For the Birds: An Uncommon Guide
Language: English
Published by Pfeifer Hamilton Publishers,US, 2001
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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.
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- Title
- For the Birds: An Uncommon Guide
- Author
- Laura Erickson
- Publisher
- Pfeifer Hamilton Publishers,US
- Publication year
- 2001
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0938586912
- ISBN 13
- 9780938586913
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.
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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.
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