Birdhouse Book (eBook)

Building, Placing, and Maintaining Great Homes for Great Birds

Margaret A. Barker, Elissa Ruth Wolfson (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021 | 2., Second Edition, New Edition
176 Seiten
Cool Springs Press (Verlag)
978-0-7603-6863-3 (ISBN)

Infos

TheBirdhouse Bookis the most authoritative book available for creating safe, sturdy, and easy-to-build homes for many of North America's favorite birds. This updated edition includes important new and timely topics including impacts of climate change on birds, nestbox monitoring for community science, native plants, and how birders can help birds.Written with those who truly want the best for birds,The Birdhouse Bookexplains how to build and place functionalDIY bird homesthat are safe and appropriate formore than 20 classic North American species, from wrens to raptors. Each of theeasy-to-build boxes and shelveswithin is accompanied bycut lists,specially created line diagrams, andstep-by-step photography, making the projects accessible to those with even the most rudimentary woodworking skills. In addition, this practical and beautifully presented guide is packed withcolor photographyandinformation about the bird species covered:Wrens, Warblers, Bluebirds, Flycatchers, Swallows, Titmice, Owls, Flickers, Kestrels, Chickadees, Ducks, Mergansers, Swallows, Doves, Swallows, Robins, Finches, Phoebes, Loons, Swifts, Herons, and Ospreys.Detailed information will help youproperly place and maintain the homesto attract birds. And because these projects are the product ofyears of experience and field-testing, you can be sure you're getting the best advice regardingproper design, safe construction materials, and correct home placementto mitigate exposure to elements, pests, and predators. Finally, beyond the birdhouses, you'll find out how you cancontribute to the larger birding communityand even enhance your birding experience.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.6.2021
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 220 x 220 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Heimwerken / Do it yourself
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Kreatives Gestalten
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Schlagworte: attract • Audubon birdhouses • audubon society • backyard birding • backyard hobbyist • basket • Best • best birdhouses • bird bath • birdbath • Bird Conservation • birder • bird feeders • birdfeeders • bird houses • birdhouses • Birding • bird-safe • bird-safe birdhouses • Birdwatching • Bird Watching • bluebird houses • Bluebirds • Building • building birdhouses • CAMP • cardinals • carpentry projects • chickadees • conservation • Construction • crows • Design • DIY • doves • ducks • family birding • feeding platform • finches • fixing • fixing birdhouses • Fun • Geese • gulls • Hawks • Homeschooling • how to build • how to build birdhouses • hummingbirds • Idea • jays • Maintaining • maintaining birdhouses • Monitoring • National Audubon Society • native plants for birds • Nature • nest box • nest boxes • nest box monitoring • Nesting • nesting box • nesting boxes • Nesting sites • nuthatches • outdoor family projects • Owls • pigeons • placing • placing birdhouses • Plans • Profile • range maps • Robins • safe habitat • Siting • siting birdhouses • songbird • Songs • sparrows • starlings • Step by Step • summer vacation activity • swallows • turkeys • vultures • wildlife • woodpeckers • woodworker • wrens
• ISBN-10: 0-7603-6863-5 / 0760368635
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7603-6863-3 / 9780760368633