For the Birds: An Uncommon Guide (Appointment with Nature)

Erickson, Laura; Sonstegard, Jeff [Illustrator]

ISBN 10: 0938586912 / ISBN 13: 9780938586913

Published by University of Minnesota Press, 1993

About this Item

Previous owner's name written on "belongs to" page. Inside pages clean and binding is tight.

Seller Inventory # 2-1-1673

Bibliographic Details

• Title: For the Birds: An Uncommon Guide (Appointment with Nature)
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0938586912
• ISBN 13: 9780938586913
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Used: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Natural History Nature

About this title

Synopsis

In 365 day-by-day sketches, Laura Erickson brings more than 250 birds right into your living room-from rare hawk owls to elusive sedge wrens to plastic lawn flamingos. Light-hearted, yet authoritative, For the Birds is brimming with fascinating birdlore.

Did you know that you can mail three chickadees with a single stamp? That Black-billed Cuckoos flourish on a diet of army worms? That winter finches are especially attracted to feeders offering grit and eggshells?

Enjoy Laura’s entertaining observations and record your own in For the Birds-an uncommon guide.

About the Author

Laura Erickson’s popular radio program, “For the Birds,” airs on several independent public stations. Laura, who is working toward a Ph.D. in avian physiology, received the 1991 Frances F. Roberts Award from the Cooper Ornithological Society for her research on daytime warbler migration and the 1989 Conservation Award from the Raptor Research and Rehabilitation Center in St. Paul.

A licensed bird rehabilitator and past president of the Duluth Audubon Society, Laura lives in Duluth with her husband and three children.