The Birds at My Table : Why We Feed Wild Birds and Why It Matters.
Jones, Darryl.
The Birds at My Table : Why We Feed Wild Birds and Why It Matters. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (352 pages)
THE BIRDS AT MY TABLE -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Why Bird Feeding Matters -- 2. Crumbs to Corporations: The Extraordinary History and Growth of Bird Feeding -- 3. The Big Change: Winter or Always? -- 4. The Feeder Effect: What All That Food Can Do -- 5. What Happens When We Feed? Insights from Supplementary Feeding Studies -- 6. Tainted Table? Can Feeding Make Birds Sick? -- 7. Feeding for a Purpose: Supplementary Feeding as Conservation -- 8. Reasons Why We Feed Wild Birds -- 9. Bird Feeding Matters Even More Now: The Promise and Risks of a Global Phenomenon -- Appendix: Species Mentioned in the Text -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Darryl Jones is fascinated by bird feeders. Not the containers supplying food to our winged friends, but the people who fill the containers.Why do people do this? Jones asks in The Birds at My Table. Does the food even benefit the birds? What are the.
9781501710797
Birds-Feeding and feeds.
Birds-Effect of human beings on.
Human-animal relationships.
Electronic books.
QL676.5
598.07234
The Birds at My Table : Why We Feed Wild Birds and Why It Matters. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (352 pages)
THE BIRDS AT MY TABLE -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Why Bird Feeding Matters -- 2. Crumbs to Corporations: The Extraordinary History and Growth of Bird Feeding -- 3. The Big Change: Winter or Always? -- 4. The Feeder Effect: What All That Food Can Do -- 5. What Happens When We Feed? Insights from Supplementary Feeding Studies -- 6. Tainted Table? Can Feeding Make Birds Sick? -- 7. Feeding for a Purpose: Supplementary Feeding as Conservation -- 8. Reasons Why We Feed Wild Birds -- 9. Bird Feeding Matters Even More Now: The Promise and Risks of a Global Phenomenon -- Appendix: Species Mentioned in the Text -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Darryl Jones is fascinated by bird feeders. Not the containers supplying food to our winged friends, but the people who fill the containers.Why do people do this? Jones asks in The Birds at My Table. Does the food even benefit the birds? What are the.
9781501710797
Birds-Feeding and feeds.
Birds-Effect of human beings on.
Human-animal relationships.
Electronic books.
QL676.5
598.07234