Feeder Birds of the Midwest: A Folding Pocket Guide to Common Backyard Birds

For bird enthusiasts, offering food at feeders is a way to enjoy a close-up view of target species while helping them survive and thrive. This guide profiles 40 common feeder birds found in the Midwest United States, along with feeder types and recommended foods for attracting each species. Also included are comments about each species' habitat and behaviors.

About the Author :
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a world leader in the study, appreciation, and conservation of birds. Their hallmarks are scientific excellence and technological innovation to advance the understanding of nature and to engage people of all ages in learning about birds and protecting the planet. Founded in 1915, the Cornell Lab is a nonprofit organization whose vibrant community includes 400,000 citizen-science participants from all walks of life and 14 million bird enthusiasts of all ages who connect online at All About Birds. With 650+ titles in print and 6.5 million copies sold, Waterford Press publishes the largest line of folding-format reference guides in the industry. Our mission is to connect people to the natural world by making knowledge about wildlife identification, outdoor recreation, travel, and safety and survival skills accessible to a wide audience. Dr. Emma Greig is the team leader for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Project FeederWatch, a major citizen-science program that engages bird watchers in a winter-long survey of birds that visit feeders at backyards, nature centers, community areas, and other locales in North America. FeederWatch data help scientists track broadscale movements of winter bird populations and long-term trends in bird distribution and abundance. Emma holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and has studied birds in Australia, Malaysia, and most recently, the Sonoran Desert, the hottest desert of North America.

Review :
[May 27, 2017] The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has introduced their All About Birds Pocket Guide Series, including 15 new titles, all published by Waterford press and the Cornell Group. The series is designed for regions, including such titles as Feeder Birds of the Midwest. These are not books but folding pocket guides that are easy to use, carry in a pocket, fold open at a moment?s notice and are quite weather-proof. The feeder birds guide has 40 colored bird illustrations and lists the food types most preferred by each species. Orioles come to platform nectar feeders, for example, and so do ruby-throated hummingbirds. [May 31, 2017] The Cornell Lab of Ornithology published a useful series of All About Birds pocket guides in May. It was developed to inspire and support beginning birdwatchers. Each of the 13 folding pocket guides keys in on a particular aspect of birding such as Backyard Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Birding 101, and Right Bird, Right House. Some guides relate to other parts of the continent but many of them are useful to us. They can just slip into your pocket and I like the fact they are weather resistant. [May 12, 2017] There?s a new 15-guide series to help beginning birders available from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Complete with detailed species information, photos, illustrations and maps, the titles cover a wide range of topics including Birding 101 and Gardening for Birds. Watching and feeding birds is one of the fastest growing hobbies in North America. Experts at the Cornell Lab are hoping that the guides not only help beginners learn about birds but encourage them to do what they can to protect and enhance bird habitat. [June 19, 2017] The Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Waterford Press have teamed up to offer a series of handy folding pocket guides about birds, including a Nests and Egg guide for North American backyard birds. The guide includes illustrations and descriptions of eggs and nests for 24 common bird species. Visit cornelllabpg.com for more information. [June 2017] Watching birds is one of the fastest growing hobbies in North America. The pocket guide series helps people enhance their enjoyment of birds by learning more about them. Complete with detailed species information, photos, illustrations, and maps, these titles cover a wide range of topics for everyone who is curious about birds ? from Birding 101 to Nests & Eggs of North American Backyard Birds. ?Birds are so beautiful and ubiquitous that millions of people are hooked on watching birds and asking all kinds of questions about what they?re seeing,? said Miyoko Chu, senior director of Communications at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. ?These guides get to the heart of those questions by revealing how to attract diverse birds to your yard, how to identify birds by sight and sound, and how to witness them raising their families ? sometimes right in your own backyard. [May 17, 2017] The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has just launched its All About Birds Pocket Guide Series, 15 new birding titles published in collaboration with Waterford Press. [June 20, 2017] We all have indelible memories of positive first-time experiences. If you are enamored of the natural world, there?s a good possibility that some of yours are connected with your early use of field guides. Looking over The Cornell Lab of Ornithology?s All About Birds Pocket Guide Series (recently released and published in collaboration with Waterford Press and the Cornell Lab Publishing Group), memories arose of my childhood and adolescent engagement with field guides. Field guides supercharged my interest in nature and the awe that I have for it. They increased my knowledge about animals I saw or hoped to observe. [May 15, 2017] The last thing you want to carry on a hike is a heavy bird book. Save the weight for trail snacks. The All About Birds Pocket Guide Series brings 15 new birding titles published in collaboration with Waterford Press and the Cornell Lab Publishing Group. The pocket guides are light, thin and easy to slip in a pocket or pack. The guides offer detailed species information, photos, illustrations, and maps. The titles cover a wide range of topics for everyone who is curious about birds ? from Birding 101 to Nests & Eggs of North American Backyard Birds. As a birdwatcher and a duck hunter, I like the Dabbling and Diving Ducks series for quick identification. There?s also Sea Ducks and Others if you?re into sea kayaking and want to ID birds.