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Backyard Birds of Maryland (Backyard Birds Of...) | 
 enlarge | Author: Bill Fenimore
Publisher: Gibbs Smith, Publisher
Category: Book
List Price: $9.95
Buy New: $3.44
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 269924
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 96
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.2 x 0.5
ISBN: 1423603540
Dewey Decimal Number: 598.07234752
EAN: 9781423603542
ASIN: 1423603540
Publication Date: March 27, 2008
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Product Description
Backyard Birds is an exciting new series of books that explores the top 25 backyard birds most commonly found in each state. It includes a profiled bird scale that allows readers to easily identify the correct bird, and each bird entry is accompanied by a stunning color photograph and specific descriptions, including identification marks, behavior, habitat and nesting style-even the song the bird makes! As an added feature, author Bill Fenimore also provides expert tips for creating the ultimate backyard bird sanctuary, from creating bird baths and planting proper foliage to offering a bird's favorite foods.
Author Bio: Bill Fenimore is owner of the National Best Environmental Stewardship Award-winning Wild Bird Center franchise in Layton, Utah. He conducts seminars and workshops educating the public about birds and their critical habitat needs, and he leads birding field trips for clients from around the globe.
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 Disappointing August 17, 2008
The guide espouses to "enable [the reader] to identify and properly name the top twenty-five birds using your backyard bird sanctuary". While I'm not clear on the distinction between "identify" and "properly name", it's irrelevant, as this guide won't help you do either.
There is some marginally useful information on attracting birds in here, but this at the national level with little focus on regional differences. Overall, Backyard Birds seems like a quick attempt by a publisher to make a little cash from the growing popularity of feeding birds. One only hopes they fail as miserably as these books do.
 Excellent book for the hobbyist May 31, 2008
Backyard Birds of Maryland:How to Identify and Attract the Top 25 Birds (Backyard Birds Of...)
Of course I'm slightly partial because the cover photo and two photos inside are mine. But, that aside, the book is a swell gift for the casual backyard birder. For $9.95 you get your bucks worth. It's easy to find the birds, it provides solid information without having to flip back and forth trying to make sense of what you see. Well written and the photos are great!
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