The Kids' Guide to Birds of the Carolinas: Fun Facts, Activities and 86 Cool Birds

by Stan Tekiela

Overview

Get the children’s field guide to 86 bird species in North Carolina and South Carolina, organized by color to help kids identify them.

Stan Tekiela’s famous Birds of the Carolinas Field Guide has been delighting bird watchers for years. Now, the award-winning author has written the perfect bird identification guide for children! The Kids’ Guide to Birds of the Carolinas features 86 of the most common and important birds to know, with species organized by color for ease of use. Do you see a yellow bird and don’t know what it is? Go to the yellow section to find out. Each bird gets a beautiful full-color photograph and a full page of neat-to-know information (such as field marks, calls/songs, a range map, and Stan’s cool facts) that make identification a snap. Fun bonus activities for the whole family, like building a birdhouse and preparing your own bird food, make this the perfect introduction to bird identification for a new generation in the South Atlantic!

Inside You’ll Find

• 86 of the most common and important Carolina birds to know
• Species organized by color for quick and easy identification
• Full-color photographs and a full page of information for each bird
• Field marks, favorite hangouts, range maps, Stan’s cool facts and more
• BONUS: Fun activities for the whole family to enjoy

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781647553135
Publisher:	Adventure Publications, Incorporated
Publication date:	11/15/2022
Series:	Birding Children's Books
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	615,850
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	5 - 12 Years

About the Author

Naturalist, wildlife photographer and writer Stan Tekiela is the author of more than 190 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 Universityof Minnesota and as an active professional naturalist for more than 30 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.

Read an Excerpt

American Robin
Look for the rusty-red breast

What to look for: black head and a rich, rusty-red breast; female is duller with a gray head and lighter breast

Where you'll find them: loves to hop on lawns in search of worms

Calls and songs: chips and chirps; sings all night in spring; studies report that city robins sing louder than country robins so they can be heard over traffic and noise

On the move: found all over the U.S. in an amazing range of habitats, from sea level to mountaintops

What they eat: insects, fruit and berries, as well as earthworms

Nest: cup; weaves plant materials and uses mud to plaster the nest to a sheltered location

Eggs, chicks & childcare: 4–7 pale blue eggs; Mom sits on the eggs; Mom and Dad feed the baby robins

Spends the winter: in the Carolinas, will move around to find food

Stan's Cool Stuff
When a robin walks across your lawn and turns its head to the side, it isn’t listening for worms—it is looking for them. Because its eyes are on the sides of its head, a robin must focus its sight out of one eye to see the moving dirt caused by a worm.

Real Quick
Size: 9-11"
Nest: cup

Table of Contents

Introduction

• Cool Birds in the Carolinas
• Body Basics of a Bird
• Amazing Nests
• Who Built That Nest?
• Attracting Birds with Feeders
• How to Use This Guide
• Sample Pages

The Birds

• Black
• Black and White
• Blue
• Brown
• Gray
• Green
• Orange
• Red
• White
• Yellow

Bird Food Fun for the Family

• Starter Snacks and Fruit Treats
• Easy Bird Food Recipes
• Sweet Homemade Nectar
• Birds-Go-Wild Spread
• Love-It-Nutty Butter
• Make Your Own Suet
• Easy-Peasy Suet
• Simply Super Suet
• Yummy Bird-Feeding Projects
• Birdseed Ornaments
• Pinecone Birdseed Feeders

More Activities for the Bird-Minded

• Help Birds Build Their Nests
• Make a Bird Watch List
• Save the Birds with Hawk Cutouts
• Build Your Very Own Birdhouse
• Create a Bird-Friendly Yard
• Take a Birding Trip
• Practice Good Birding

Citizen Science Projects

Learning About Birding on the Internet

Glossary

Checklist/Index by Species

About the Author