Wild Bird Book Recommendations
Wildlife Gardening

FAVORITE! Birdscaping Your Garden: A Practical Guide to Backyard Birds and the Plants That Attract Them
An ordinary yard can become a wonderland of songbirds by simply adding colorful native plants designed to attract many varieties of birds. 120 color photos & 60 illustrations.

Building a Backyard Bird Habitat
by Scott Shalaway
Easy-to-follow information on how to create a backyard habitat that will attract a variety of birds throughout the year. Included are details on setting up feeders that work and stocking them with food birds want to eat; selecting flowers, trees, and shrubs to attract a variety of species; building and maintaining safe and user-friendly nest boxes; and creating winter shelters and seasonal feeding stations; as well as advice on planting "ghost trees," discouraging predators and pests, keeping a journal, and identifying birds by sound.

FAVORITE! The National Audubon Society Bird Garden
by Stephen W. Kress
By planting certain carefully selected trees and shrubs, you can create an attractive landscape that will encourage a wide variety of birds to visit your backyard, whether you have acres of land or just a small garden. Info about nests, songs, and food preferences of 100 familiar garden birds. Descriptions and lists of more than 300 trees, shrubs, and other plants explain their growth habits and cultural preferences, their hardiness, and the birds that rely on them for food or cover. Nestbox, platform, feeder, dust bath, and water source directions for construction. One of my favorite books.

FAVORITE! Hummingbird Gardens: Attracting Nature's Jewels to Your Backyard
Hummingbird information and gardening tips to attract hummingbirds for enthusiasts from every corner of the continent. Includes garden plans and plant lists.

The Audubon Backyard Birdwatcher: Birdfeeders and Bird Gardens
Create a backyard bird sanctuary. Trees, plants, flowers, birdhouses, feeders and the birds that come to your backyard.

The Bird Lover's Garden
by Margaret MacAvoy, L. Patricia Kite, Melinda Myers
Learn how to integrate the simple needs of birds-shelter from predators, water, and food sources-into an ornamental garden; Discover which specific plants are ideal for drawing particular birds to the garden; and features that will make your garden hospitable to these gentle visitors in all seasons, including feeders, birdhouses, birdbaths, old walls, and dead trees.

Building a Backyard Bird Habitat
by Scott Shalaway
practical and easy-to-follow information on how to create a backyard habitat that will attract a variety of birds throughout the year: cardinals, orioles, chickadees, woodpeckers, hummingbirds, bluebirds, goldfinches, and more. Included are details on setting up feeders that work and stocking them with food birds want to eat; selecting flowers, trees, and shrubs to attract a variety of species; building and maintaining safe and user-friendly nest boxes; and creating winter shelters and seasonal feeding stations; as well as advice on planting "ghost trees," discouraging predators and pests, keeping a journal, and identifying birds by sound.

The Hummingbird Garden: Turning Your Garden, Window Box, or Backyard into a Beautiful Home for Hummingbirds
by Mathew Tekulsky
Info about hummingbird habits, regions where they live and migrate, flowers that provide nectar and loads of advice on how the home gardener can grow these plants.

Stokes Bird Gardening Book: The Complete Guide to Creating a Bird-Friendly Habitat in Your Backyard
by Donald and Lillian Stokes
Garden plans plus plants for all parts of the U.S. that will appeal to birds.

The Woodland Garden : Planting in Harmony With Nature
by Alex M. Downie, R. Roy Forster
Create a woodland, even on tight city lots. In addition to designs, readers will find extensive lists of trees, shrubs, vines and ground covers for the four layers of the forest -- the canopy, the understory, the shrub layer and the woodland floor.

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