be well laid out and very informative. The anecdotal references to various feeder sites across the country were interesting, and the material on field identification and feeding was well presented. This is a good book for bird feeding enthusiasts as well as novice bird feeders. Great pictures!

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Summary: Bird feeding guide
Review: Margaret Barker and Jack Griggs work on this book is excellent. The feederWatcher's Guide to Bird Feeding is very well organized and informative. The book content is useful not only for the experienced bird feeder, but the novice as well. I love the bird photographs and having the opportunity to view a snapshot other bird feeding sites across the country.

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Summary: BEST BIRD BOOK FOR ME
Review: THIS BOOK IS EASY TO READ AND UNDERSTAND. I KEEP IT BY ME WHEN I AM WATCHING THE BIRDS AT MY FEEDERS OR IN MY YARD. A VERY EXCELLENT BOOK.

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Summary: BEST BIRD BOOK FOR ME
Review: THIS BOOK IS EASY TO READ AND UNDERSTAND. I KEEP IT BY ME WHEN I AM WATCHING THE BIRDS AT MY FEEDERS OR IN MY YARD. A VERY EXCELLENT BOOK.

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Summary: Very helpful, but somewhat limited.
Review: This is a great book for anyone interested in learning about the birds who visit our backyard feeders. There are some good tips here--what types of feeders to select, what types of food to offer, how much cover is needed, etc. There is also a wonderful section on how to tell the difference between diffferent breeds of birds that look very similar, i.e. the House Finch and Purple Finch. Quite a bit of the book includes interviews with backyard feeder enthusiasts from different sections of the USA. I was pleased to see one from a town that is very close to my own.

The second half of the book lists, with photographs and commentary, the 50 most frequent visitors to backyard bird feeders in the USA. I really wish the list had included the top 100 (or more!) birds, as I'm often seeing birds at my feeders that are not on the list. Also, in some cases, there is only one picture of the named bird, and I much prefer it when there is a picture of both the male and female of the species in question.

It seems like I'm grabbing this book a lot though, so it has been quite a help to me.