BACKYARD BIRD FEEDING: An Alberta Guide by Myrna Pearman

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BACKYARD BIRD FEEDING: AN ALBERTA GUIDE BY MYRNA PEARMAN

This book is an updated and revised version of Myrna’s very
popular Winter Bird Feeding: An Alberta Guide. Expanded
to include all four seasons, it contains a wealth of
information about how to attract and enjoy backyard
birds throughout the year. It is beautifully illustrated with
line drawings by Alberta artist, Gary Ross, as well as photographs
that have been generously contributed by photographers from
across the Canadian Prairies.

Myrna Pearman was presented with the Popular Publication Award (for Backyard Bird Feeding: An Alberta Guide) by the Alberta Chapter of The Wildlife Society at their awards banquet in Drumheller on Saturday, March 5th. Shown with Myrna is EBF Board member, Brian Biggs, and Claudia Lipski.

Table of Contents:

1 CHAPTER 1:
Backyard Bird Feeding Basics
1 A Short History
2 Backyard Bird Feeding Issues
5 The Importance of Habitat
6 The Basics of Habitat
7 Migration
8 Bird Feeding Myths
9 Feeder Placement
9 Hand Feeding
9 The Question of Exotics

11 CHAPTER 2:
Watching Feeder Birds
11 Bird Behaviour
15 Surviving Weather Extremes
18 Odd-Looking Birds

19 CHAPTER 3:
Seed Feeding
20 Ground Feeding
21 Seed Feeder Designs
24 Seed Feeder Stands
24 Types of Seed
30 Dealing with the Mess
31 Seed Feeders to Make at Home

33 CHAPTER 4:
Suet, Sugar Water and Other Offerings
33 Suet
37 Sugar Water
39 Other Offerings

45 CHAPTER 5:
Water
47 Bird Bath Basics
48 Offering Water During the Winter
49 Wintertime Bathing

51 CHAPTER 6:
Challenges
51 Bears and Other Large Mammals
51 “Bully” Birds
54 Cats
55 Deer and Moose
55 Disease
56 Predatory Birds
57 Raccoons
58 Snowstorms
58 Sparrows (House)
59 Squirrels and Other Rodents
61 Weasels
62 Window Collisions
64 Backyard First Aid
65 Pesticides
65 Wearing Out Their Welcome

67 CHAPTER 7:
Backyard Feeder Birds
67 Waterfowl
68 Grouse
70 Gulls
70 Doves
72 Hummingbirds
73 Woodpeckers
76 Jays, Crows, Ravens and Magpies
79 Chickadees
81 Nuthatches
85 Waxwings
86 Sparrows
92 Blackbirds
95 Finches
101 Odd and Unusual

Testimonials

Dear Myrna,
I so appreciate your sending a copy of your beautiful new book to me!
Flipped it open to the shots of ermine, marten and fisher raiding suet
feeders and said, WHOA we are not in Ohio any more!! LOvE it! Thanks for
including my Improved Zick Dough recipe and the links. You're awesome and
so is this book!
-Julie Zickefoose- Artist

Good morning Myrna,
I was very pleased to have a chance to meet you last weekend at your Wildbird General Store book launch. The book looks wonderful and is chock-full of great information. I’ll be giving copies away as Christmas gifts to my birding friends this year!
I showed my children the two photos of mine that were included – they recognized the birds right away, especially the Northern Flicker on the first page. My son commented “our bird is famous!” and said he likes how birds “point their beaks straight up in the air when they drink, sort of like a wolf howling at the moon.”
Thanks again for the opportunity to contribute photos to the book; you’re right that it sort of feels like a “family” photo album!
Take care,
-Wendy Peters-Edmonton

"This beautiful bird feeding guide will help you attract more species to
your yard and help you learn about our remarkable avian neighbours!” Whether you are just getting started or have been feeding backyard birds for many
years, this book will teach, entertain and delight!

All proceeds from the sales of this book support the education, conservation, and research programs of Ellis Bird Farm

Testimonials

This book is amazing!!! I am on page 52 and literally can't wait to finish it. I am learning a lot of things that I didn't know. You have outdone yourself with this book, it will make such a wonderful Christmas gift. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Can't wait to have you sign my copy (every page) ha ha!!
-Kristin Brown-Schoepp Co-owner, Wild Bird Store Calgary

Hi Myrna:
Superb book-comprehensive, relevant, complete "how-to" guide! I look forward to reading it in detail!!
Thank you for the copy! I have classes coming up this spring in Metro Continuing Education (Wild Bird ID and Wildlife Photography) and will be sure to promote this fine book!
-Jim Brohman

Hi Myrna,
Just received your awesome book in the mail this week - thanks so much! My kids love it and I'm looking fwd to employing a lot of the ideas in my own backyard. Cheers,
-Tim Hopwood website

Happy New Year, Myrna.

Your book is a treasure. All the amazing work you did to put this together
will be beneficial for so many to use and enjoy!

The knowledge you have shared is so extensive. It is hard to think of any
topic you have not included in your guide. I am learning all kinds of
tidbits from scanning through it. Now it’s time to read it cover to cover!

Your photos are excellent and illustrate the points you are making so
well. You have supplemented them with a good variety from other
submitters. I feel very honoured to be among them!

-Diane Stinson-Calgary, AB

Myrna, I am one of those who heard Brian Keating's review of your book on CBC and bought a copy. And another copy for a gift.
Your book is so rich in providing information, knowledge, and insight into our local Bird family. I am not a birder. I have no technical knowledge about birds. I do not yet have Bird feeders. What I do have is a little yard full of trees and a no herbicides, no pesticide, no fertilizer way of life. My birds somehow understand this. They come to bushes very near me when I'm in the front and then move to sit on the branches of trees near me when I am in the back yard.
So, when I heard Brian talking about your book, I was thinking, " Is there something I can do respectfully and responsibly for my birds?"
Your book provides the guidance I need.
Thank-you, Myrna.
Respectfully,
-Jack B