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A Practical Illustrated Bird-Oriented Gardening Book with Great
Reference Charts Bird-watchers everywhere dream of a landscape
dotted with fruiting shrubs, nests tucked into twining vines, and
birds flocking to feeding stations. Let Natural Gardening for Birds
show you how to lay out the welcome mat for birds by considering
all of their needs, including year-round food, water, and shelter.
Whether you're looking to create a hummingbird garden, install a
water feature, create alluring perches, or simply designate a
corner of your property as a natural area, you'll find all the
inspiration and information you need in Natural Gardening for
Birds, including: The best plants for nectar, fruit, and seeds The
most attractive foods to offer birds Housing for cavity-nesting
birds Simple habitat enhancements like snags and perches
Region-specific planting ideas and charts
Out of the Woods: A Bird Watcher's Year is a journey through the
seasons and a joyous celebration of growing old. In fifty-nine
essays and poems, Ora E. Anderson, birder, bird carver, naturalist,
and nature writer, reveals the insights and recollections of a
keen-eyed observer of nature, both human and avian. The essays
follow the rivers and creeks, the highways and little-known byways
of Appalachia, and along the way we become nearly as familiar with
its numerous bird, plant, and animal species as with the author
himself.
These are not the memories of a single year, however, but of a
long lifetime spent immersed in the natural world. Out of the
Woods, presented with humor and passion, is an account of a
well-lived, productive, and satisfying life. The essays offer an
intimate portrait of a half century of life on Anderson's beloved
old farm (more nearly a nature preserve), where he lived in harmony
with birds and nature and followed the rhythm of the seasons. We
are invited to share the joys-and the disappointments and
sorrows-inherent in such a life.
Generously illustrated with Julie Zickefoose's detailed drawings
and evocative sketches, this book will delight bird watchers,
artists, naturalists, backyard gardeners, and anyone who is
sometimes tempted to take a rutted, overgrown, and unused path just
to see where it leads.
This accessible book draws on recent research on bird species and
their habitats to explain how basic principles of bird ecology and
landscape ecology can help us create scientifically sound plans for
protecting and restoring the rich diversity of North American
birds. This edition includes an afterword that reviews noteworthy
literature that has appeared since the first edition was completed
in 1999. This new material-on such key issues as the importance of
preserving large expanses of natural habitat, the importance of
maintaining early successional habitats, and the habitat
requirements of neotropical migrants-shows how the research on
landscape ecology of birds has shaped conservation policy more
rapidly than most would have predicted. Praise for the earlier
edition: "This book is first-rate-very broad in scope and appeal,
readable, and truly integrative in its coverage of landscape
ecology and its implications for avian conservation biology. . . .
It will be of significant interest to researchers and students of
conservation biology, ornithology and ecology; land managers;
conservation agencies; and anyone with an interest in protecting
the rich avian diversity of North America."-Trevor E. Pitcher,
American Scientist "This wonderful book . . . is especially
relevant for conservation biologists from all walks of
life."-Kathryn E. Sieving, Auk "An enjoyable read for anyone, from
the amateur birder to the professional scientist."-J. Michael Reed,
Ecology
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