Backyard Birds: Welcomed Guests at Our Gardens and Feeders [Paperback]

Bird-watching is one of lifes simple joys. Seeing a colorful friend flit about your backyard brings feelings of excitement, gladness, and contentment.Stan Tekielaunderstands the thrill of bird-watching. The award-winning author and naturalist has been studying and photographing backyard birds for more than 25 years. Here, he guides you through the wonderful lives of the most popular, most beloved specieslike the American Goldfinch, the Northern Cardinal, and the Ruby-throated Hummingbird. His incomparable photography captures the birds in action and depicts behaviors that are sure to warm and perhaps even surprise you, while the books headings and small blocks of text make for easy yet informative browsing. Every important aspect of the birds lives, from first flight and feeding to migration and mating, is portrayed in this gorgeous book. Your coffee table wont be complete without it.

Naturalist, wildlife photographer and writerStan Tekielais the author of more than 175 field guides, nature books, childrens books, wildlife audio CDs, puzzles and playing cards, presenting many species of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, trees, wildflowers and cacti in the United States. With a Bachelor of Science degree in Natural History from the University of Minnesota and as an active professional naturalist for more than 25 years, Stan studies and photographs wildlife throughout the United States and Canada. He has received various national and regional awards for his books and photographs. Also a well-known columnist and radio personality, his syndicated column appears in more than 25 newspapers and his wildlife programs are broadcast on a number of Midwest radio stations. Stan can be followed on Facebook and Twitter. He can be contacted via www.naturesmart.com.

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