Feeding Wild Birds A Short History In America

Author : Paul J. Baicich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1451510055

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Feeding Wild Birds: A Short History in America by Paul J. Baicich Pdf

Feeding Wild Birds: A Short History in America is an invaluable resource for consumers and industry members eager to learn more about the storied past of the wild bird feeding hobby and its bright business future.Founded in 1984, the Wild Bird Feeding Industry (WBFI) is an association dedicated to the progressive expansion of the wild bird and backyard wildlife feeding industry. As the voice of the industry, WBFI accomplishes its mission by serving the interests of members through promoting responsible feeding, creating alliances, removing barriers, safeguarding gains and enhancing the experience of the consumer.This pioneering book takes you on a fascinating journey from the origins of the wild bird feeding hobby to the latest industry trends.

Author : Paul J. Baicich,Margaret A. Barker,Carrol L. Henderson
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781623492113

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Feeding Wild Birds in America by Paul J. Baicich,Margaret A. Barker,Carrol L. Henderson Pdf

Today, according to the US Fish and Wildlife Service, more than fifty million Americans feed birds around their homes, and over the last sixty years, billions of pounds of birdseed have filled millions of feeders in backyards everywhere. Feeding Wild Birds in America tells why and how a modest act of provision has become such a pervasive, popular, and often passionate aspect of people’s lives. Each chapter provides details on one or more bird-feeding development or trend including the “discovery” of seeds, the invention of different kinds of feeders, and the creation of new companies. Also woven into the book are the worlds of education, publishing, commerce, professional ornithology, and citizen science, all of which have embraced bird feeding at different times and from different perspectives. The authors take a decade-by-decade approach starting in the late nineteenth century, providing a historical overview in each chapter before covering topical developments (such as hummingbird feeding and birdbaths). On the one hand, they show that the story of bird feeding is one of entrepreneurial invention; on the other hand, they reveal how Americans, through a seemingly simple practice, have come to value the natural world.

Author : Darryl Jones
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781501710797

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The Birds at My Table by Darryl Jones Pdf

"Discusses the history and scale of feeding wild birds. Outlines debates about the practice, highlighting key research findings and pointing out the issues that require further examination. Written in nontechnical language, thus making it accessible to the general public, birders, and academics"--

Author : Darryl Jones
Publisher : NewSouth
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-01
Category : NATURE
ISBN : 9781742244235

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The Birds At My Table by Darryl Jones Pdf

Darryl Jones is fascinated by bird feeders. Not the containers supplying food to our winged friends, but the people who fill the containers, scatter the crumbs or seeds, or leave the picnic scraps behind for the birds. Here, Jones takes us on a wild flight through the history of bird feeding as he ponders this odd but seriously popular form of interaction between humans and wild animals. Jones digs at the deeper issues and questions of the practice of bird feeding, as he raises our awareness of the things we don't yet know and why we really should. This beautifully written and engaging books reveals that what at first seems to be a niche topic 7 humans feeding wild birds 7 is in fact something a disproportionate number of us do. Half the citizens of Australia, the UK, and the US feed birds, whether its by planting trees that attract them, putting food out on apartment balconies, setting up birds baths and feeders, or by unwittingly leaving scraps behind in parks. The international bird seed industry is huge and most of the seed is gown in India or Africa. Another way of describing all this activity is as an unplanned ecological experiment on an unbelievably large scale. In The Birds at My Table, Jones draws on an impressive knowledge of the latest scientific findings as well as his own personal knowledge, to reflect and explain the modern practice of bird feeding.

Author : Jim Carpenter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 1935622617

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The Joy of Bird Feeding by Jim Carpenter Pdf

Carpenter offers practical tips and solutions to attracting and identifying birds. He offers suggestions for the best foods for the birds you want to see, and even tells you how to deter unwanted guests to feeding stations. You'll also learn how to properly store bird food, and how to prevent window strikes.

Author : Chris Earley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0228102014

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Feed the Birds by Chris Earley Pdf

"Endorsed by the Canadian Wildlife Federation"--Cover.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Bird attracting
ISBN : MINN:31951D01169113I

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Backyard Bird Feeding by Anonim Pdf

Author : James A. Kushlan
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813065489

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Seeking the American Tropics by James A. Kushlan Pdf

