Describes the physical characteristics, habitats, and behavior of different kinds of finches, including the purple finch, house finch, and grosbeak.

Describes the physical characteristics, habitats, and behavior of various kinds of these backyard birds including the northern and orchard orioles.

"Hummingbirds and butterflies are some of the most beautiful visitors to a backyard, but they can also be some of the most elusive. This second collaboration between the Peterson Field Guide series and Bird Watchers Digest includes tips on how to attract hummingbirds and butterflies to backyards and how to identify them once they have arrived. Bill Thompson III and Connie Toops have decades of firsthand experience and have written the book in a fun,...

Who's that squawking in the backyard? It's an American crow! Find out where American crows live, what they eat, and how to identify the birds and their eggs.

If there's one bird that might win the "best actor" award in the feathered world, it's the mockingbird. This winged wonder can learn more than 180 songs in just a few months, imitating the calls of other birds but also dog-barking and even car alarms! This is truly one bird to watch and one that readers will love learning about in the pages of this fascinating volume. The journal-like format unites a cheerful narrative about the bird-watching hobby...

The fat bundle of feathers called the house wren is a cute bird. It often cheerfully trills its sweet songs. However, this little fowl s mood can turn really foul when another bird has a nesting site it wants! It may peck at larger birds to get them to move and even push eggs out of a nest. Readers of this absorbing book will find that, with all kinds of wrens, looks can be deceiving. They ll love the diverting narrative and fun fact boxes and especially...

Woodpeckers are usually easier to hear than they are to spot. Their pointed beak hammers into tree bark at a speed of 25 miles (40 km) per hour! They re looking for some tasty bugs to eat in the inner layers of a tree. There s so much more to a woodpecker s interesting life, and readers will find all they need to know in this instructive and entertaining book, a bird-watcher s journal of woodpecker info. Cool facts and amazing photographs are the...