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Backyard Birds

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Stan Tekiela guides readers through the wonderful lives of the most popular, most beloved species of backyard birds, with photography that captures the birds in action and text that makes for easy ...
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  • 04 October 2016
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Bird-watching is one of life’s simple joys.

Seeing a colorful friend flit about your backyard brings feelings of excitement, gladness, and contentment. Stan Tekiela understands the thrill of bird-watching. The award-winning author and naturalist has been studying and photographing backyard birds for more than 25 years. Here, he guides you through the wonderful lives of the most popular, most beloved species—like the American Goldfinch, the Northern Cardinal, and the Ruby-throated Hummingbird. His incomparable photography captures the birds in action and depicts behaviors that are sure to warm and perhaps even surprise you, while the book’s headings and small blocks of text make for easy yet informative browsing. Every important aspect of the birds’ lives, from first flight and feeding to migration and mating, is portrayed in this gorgeous book. Your coffee table won’t be complete without it.

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Price: $14.95
Pages: 144
Publisher: Adventure Publications
Imprint: Adventure Publications
Series: Wildlife Appreciation
Publication Date: 04 October 2016
Trim Size: 7.50 X 9.00 in
ISBN: 9781591936411
Format: Paperback
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Naturalist, wildlife photographer, and writer Stan Tekiela is the author of more than 175 field guides, nature books, children’s books, wildlife audio CDs, puzzles, and playing cards, presenting many species of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, trees, wildflowers, and cacti in the United States. With a Bachelor of Science degree in Natural History from the University of Minnesota and as an active professional naturalist for more than 25 years, Stan studies and photographs wildlife throughout the United States and Canada. He has received various national and regional awards for his books and photographs. Also a well-known columnist and radio personality, his syndicated column appears in more than 25 newspapers, and his wildlife programs are broadcast on a number of Midwest radio stations. Stan can be followed on Facebook and Twitter.
The Comfort of Backyard Birds
Moving into the New World
The Origins of Bird Feeding
Families of Birds
The Backyard Birds
Declining Populations
Saving Our Backyard Birds
Is It a Male or Female?
Flashy Attractions
Juvenile Plumages
Keen Eyesight
Knee and Ankle—or Foot?
Toe Arrangements
Hitching Down the Tree
Specialized Bills
Seasonal Feeding
Getting to the Nutmeat
Bird Feeding Popularity
Effects of Bird Feeding
Fruit Diet Appearance
Insect Diet
Natural Music in Backyards
Repertoires
Two-Song Multitaskers
Who's Singing That Song?
Songsters with an Accent
Pounding Out Drumbeats
Singing in Season
Adjusting Songs to the Habitat
Variety of Nests
The No-Fuss Home
Cavity Nesting
Falcons in the Nest Box
Swifts in Chimneys
Nesters on Bug Patrol
Parasitic Nesting Birds
Killdeer Nesting Ruse
Blackbird Appreciation
Drawing Painted Buntings
Indigo Bunting Visits
Birds and Plants
Birds and Bugs
One-Season Pair Bonds
Short-Term Partners
Long-Term Mates
Hummingbird Independence
Early and Late Nesting
Semi-Colonial Nesters
The Amazing Egg
Egg Laying, One at a Time
The Marvel of Incubation
Whose Turn to Incubate?
Caution—Babies About to Hatch!
Help from the Egg Tooth
Helpless or Ready to Go
Brooding Warmth
Fledglings in the Nest
Chicks Out and About
The Need to Fly South
Hummingbird Migration
Weathering the Winter
Designed to Survive
Instincts Help Them Through
Shivering for Warmth
Our Backyard Friends
About the Author