- Paperback: 328 pages
- Publisher: HCI; 1 edition (Jan 4 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0757314384
- ISBN-13: 978-0757314384
- Product Dimensions: 21.5 x 14.7 x 1.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 522 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,204,079 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
Product Description
Crazy for Canaries? Wild for Woodpeckers? Whether your passion is for birds of prey or companions that play, you'll delight in these extraordinary stories about birds of all kinds. Seekers of avian encounters in the wild and infatuated pet owners celebrate the magic of these winged beauties through heartfelt stories, spectacular photos, and expert advice. With illustrative tales as their backdrop, experts in health, grooming, training, nutrition, and environmental issues offer their must-know advice on subjects near and dear to a bird lover's heart from the pros and cons of clipping a companion bird's wings to the best methods for introducing children to bird watching. More than sixty stunning photos will dazzle you and remind you again why your love affair with birds goes on and on.
About the Author
Marty Becker, D.V.M., is the regularly featured veterinarian on ABC-TV's Good Morning America, resident veteran on The Dr. Oz Show, contributing pet-care writer for Parade magazine, and the host of The Pet Doctor on PBS. He also coauthors PetConnection, the award-winning weekly column on pets and their care which appears in newspapers across the United States and Canada through the Universal Press Syndicate.
Gina Spadaforicoauthors PetConnection, an award-winning, nationally syndicated weekly column on pets and their care and is a contributing pet-care writer for Parade magazine. She is a bestselling author of several pet books including the New York Times bestseller Why Do Dogs Drink Out of the Toilet? and Birds for Dummies.
Mikkel Becker Shannon has been acontributing author to Knight Ridder newspapers and has written for Cat Fancy Magazine and several Chicken Soup for the Soul books. She is the children's education coordinator for the Whitman County Humane Society in Washington State.
Gina Spadaforicoauthors PetConnection, an award-winning, nationally syndicated weekly column on pets and their care and is a contributing pet-care writer for Parade magazine. She is a bestselling author of several pet books including the New York Times bestseller Why Do Dogs Drink Out of the Toilet? and Birds for Dummies.
Mikkel Becker Shannon has been acontributing author to Knight Ridder newspapers and has written for Cat Fancy Magazine and several Chicken Soup for the Soul books. She is the children's education coordinator for the Whitman County Humane Society in Washington State.
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4.5 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews)
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Ultimate Bird Lover, April 7 2010
By Janice E. Gurley "Jan4Jesus" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Ultimate Bird Lover: Stories and Advice on Our Feathered Friends at Home and in the Wild (Paperback)
This book should be titled "Chicken Soup for the Bird Lover's Soul". Wonderful photographs of various birds. It would have been nice to know what kind of birds they were.
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assortment of stories and information about wild and companion birds, Dec 1 2010
By Amy Hopkins - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Ultimate Bird Lover: Stories and Advice on Our Feathered Friends at Home and in the Wild (Paperback)
This new book, the first in the "Ultimate" series, has a bit of everything in it for both the companion and wild bird lover. The first two-thirds of the book is filled with little vignettes about all kinds of birds. Sections include, "Lessons from the Backyard", "Perfect Companions", "Comedians with Feathers", "Saving the Wild", "Wisdom from the Flock", and "They Come in All Shapes and Sizes". Stories range from the humorous to the tragic. If you don't like one story, just move on to the next! There is the story of Nikki, the older African Grey, and his rivalry with new youngster Coco, another African Grey. Reading about the older "brother" coming to terms with the new arrival reads just like a story of sibling rivalry among human brothers. There is the teacher whose students are always distracted by bird love-making outside the window. And there is Soda, the Moluccan cockatoo star of the San Francisco SPCA Humane Education Program. Some stories are better than others, but with the amount of little stories in this book, there are plenty for everyone!
The last third of the book completely changes gears. This section, called "Must-Know-Info", includes a variety of articles by experts, including avian vets, on how to feed wild birds, citizen science, ten great birding sites in the U.S. and Canada, how to help baby, sick, and injured wild birds, introducing children to birding, helping wild birds thrive, choosing the best companion bird, household hazards for birds, wing clipping, cages, perches, nutrition and food, and keeping bird brains engaged. Quite the assortment of topics!
Adding color and beauty to this book are almost 70 color photographs of both wild and companion birds interspersed through the book. The birds in the photos are not identified, unfortunately.
All in all, this is an interesting book with a lot going on. There's plenty here to keep everyone who loves birds entertained and some useful information too to round out the book.
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