Las Animas - Bent County Library District

Information on how to attract birds to feeders, different types of bird feeders, plantings that attract birds, bird behavior, and how to identify the many types of birds that inhabit gardens and yards.

"From the editor of the nation's premier birding magazine, a no-nonsense, no-fluff quick guide to the birds you see every day. Of all the classic American pastimes, perhaps none is as widely accessible as watching birds. Our unusually vast, diverse environmental landscape supports fascinating species and variations exclusive to each region of the country. But while birders often spend their efforts in search of the rarest creatures, some of the most...

Describes many aspects of bird watching from the origin of birds, bird naming, and bird calls to birdfeeders, binoculars, and keeping notes. Identifier includes photographs, drawings of nests, maps, and information about migration.

"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"--

Text and color photographs teach how to watch, identify, and attract birds by providing food, water, and nestboxes. Includes profiles of eighty of the most commonly observed birds in North America.

Provides thirty activities that encourage bird watching and observation in parks, zoos, farms, and backyards, and includes discussions on migration, nesting, food, territories, and wildlife preservation.

Tells how, what, and when to feed the birds in your garden, and how to provide water, protection from predators and the elements, and safe nesting sites. Includes a gallery of 75 species of birds.

Copiously illustrated with maps, line drawings, and full-color photographs, this large format paperback book contains the essential information that backyard nature enthusiasts want and need -- to attract bluebirds to their yards.

Study of the hummingbird with information of their courtship, nesting habits, and how to attract hummingbirds.