The author of The Backyard Bird Feeder's Bible shows readers how to attract butterflies and hummingbirds to the backyard feeder by creating an ideal backyard habitat and provides a field guide to the sixteen hummingbird species and seventy-five of the most common butterfly species that make North America their home. 15,000 first printing.
A lifelong naturalist and gardener, Sally Roth is the author of the highly successful
The Backyard Birdfeeder's Bible and
Attracting Birds to Your Backyard. Her other previous books include
Natural Landscaping and
Taylor's Guide to Ornamental Grasses, and her articles have appeared in many gardening magazines. She frequently lectures and leads workshops on bird watching, natural history, gardening, and native plants. Sally also writes a weekly newspaper column about nature that appears in several Indiana newspapers.
Sally was born and raised in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. After living for a brief time on the Oregon coast, she settled in New Harmony, Indiana, in 1992. Sally is entirely self-educated in gardening and natural history. When she isn't out walking in the woods, looking at birds, or digging in the dirt, Sally listens to blues and folk music, reads a lot, and plays cutthroat Scrabble. She is involved in research projects about ants, beavers, cat predation of songbirds, and backyard diversity.