Hand-Feeding Backyard Birds: A Step-By-Step Guide

by Hugh Wiberg

Book Overview

Anyone can learn to feed wild birds from his or her hand Wilberg reveals the best foods, weather conditions, and time of year and day to hand-feed birds. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580171818
• ISBN13: 9781580171816
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Storey Publishing
• Length: 145 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

Enjoyable and practical

I recently ordered this book and was inspired to try it for myself. I enjoyed the photography and the author's anecdotes about his own experiences feeding birds. The book offers practical information and put together with a little patience on my part, I was able to get some chickadees into my hand within 2 1/2 weeks.

A beautiful book

If you are looking for a book that will teach you how to hand-feed back yard birds and if you would enjoy poignant anecdotes about birds that have come to the author's hand to feed year after year, you will love this book!The photographs are gorgeous, the text is clear, organized and interesting, and you can't help love the gentle, friendly, kind man who writes about his love of birds and hand-feeding them. Another good point about this book is ...it works! I followed Hugh Wiberg's suggestions and with patience and practise, won the trust of a dear little nuthatch. He comes to my hand every time I go the park.The book, Hand-feeding Backyard Birds, started me on this hobby and taught me how to be successful. It is a wonderful book!

Fantastic book!

This book is a lot of fun - while also being realistic. The author tells you up front that you need to be patient, because it takes time to build the trust of birds. But once they do its such a joy! Reading through the book was inspiring and then in the winter I just bundled up and got out there. It was calming while at the same time exciting as the birds came closer and closer. Bundle up though - the best time to do this with the birds is winter since they're a bit short on food and it gets chilly out there.

What fun!

I bought this book this winter and what a great time I have had with my kids. And then, to my surprise I saw the author on Martha Stewart Living this morning. He was shown hand feeding birds with his grandchildren and I do have to say it is as easy as it looks. Handfeeding backyard birds is a great way to spend quality time with the family and increase your kids' appreciation of nature.

simply beautiful

It is my pleasure to be the first to write a customer review for this book. It has the literary weight and feel of a guide more than a book. At 129 pages, it is also decidedly short, especially when much of the space is filled with the photos. On the other hand (sic), it would be curmudgeonly to withhold a strong recommendation. The bird photography is absolutely exquisite, and would merit six stars for admiration if the rating system permitted it. This charming little book is also fairly priced. The author's style of writing is witty and engaging. I personally cannot think of another book with such a handsome cover as this one. The overall presentation is elegant and tasteful, and the judicious use of sunlight and shadow adds to the distinction of the photos. For a casual or serious bird-lover, this book would make an outstanding gift. Most strongly recommended.