This comprehensive and interesting source book explains bird physiology and natural diets, including extensive feeding profiles that describe what a variety of birds eat naturally, and how we can support those diets in our yards and feeding stations. Author Kim Long and publisher Mountaineers Books provide a robust selection of photos and illustrations, and help birders to understand birds in more meaningful ways in the field and in our yards in the new book: What Birds Eat.
What Birds Eat enriches our understanding of birds overall, especially in relation to what foods different birds eat and where they find foods. All bird species in North America have natural diets ranging from seeds, plants, nectar, and nuts to fish, insects, crustaceans, carrion, mammals – and sometimes other birds! What Birds Eat also explores the senses that birds depend on to find and procure preferred foods: Sight, sound, odor, taste, and touch – and food ingestion.
