Secrets of Backyard Bird-Feeding Success: Hundreds of Surefire Tips for Attracting and Feeding Your Favorite Birds

Seeds work like magic to bring colorful birds into close view, but when special treats like homemadebird doughs and fresh fruit are offered, remarkable visitors like waxwings, orioles, and thrashers stopby for a treat. Add in seed-rich ornamental grasses and fruiting shrubs, and birds will find the sceneirresistable.Touting the latest research on what and when birds eat, "Secrets of Backyard Bird-Feeding Success"explains how nutritious food at key times of the year (during egg laying, migration, and harsh weather)can mean survival--or not--for feathered friends. From seeds and suet to plants and feeding stations,readers will learn easy, practical, and low-cost ways to entice birds into stopping by regularly, along with tips on specific types of bird-friendly fare, such as nuts, nectar, berries, and even bugs! A gallery of the 50 most popular backyard feeder birds lists their preferred foods and feeder styles plus behavior and migration details so readers can anticipate and prepare for a specific bird's arrival.Feeding backyard birds is a win-win situation for both bird and birder--the birds get a reliable sourceof food and bird lovers get lively song, color, and motion in their welcoming backyards.