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Informationen zum Autor Mike O’Connor is the owner of the Bird Watcher’s General Store on Cape Cod. His column, Ask the Bird Folks, appears in the Cape Codder , and his writing has been included in Good Birders Don’t Wear White and The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2004 . The author of Why Don’t Woodpeckers Get Headaches? , he lives in Orleans, Massachusetts, where, try as he may, he cannot entice even a single bluebird to come to his yard. Klappentext A collection of humorous Q&As about everything you've always wanted to ask about birds and birding Mike O'Connor knows bird watchers as well as he knows birds. He knows that if you're even slightly interested in identifying birds or attracting them to your backyard with a feeder! then you've also had your share of strange and silly questions about birds and their sometimes inexplicable behavior. In Why Do Bluebirds Hate Me?! O'Connor applies his deep knowledge of all things avian to answer the questions that keep birders up at night. Questions like · Should you clean your birdhouses? · Do swallows have a feather fetish? · How much does it cost to run a heated birdbath? · Is drinking coffee bad for birds? Other questions O'Connor covers range from the practical (Should I rotate the seed in my feeder?) to the quirky (Why are vultures eating my vinyl screen door?) to the just plain adorable (Are those birds kissing or feeding each other?). And he also explains why bluebirds just don't seem to like some people. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Exactly the Same, Only Different............................ ix 1. Birds Everyone Should Know Why Do Bluebirds Hate Me?...................................................... 1 Woodpeckers Do Take Baths....................................................... 4 Hip Catbirds........................................................................... 7 What’s with All the Grackles?................................................... 10 Why Hummingbirds Hum....................................................... 12 Carolina Wrens Singin’ in the Fall........................................... 14 Titmice Love Peanuts but Hate Water....................................... 16 No-Bird Syndrome.................................................................. 19 Birds Can’t Afford Bottled Water.............................................. 21 Not All Cardinals Are Catholic................................................ 23 2. It’s Time to Look Past the Feathers Don’t Call Me “Pretty Boy”...................................................... 26 Swans Support Integration...................................................... 29 Sandhill Cranes Migrate (Mostly)............................................. 31 Quail Chicks Have Two Dads.................................................. 34 They’re Called Snowy Owls for a Reason.................................... 36 Doves Can Whistle without Moving Their Lips........................... 39 Cattle Egrets Fit Right In......................................................... 41 Fearless Red-breasted Nuthatches.............................................. 43 Chickens Get No Respect.......................................................... 45 Don’t Be a Bird Bigot.............................................................. 48 3. A Few Things Even You Can Do The Cost of Running a Heated Birdbath.................................... 51 Clean Your Birdhouses!........................................................... 54 Sugar Water Brings More Than Just Hummingbirds................... 57 ...
