Feeding Wild Birds in America : Culture, Commerce, and Conservation /

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Today, according to the US Fish and Wildlife Service, more than fifty million Americans feed birds around their homes, and over the last sixty years, billions of pounds of birdseed have filled millions of feeders in backyards everywhere. Feeding Wild Birds in America tells why and how a modest act o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Baicich, Paul J. (Autor), Henderson, Carrol L. (Autor), Barker, Margaret A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station, Texas : Texas A & M University Press, 2014.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Birdseed.
Birds > Feeding and feeds.
Bird feeders.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Ornithology.
NATURE > Birdwatching Guides.
NATURE > Animals > Birds.
Mangeoires d'oiseaux > États-Unis > Histoire.
Graines pour oiseaux > États-Unis > Histoire.
Oiseaux > Alimentation > États-Unis > Histoire.
Bird feeders > United States > History.
Birdseed > United States > History.
Birds > Feeding and feeds > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Today, according to the US Fish and Wildlife Service, more than fifty million Americans feed birds around their homes, and over the last sixty years, billions of pounds of birdseed have filled millions of feeders in backyards everywhere. Feeding Wild Birds in America tells why and how a modest act of provision has become such a pervasive, popular, and often passionate aspect of people's lives. Each chapter provides details on one or more bird-feeding development or trend including the "discovery" of seeds, the invention of different kinds of feeders, and the creation of new companies. Also wov.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (328 pages).
ISBN:9781623492175

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