ISBN:

• 9780806908939
• 9780806908922
• 0806908939
• 0806908920

Edition: 1st paperback edition

Description: 128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Other Title: Attracting backyard birds

Notes:

• "Published in hardcover in 1995 by Sterling Publishing Company as Attracting backyard birds"--T.p. verso.
• Includes bibliographical references (pages 115) and index.

Contents:

• How to attract birds to your garden. Food
• Water
• Cover
• Seasonal birding
• Landscaping to attract birds. Landscape design ideas
• What kinds of plants are best?
• Hummingbird garden
• Brush piles
• Feeding birds. Suet cakes
• Seed preferences
• Feeders
• Dealing with cats
• Discouraging squirrels and other wildlife
• Dealing with "greedy" birds
• Feeding station plans. Assemblages
• Birdhouse construction factors. Design
• Materials
• Placement of birdhouses
• Maintenance
• Nesting materials
• Dimensions for nesting boxes
• Dimensions for nesting shelves
• Birdhouse plans. Type of bird for each birdhouse
• Birdbath and pool plans
• Creating a bird sanctuary
• Alternatives to chemicals.

• Cont.): Sources of more information
• Some common birds.

LCCN: 97176215 //r98

Control Number: 67017

Subjects:

• Bird attracting.
• Birdhouses.
• Birds -- Feeding and feeds.

Other Authors: Pokriots, Will, author.