For centuries, the southernmost region of the Florida peninsula was seen by outsiders as wild and inaccessible, one of the last frontiers in the quest to understand and reveal the natural history of the continent. Seeking the American Tropics tells the stories of the explorers and adventurers who—for better and for worse—helped open the unique environment of South Florida to the world. Beginning with the arrival of Juan Ponce de León in 1513, James Kushlan describes how most of the famous Spanish explorers never made it to South Florida, leaving the area’s rich natural history out of scientific records for the next 250 years. It wasn’t until the British colonial and early American periods that the first surveyors were commissioned and the first naturalists—Titian Peale and John James Audubon—arrived to collect, draw, and report the subtropical flora and fauna that were so unique to North America. Moving into the railroad era, Kushlan illuminates the activities of scientists such as Henry Nehrling and Charles Torrey Simpson alongside the dabbling of wealthy amateur naturalists. He follows the story to the 1920s, when tourism was flourishing and signs of ecological damage were starting to show. Years of wildlife trade, resource extraction, invasive species introduction, and swamp drainage had taken their toll. And many of the naturalists who had been outspoken about protecting South Florida’s environment had also played a part in its destruction. Today the region is among one of the most thoroughly studied places on the planet—but at a cost. In this absorbing and cautionary tale, Kushlan illustrates how exploration has so often trumped conservation throughout history. He exposes how much of the natural world we have already lost in this vivid portrait of the Florida of yesterday.

Author : Carrol L. Henderson
Publisher : Minnesota's Bookstore
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Bird attracting
ISBN : MINN:31951P00559881J

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Wild about Birds by Carrol L. Henderson Pdf

Although there is an abundance of information that is particularly useful to Minnesota residents, "Wild about birds" provides comprehensive species coverage for most states east of the Rocky Mountains and for provinces of central and eastern Canada. To gather information, Carrol Henderson visited three dozen families, mostly in Minnesota homes, to view their grounds and bird feeding arrangements and to photograph the birds and other wildlife at their feeders.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Coastal ecology
ISBN : UOM:39015086411751

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Ecological Characterization of the Central and Northern California Coastal Region: pt.1. Regional characterization. pt.2. Species by Anonim Pdf

Author : Scott Weidensaul
Publisher : HMH
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780156035187

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Of a Feather by Scott Weidensaul Pdf

Beyond Audubon: A quirky, “lively and illuminating” account of bird-watching’s history, including “rivalries, controversies, [and] bad behavior” (The Washington Post Book World). From the moment Europeans arrived in North America, they were awestruck by a continent awash with birds—great flocks of wild pigeons, prairies teeming with grouse, woodlands alive with brilliantly colored songbirds. Of a Feather traces the colorful origins of American birding: the frontier ornithologists who collected eggs between border skirmishes; the society matrons who organized the first effective conservation movement; and the luminaries with checkered pasts, such as Alexander Wilson (a convicted blackmailer) and the endlessly self-mythologizing John James Audubon. Naturalist Scott Weidensaul also recounts the explosive growth of modern birding that began when an awkward schoolteacher named Roger Tory Peterson published A Field Guide to the Birds in 1934. Today, birding counts iPod-wearing teens and obsessive “listers” among its tens of millions of participants, making what was once an eccentric hobby into something so completely mainstream it’s now (almost) cool. This compulsively readable popular history will surely find a roost on every birder’s shelf. “Weidensaul is a charming guide. . . . You don’t have to be a birder to enjoy this look at one of today’s fastest-growing (and increasingly competitive) hobbies.” —The Arizona Republic

Author : Benjamin William Frazier,John Lund,Kent State University,Mary Dabney Davis,Mary Evalyn Crookston,Max Lederer,Nora Ernestine Beust,United States. Office of Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 940 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1941
Category : Cost accounting
ISBN : UIUC:30112075977584

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America Builds a School System by Benjamin William Frazier,John Lund,Kent State University,Mary Dabney Davis,Mary Evalyn Crookston,Max Lederer,Nora Ernestine Beust,United States. Office of Education Pdf

Author : Kim Long
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781680513011

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What Birds Eat by Kim Long Pdf

A unique approach to bird watching that focuses on what birds eat and how, while sharing ways to support them in our own backyards

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1935
Category : Wildlife conservation
ISBN : CORNELL:31924065119749

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Wildlife Research and Management Leaflet by Anonim Pdf

Author : Aelred D. Geis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Birds
ISBN : UOM:39015077574849

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Relative Attractiveness of Different Foods at Wild Bird Feeders by Aelred D. Geis Pdf

The relative attractiveness of various seeds used to feed wild birds was measured. This information, with data on consumption rates and costs, provides a basis for determining the most efficient materials for use in bird feeders in residential areas. Many common bird foods, such as fine cracked corn, wheat, sorghum, hulled oats, and rice, were found to be relatively unattractive. Seeds of the small black oil-type sunflower were superior to those of the black striped and gray striped sunflowers. White proso millet was the best seed for use in attracting the small seed-eating species. Feeding preferences among various species of birds are strikingly different; consequently it is difficult to formulate a mixture of seeds that would be efficient at all locations and at all times.