Nature and the Environment

The Backyard Bird Sanctuary: A Beginner's Guide to Creating a Wild Bird Habitat at Home

Create a bird-watching paradise with this accessible guidebook that teaches everything you need to know about welcoming your new feathered friends and how to care for them while they're visiting. Backyard Bird Sanctuary helps you attract 50 of the most common and sought-after birds in the United States. 

   
The Backyard Bird Sanctuary: A Beginner's Guide to Creating a Wild Bird Habitat at Home

Alan Baczkiewicz
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Create a bird-watching paradise with this accessible guidebook that teaches everything you need to know about welcoming your new feathered friends and how to care for them while they're visiting. Backyard Bird Sanctuary helps you attract 50 of the most common and sought-after birds in the United States. 


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Birds in the Yard Month by Month

Get to know all the birds that will flock to a bird-friendly yard, and make your yard more attractive to those that require a little extra persuasion to visit. Sorenson offers tips and advice for every season, and explains how bird behaviors and needs change throughout the year.

   
Birds in the Yard Month by Month

Sharon Sorenson
598.0723 Sor

Get to know all the birds that will flock to a bird-friendly yard, and make your yard more attractive to those that require a little extra persuasion to visit. Sorenson offers tips and advice for every season, and explains how bird behaviors and needs change throughout the year.


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Secrets of Backyard Bird Photography

This book covers all aspects of backyard bird photography, including the best camera equipment to use and the basics of attracting birds using bird feeders, perches, backgrounds, and photo blinds. You'll learn about the common camera settings and composition styles used to create outstanding backyard bird images.

   
Secrets of Backyard Bird Photography

J. Chris Hansen
778.9328 Han

This book covers all aspects of backyard bird photography, including the best camera equipment to use and the basics of attracting birds using bird feeders, perches, backgrounds, and photo blinds. You'll learn about the common camera settings and composition styles used to create outstanding backyard bird images.

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Audubon Birdhouse Book: Building, Placing, and Maintaining Great Homes for Great Birds

Birders know you need the right house to attract the right bird. An entrance hole that's 1/8 inch too big or too small or a roof that leaks can spell trouble. Learn to build safe, species-appropriate houses for your favorite birds.

   
Audubon Birdhouse Book: Building, Placing, and Maintaining Great Homes for Great Birds

Margaret A. Barker, Elissa Wolfson
728.927 Bar

Birders know you need the right house to attract the right bird. An entrance hole that's 1/8 inch too big or too small or a roof that leaks can spell trouble. Learn to build safe, species-appropriate houses for your favorite birds.


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Endangered and Disappearing Birds of the Midwest

Sadly, many species of birds across the Midwest are in danger of extinction due to loss of habitat, agricultural expansion, changing forest conditions, and encounters with humans. This book profiles 40 of the most beautiful and fascinating birds who winter, breed, or migrate through the Midwest and whose populations are most in danger of disappearing from the region. 

   
Endangered and Disappearing Birds of the Midwest

Matt Williams
598.0977 Wil

Sadly, many species of birds across the Midwest are in danger of extinction due to loss of habitat, agricultural expansion, changing forest conditions, and encounters with humans. This book profiles 40 of the most beautiful and fascinating birds who winter, breed, or migrate through the Midwest and whose populations are most in danger of disappearing from the region. 


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Indiana Bird Watching: A Year-Round Guide

This title targets beginning and intermediate bird watchers from Indiana. It provides seasonal information about the migrating birds that can be seen each month, the foods that attract those birds, and the plants that can assist in attracting birds.

   
Indiana Bird Watching: A Year-Round Guide

Bill Thompson
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This title targets beginning and intermediate bird watchers from Indiana. It provides seasonal information about the migrating birds that can be seen each month, the foods that attract those birds, and the plants that can assist in attracting birds.


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Birds of Indiana: Field Guide

Learn to identify birds in Indiana with this simple and informative book. Featuring 118 species of Indiana birds, this guide is organized by color for ease of use. 

   
Birds of Indiana: Field Guide

Stan Tekiela
598.09772

Learn to identify birds in Indiana with this simple and informative book. Featuring 118 species of Indiana birds, this guide is organized by color for ease of use. 


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Compact Guide to Indiana Birds

Veteran Indiana birder and retired professor Ken Brock has co-authored this handy guide to common and notable birds found in the state. Over 80 species of birds are presented with a color illustration, a photograph of the egg, and an extensive natural history.

   
Compact Guide to Indiana Birds

Kenneth J. Brock
598.09772 Bro

Veteran Indiana birder and retired professor Ken Brock has co-authored this handy guide to common and notable birds found in the state. Over 80 species of birds are presented with a color illustration, a photograph of the egg, and an extensive natural history.


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Field Notes From an Unintentional Birder: A Memoir

Thoughtful and witty, this is the story of finding meaning in midlife through birds. The narrator learns more from birds than she ever anticipated and finds friends in the unlikeliest of places.

   
Field Notes From an Unintentional Birder: A Memoir

Julia Zarankin
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Thoughtful and witty, this is the story of finding meaning in midlife through birds. The narrator learns more from birds than she ever anticipated and finds friends in the unlikeliest of places.


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Birdgirl: Looking to the Skies in Search of a Better Future

Birdgirl follows Mya-Rose and her family as they travel the world in search of rare birds and astonishing landscapes. In times of difficulty, the Craigs turn to nature again and again for comfort and meaning. Each bird they see brings a moment of joy and reflection, instilling in Mya-Rose a deep love of the natural world.

   
Birdgirl: Looking to the Skies in Search of a Better Future

Mya-Rose Craig
921 Craig Cra

Birdgirl follows Mya-Rose and her family as they travel the world in search of rare birds and astonishing landscapes. In times of difficulty, the Craigs turn to nature again and again for comfort and meaning. Each bird they see brings a moment of joy and reflection, instilling in Mya-Rose a deep love of the natural world.


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