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An invaluable pocket-sized guide to the 100 popular bird species that you are most likely to find in your town, garden, or park. It also contains expert practical advice on encouraging birds to your garden. This completely new title in the Collins Gem series incorporates both practical information on each species and easy-to-use identification guides. Each page is devoted to a different species and illustrated with a color photograph to aid identification. It contains information on each species' feeding, behavioral habits, breeding, voice, and population. An extensive introduction provides information on nesting sites, water, pests, and predators. Compact and easy-to-use, Collins Gem Garden Birds is the perfect introduction to this increasingly popular subject.