Three sisters who own and manage wild bird specialty stores use their decades of experience to show you how to make your backyard a bird oasis.
Through their book, Anne Schmauss, Mary Schmauss and Geni Krolick explain what birds are looking for in terms of food, water, habitat and nesting every month of the year.
In 224 colorful pages, these three bird experts share their time-tested tips and tricks for attracting the most interesting variety of birds to your backyard.
To enter, leave a comment below about what birds are in your backyard now, what you enjoy about birds or a vexing problem you have in attracting and feeding birds. Winner will be chosen at random Feb. 28th. Because of shipping costs, you must live in North America. Sorry Timbuktu.
March 7th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
We have a lot of birds in our yard in central NJ. One of my favorites is an owl we’ve dubbed “Hootie,” who lives in a tree with a big hole in it. You have to know where the hole is to see Hootie, because when he or she is out enjoying the sunshine, the bird is so well camouflaged it just looks like solid tree bark. I keep trying to get close enough to take a picture, but Hootie is shy and scoots back into the tree when I approach!
March 27th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Always welcome is a new resource for expanding urban wildlife habitat–this looks like a good one with a new approach. Thanks!
March 27th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
ican always use a bird book. I love birds and have so little time to bird these days. What a great resource.
March 27th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
i love birds and this is such a great resource! Thank you.