Table of Contents
Birds and Gardens: A Perfect Partnership 6
Feeling at Home: Birdhouses, Birdbaths, Fountains, and Ponds 8
Bird Feeders: An Invitation to Dine 11
Bird-Attracting Trees, Shrubs, and Plants 16
American Holly 18
Bachelor's Button 19
Bee Balm 20
Blueberry 21
California Holly 22
Chokeberry 23
Common Foxglove 24
Common Hackberry 25
Cosmos 26
Crabapple 27
Dogwood 28
Eastern Redcedar 29
Elder 30
European Black Alder 31
Hosta 32
Lilac 33
Norway Spruce 34
Purple Coneflower 35
Serviceberry 36
Sugar Maple 37
Sunflower 38
Switchgrass 39
Trumpet Honeysuckle 40
Zinnia 41
A Gardener's Guide to Favorite Backyard Birds 42
Wrens and Sparrows
House Wren 44
Lark Sparrow 46
Song Sparrow 48
White-crowned Sparrow 50
Dark-eyed Junco 52
Eastern Towhee 54
Icterids
Bobolink 56
Red-winged Blackbird 58
Baltimore Oriole 60
Orchard Oriole 62
Western Meadowlark 64
Finches
American Goldfinch 66
House Finch 68
Pine Siskin 70
Red Crossbill 72
Cardinals
Northern Cardinal 74
Summer Tanager 76
Indigo Bunting 78
Black-headed Grosbeak 80
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 82
Blue Grosbeak 84
Mimids and Wood Warblers
Gray Catbird 86
Northern Mockingbird 88
Yellow Warbler 90
Black-and-white Warbler 92
American Redstart 94
Waxwings and Jays
Cedar Waxwing 96
Blue Jay 98
Steller's Jay 100
Swallows
Barn Swallow 102
Purple Martin 104
Tree Swallow 106
Nuthatches and Treecreepers
White-breasted Nuthatch 108
Red-breasted Nuthatch 110
Brown Creeper 112
Tits, Kinglets, and Aegithalids
Black-capped Chickadee 114
Tufted Titmouse 116
Golden crowned Kinglet 118
Bushtit 120
Thrushes
American Robin 122
Eastern Bluebird 124
Hermit Thrush 126
Tyrant Flycatchers and Vireos
Eastern Phoebe 128
Great Crested Flycatcher 130
Western Kingbird 132
Red-eyed Vireo 134
Woodpeckers
Downy Woodpecker 136
Pileated Woodpecker 138
Red-headed Woodpecker 140
Northern Flicker 142
Cuckoos and Doves
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 144
Mourning Dove 146
Hummingbirds
Anna's Hummingbird 148
Black-chinned Hummingbird 150
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 152
Garden Gallery 154
Plant Hardiness Zone Maps 170
Index of Bird-Attracting Plants 172
Photography Credits 176
