100 Plants To Feed The Birds: Turn Your Home Garden Into A H
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Brand:Erickson, Laura
The growing group of bird enthusiasts who enjoy feeding and watching their feathered friends will learn how they can expand their activity and help address the pressing issue of habitat loss with100 Plants to Feed the Birds. In-depth profiles offer planting and care guidance for 100 native plant species that provide food and shelter for birds throughout the year, from winter all the way through breeding and migrating periods. Readers will learn about plants they can add to their gardens and cultivate, such as early-season pussy willow and late-season asters, as well as wild plants to refrain from weeding out, like jewelweed and goldenrod. Others, including 29 tree species, may already be present in the landscape and readers will learn how these plants support the birds who feed and nest in them. Introductory text explains how to create a healthy year-round landscape for birds. Plant photographs and range maps provide needed visual guidance to selecting the right plants for any location in North America.
About the Author
Laura Ericksonis the author ofThe Love Lives of BirdsandThe Bird Watching Answer Book, and is coauthor ofInto the Nest. A recipient of the American Birding Association’s prestigious Roger Tory Peterson award, she has served as science editor at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, an editor ofBird Scopemagazine, and a columnist and contributing editor forBirdwatchingmagazine. She produces For the Birds, a long-running public radio program and podcast, and lives in Duluth, Minnesota.