The Audubon Guide to Attracting Birds: Creating Natural Habitats for Properties Large and Small

By Stephen W. Kress

A guide treasured by landscapers, birders, gardeners, and naturalists, The Audubon Guide to Attracting Birds will help readers enhance their landscapes to meet the needs of wild birds. Expanding on proven methods and offering numerous resources new to this third edition, Stephen W. Kress provides time-tested ways to improve bird habitats across North America.

This edition offers practical techniques for increasing the numbers and variety of birds that reside within the continent's grasslands, shrublands, forests, and wetlands. Readers will discover ways to help birds on properties large and small by providing food, shelter, and nesting sites within backyards, community parks, schoolyards, and even rooftop gardens. The book also provides lists of bird-attracting native plants for North America, as well as tips for safely providing water, nesting structures, and bird feeders.

The author's decades of experience and knowledge of conservation trends makes The Audubon Guide to Attracting Birds the perfect book for anyone looking to make even the smallest patch of land a safe and welcoming place for people and birds alike.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501786709
• ISBN13: 9781501786709
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Comstock Publishing
• Length: 560 Pages