Feeder Birds of Eastern North America: Getting to Know Easy-to-Attract Backyard Visitors
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Feeder Birds of Eastern North America - Sandy Allison
Copyright © 2014 by Stackpole Books
Illustrations copyright © 2014 by Amelia Hansen
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Allison, Sandy, author.
Feeder birds of eastern North America : getting to know easy-toattract backyard visitors / Sandy Allison ; featuring illustrations by Amelia Hansen. — First edition.
pages cm
ISBN 978-0-8117-1223-1
eISBN 978-0-8117-5871-0
1. Birds—East (U.S.)—Identification. 2. Birds—Canada, Eastern—Identification. I. Hansen, Amelia, illustrator. II. Title.
QL683.E27A45 2014
598.097—dc23
2013031710
CONTENTS
Familiar Friends
House Sparrow
House Finch
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
Blue Jay
Northern Cardinal
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Dark-eyed Junco
Mourning Dove
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Song Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Carolina Wren
Eastern Towhee
Brown-headed Cowbird
European Starling
Common Grackle
Evening Grosbeak
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
Sources
Sightings Checklist
Index
FAMILIAR FRIENDS
Bird-watchers know there is a list of species that regularly and dependably come to dine at backyard bird feeders. These are the feeder birds,
the group bird-watchers are most familiar with, and the group that probably got them interested in birds in the first place. Feeder birds are a diverse lot, but they have a few things in common—most importantly, they are adapted to eat seeds or suet and are unafraid to frequent places where people live.
Like most animals, most birds eat only certain items and live in specific environments. Warblers, for instance, feed on caterpillars, beetles, moths, and tiny insects—and many warblers eat this diet only in the tops of tall trees. The American woodcock feeds mainly on earthworms, using a long, sensitive bill to find them in loose soil. It is highly unlikely you will ever see a woodcock (or even a warbler, for that matter) snatch a sunflower seed from a feeder no matter how hungry it might be.
But you will see chickadees take seeds, and doves, and cardinals, and nuthatches, and