Author Description

A new, expanded edition of the award-winning classic bird guide that has sold over 100,000 copies. New features include tips on how to attract and keep purple martins around your yard, how to create a hummingbird garden with flowers and feeders that will keep those winged jewels around all summer, and a section on how to lure brilliantly-colored oriole into the garden every few minutes from May to September. The book is a vivid color portfolio of 60 of North America's most popular, interesting, and colorful garden birds. Loaded with natural history vignettes and illustrated information on how to design and manage gardens and backyards to attract them, Garden Birds of America is a bird book for gardeners, and a garden book for birders.