America's Favorite Backyard Birds
An Inside Look at Little-Known and Fascinating Personal Lives of Our
Best-Loved Backyard Birds
by Kit & George Harrison
Introduction by Roger Tory Peterson
This book provides an inside look at the little-known and intriguing
personal lives of ten species of our best-loved backyards birds - American
Robin, Black-capped Chickadee, Northern Mockingbird, Northern Cardinal,
Mourning Dove, American Goldfinch, Downy Woodpecker, House Wren, Blue Jay,
and White-breasted Nuthatch. Each bird is illustrated in full color and
examined in detail in its own chapter; a separate chapter deals with many
other backyard favorites. This fascinating book will tell you everything you
want to know about these feathered creatures, including their mating,
eating, and nesting habits, how they survive in their surrounds, and who
their enemies are.
Fireside/Simon & Schuster, New York, 1989, 6th printing, 288 pages, 6" x 9
1/4", trade paperback, illustrated.
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