The Backyard Bird Sanctuary: A Beginner's Guide to Creating a Wild Bird Habitat at Home

by Alan Baczkiewicz

Overview

Identify beautiful birds right in the comfort of your backyard with this illustrated, easy-to-use introductory guide to birding.

Ever wonder how to attract beautiful birds right to your backyard? Now you can create a bird-watching paradise with this accessible guidebook that teaches you everything you need to know about welcoming your new feathered friends and how to care for them while they’re visiting.

Backyard Bird Sanctuary helps you attract fifty of the most common and sought-after birds in the United States. With beautiful, full-color illustrations of both the male and female of each species, you’ll have no trouble identifying your new companions. Inside you’ll find everything you need to know about welcoming these birds into your yard including:
-Preferred types of food and feeder
-Nesting and brooding habits
-Range and migratory patterns
-Effective techniques for attracting birds
-Ways to provide shelter
-And so much more!

With tips and advice for any sized yard—even a small patio or balcony—you can enjoy the beauty of wild birds wherever you live. Now you can surround your home with cheerful bird songs and beautiful plumage all year long!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781507217269
Publisher:	Adams Media
Publication date:	03/08/2022
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	467,708
Product dimensions:	7.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Alan Baczkiewicz has been an avid birder for forty years. His love for birdwatching began in his teens when he was a Junior Staff member at Beaver Meadows Audubon Center and led birding and nature walks at local birding hotspots. He created his blog, Basics of Birding, to help spread a love for birding and to teach those new to birdwatching the skills and advice they need to be successful at this exciting hobby. Alan searches for birds across the United States, and the continually growing list of birds he has spotted contains more than 400 species. He is a member of the Buffalo Ornithological Society, the Rochester Birding Association, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and the American Birding Association. Alan earned his degree in environmental and forest biology and now teaches middle school science and social studies. He lives with his wife and son in western New York. They enjoy camping and traveling in New England.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

Part 1 How to Attract Birds to Your Yard 7

Types of Food 8

Choosing the Best Foods 10

Types of Feeders 10

Choosing the Best Feeders 13

Feeder Placement 13

Protection from Predators 14

Pest-Proofing Your Feeders 14

Feeder Cleaning and Maintenance 15

Water Sources 15

Placement of Water 16

Water Source Cleaning and Maintenance 16

Shelter and Nesting 17

Bird Nesting Box Maintenance 18

Helpful Terms to Know 19

Part 2 The Birds 21

American Crow 22

American Goldfinch 24

American Robin 26

American Tree Sparrow 28

Baltimore Oriole 30

Bewick's Wren 32

Black-capped Chickadee 34

Black-chinned Hummingbird 36

Blue Jay 38

Brown-headed Cowbird 40

Brown Thrasher 42

Bushtit 44

Carolina Wren 46

Chipping Sparrow 48

Common Grackle 50

Dark-eyed Junco 52

Downy Woodpecker 54

Eastern Bluebird 56

Eastern Phoebe 58

Eurasian Collared-Dove 60

European Starling 62

Fox Sparrow 64

Gray Catbird 66

Hairy Woodpecker 68

House Finch 70

House Sparrow 72

House Wren 74

Lesser Goldfinch 76

Mourning Dove 78

Northern Cardinal 80

Northern Flicker 82

Northern Mockingbird 84

Pileated Woodpecker 86

Pine Siskin 88

Pine Warbler 90

Purple Finch 92

Purple Martin 94

Red-bellied Woodpecker 96

Red-breasted Nuthatch 98

Red-winged Blackbird 100

Rose-breasted Grosbeak 102

Ruby-throated Hummingbird 104

Song Sparrow 106

Spotted Towhee 108

Tufted Titmouse 110

Varied Thrush 112

White-breasted Nuthatch 114

White-crowned Sparrow 116

White-throated Sparrow 118

Yellow-rumped Warbler 120

Index 123