The Bluebird Book

The Complete Guide to Attracting Bluebirds

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By Donald Stokes

By Lillian Q. Stokes

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$17.99

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$22.99 CAD

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Trade Paperback

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Trade Paperback $17.99 $22.99 CAD

Attract the “bluebird of happiness” to your backyard with this comprehensive and beautifully illustrated guide from America’s foremost authorities on birds and nature.

Bluebirds — an uncommon sight in recent years — are now coming back, thanks to conservation efforts throughout North America. With the Stokes Bluebird Book, you can bring these charming and beloved birds into your own yard. This comprehensive, fully illustrated guide tells you all you need to know about attracting, observing, and protecting bluebirds. It covers everything from landscaping tips for making bluebirds welcome t how to construct a bluebird feeder.

The book also includes:
  • Complete information on bluebird nesting and breeding behaviors
  • Instructions for building a bluebird nest box and starting a bluebird trail
  • Detailed identification clues and range maps for all three bluebird species
  • Lists of bluebird societies and sources of all bluebird supplies
  • More than 80 beautiful full-color photographs

On Sale
Apr 15, 1991
Page Count
96 pages
ISBN-13
9780316817455

Donald Stokes

About the Author

Donald and Lillian Stokes are widely recognized as America’s foremost authorities on birds and nature. Their books include the bestselling Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America, the Stokes Field Guide to Birds, the Stokes Beginner’s Guide to Birds, the Stokes Nature Guides, and the Stokes Backyard Nature Books. They live in New Hampshire and Florida.

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Lillian Q. Stokes

About the Author

Lillian Stokes and her husband Donald are widely recognized as America’s foremost authorities on birds and nature. Their books include the bestselling Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America, the Stokes Field Guide to Birds, the Stokes Beginner’s Guide to Birds, the Stokes Nature Guides, and the Stokes Backyard Nature Books. Lillian lives in New Hampshire. 

 

Matthew A. Young is is the President and Founder of the Finch Research Network (FiRN). For ten years he was a Regional Editor of the Kingbird, the state ornithological journal in New York, was an Adjunct Professor in Environmental Studies at SUNY-Cortland, and currently teaches Intro to Birding and Nature Observation classes for Cornell University and is the Board Chair at The Wetland Trust. He lives in New York.

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